Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson

Detailed maps accurately depict distributions of birds to subspecific level, along with directions of migration.

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Layout and scope of the book Species taxonomy Subspecies Sequence Nomenclature Photographs Maps Species accounts Glossary and abbreviations Selected gazetteerAn approach to moult and ageing birds in the fieldGeneral referencesList of passerine families: traditional and new orderA brief presentation of passerine familiesSpecies accountsVagrants to the regionChecklist of the birds of the Western Palearctic-passerinesPhotographic creditsIndexes

THE BRITISH BIRDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018This unique and spectacular handbook is the most complete and comprehensive photographic guide to the passerines of the Western Palearctic.Written by two of the world's most respected ornithologists, it contains the most up-to-date information available on bird identification covering all aspects of plumage, moult, ageing and sexing, with sections on voice and other identification criteria, and detailed taxonomic notes.The passerines are divided into two volumes, with the first covering larks, hirundines, pipits and wagtails, bulbuls, accentors, robins, chats, wheatears, thrushes, prinias and cisticolas, and warblers, and the second covering flycatchers, reedlings, tits, nuthatches, orioles and sunbirds, shrikes, corvids, finches and buntings, along with extreme vagrants.The exceptional text is backed up by a remarkable collection of more than 5,000 photographs, featuring a comprehensive range of plumages that illustrate every race and morph of each species in the region.This stunning handbook will be the definitive reference for the region for years to come - no birder's shelf will be complete without it.