Moult and Ageing of European Passerines: Second EditionBloomsbury Publishing, 23 jan 2020 - 336 pagina's THE BTO/BRITISH BIRDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 A brand-new, completely revised second edition of Jenni and Winkler's classic guide, updated and improved for the next generation of ringers and professional ornithologists. The moult strategies of birds exert an important influence on their behaviour and energetics, and also provide the basis of valuable tools for study. A proper understanding of how feathers are replaced and the precise differences in the appearance of the various feather generations can allow ringers, scientists and keen birdwatchers to age individual birds, and to distinguish between first-year and adult birds. Understanding the moult strategy of a species also provides insights into its general and migration ecology, and allows detailed studies of many aspects of its population dynamics. Lukas Jenni and Raffael Winkler have studied moult across a wide range of bird species for decades, and in this book bring their observations together to produce a valuable reference for both professional ornithologists and bird ringers. This second edition has been completely updated and revised, with 16 new species accounts added, bringing the total covered to 74. The first part of the book provides an up-to-date summary of the moult strategies and moult sequences of European passerines, and discusses the ecological consequences of moult. Throughout the book, the authors draw on the enormous amount of data on moult that they have collected over 40 years of study and which, combined with data from the literature, allow them to present a thorough synthesis of the subject. The second part is of particular value to ringers. Following a general introduction to ageing, detailed moult profiles are given for 74 European passerine species, illustrating all of the major moult strategies and including useful summary statistics, schematic diagrams of the extent of moult and indications of the variation within each species. The main moult strategies are illustrated with schematic graphs, and the moult strategies and extent of moult of every European passerine species are summarised in tabular form. The crowning feature of this book is its collection of more than 600 full-colour photographs of extended wings, which show the entire range of moult patterns and plumage-ageing criteria. An appendix gives supplementary information on ageing birds by the degree of pneumatisation of the skull. Large in format, packed with high-quality photography and lavish in production specifications, this second edition of Moult and Ageing in European Passerines is both a major reference for ornithologists, zoologists, bird ringers and dedicated birdwatchers, and a work of great scholarship and beauty. |
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1y after partial Acrocephalus adults Africa Anthus autumn migration bleached Blotzheim body-feathers breeding area Carduelis Comments on ageing communis complete moult complete post-juvenile moult complete postbr moult eccentric Emberiza Entire wing postbr European passerines Extent of post-breeding Extent of post-juvenile extent of postjuv feather centres fringes GC moulted Ginn & Melville greater coverts individuals Jenni & Winkler juv GC juv plumage juvenile plumage limit within GC long-distance migrants MaC and MeC MaC CC MeC and GC MeC GC MeC postjuv Motacilla moult duration moult limit moult strategy non-breeding area NW Russia outer P-moult partial moult partial postjuv moult partial prebr moult perform a complete post-breeding moult post-juvenile moult postjuv GC pre-breeding moult primary moult Recognizable as 1y rectrices remiges renewed GC replaced Rest of wing retained Roselaar in Cramp Rymkevich secondaries sequence skull pneumatization species Sylvia tertials unmoulted usually Warbler wing and tail wing juv wing-coverts winter worn