Terns of North America – A Photographic Guide.

Hot off the presses, this essential identification guide for the Terns of North America

features more than 325 stunning color photos with side-by-side photo comparisons of similar species throughout the book. Photos include detailed captions for each image that describe the age of the birds and key identification traits. This impressive photographic field guide covers all tern species found in North America plus related noddies and skimmers, along with the most frequent vagrant terns that appear here.

Published by Princeton University Press, Terns of North America presents a unique, simplified approach to field identification. Cameron Cox authored this publication using hundreds of high-quality color images, making it the ideal companion for anyone interested in this interesting but sometimes challenging group of birds to identify accurately season to season. Cox’s detailed species accounts describe the size of each species as it appears in the field along with structure, behavior, flight style, vocalizations, subspecies, and their North American and worldwide ranges.

An incisive introduction lays out a simple approach to identifying terns that focuses on key elements and addresses how to avoid getting bogged down in the varied appearance of species. This state-of-the-art guide also provides additional in-depth coverage of the 2 most challenging groups of terns – crested terns and the Sterna tern genus – which aids field identification while also highlighting the beauty and elegance of these marvelous seabirds.

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