Cloé Fraigneau - Feathers: An Identification Guide to the Feathers of Western European Birds

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First published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing 2021

This edition published by arrangement with Delachaux et Niestl, Paris, France

First published in 2017 in France as Identifier les plumes des oiseaux dEurope occidentale by Delachaux et Niestl, Paris. Delachaux et Niestl, Paris, 2017

Translation Tony Williams, 2021

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Cover photographs

Upper right: Luis Castaneda/AGF foto/Biosphoto upper left: Fabrice Chanson/Biosphoto middle left and rear cover: Clo Fraigneau bottom left: Serge Hnzi/Biosphoto bottom right: Bruno Mathieu/Biosphoto.

Disclaimer

The author would like to point out that no birds were mistreated or killed in the preparation of this book. The feathers shown here come from natural moults, plucked carcasses, or birds that died in a care centre or were found dead in the wild (as a result of predation, hunting, collision, etc.). The origin of the feathers presented in the Species Description section is shown in an appendix (Table of illustration credits and origin of feathers). European regulations have listed a large number of protected species, for which destruction, mutilation, capture, taking from the natural environment, intentional disturbance, detention, transport, naturalisation, and commercial or non-commercial use of specimens are prohibited The term specimen includes all or part of individuals, including eggs. This therefore includes the possession and transport of feathers, as it cannot be proven that the bird was not disturbed, injured or killed in order to obtain them.

Contents

Please note that abbreviations are sometimes used in combination, e.g. Pi = inner primary, TP = total length of a primary, NP = number of primaries.