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Redbreast: The Robin in Life and Literature
by Andrew Lack 294 pages, colour and b&w illustrations SMH Books | Hardcover | 2007 | £19.95 | See Fatbirder ReviewISBN: 9780955382727
Buy this book from NHBS.com
The Book of Nightingales
by Richard Mabey - 131 pages, col photos, illus. Sinclair-Stevenson 1997ISBN: 1856196933
Buy this book from NHBS.com
The Wheatears of the Palaearctic: Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution of the Genus Oenanthe
by EN Panov - 439 pages, figs, maps, illus, tabs. Pensoft PublishersISBN: 9546422266
Buy this book from NHBS.com
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Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can’t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page… give them a try!
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Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/urbanwt/ecorecord/bap/html/redstart.htmCommon and widespread in continental Europe, the black redstart is a recent coloniser to Britain, first breeding on coastal cliffs of southern England in 1923. It took to bombed sites in London during the 1940s and has since spread to other urban areas. It is still rarer in Britain than either the golden eagle or osprey...
Black Redstarts Phoenicurus ochruros
http://www.blackredstarts.org.uk/Since 1997, conservation of the black redstart has raised its red tail above the parapet as an issue in urban Britain, specifically London. This website aims to draw on all the recent successes and information available in this field, one that is more pressing since the publication of the Government`s Urban White Paper in 2000. Amongst many welcome proposals, this targets urban brownfields for development and regeneration. Such areas support many of the strong holds of the black redstart in the UK.
Black-throated Wheatear Saxicola stapazina
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec142-247.htmlImage, sounds and references...
Black-throated Wheatear Saxicola stapazina
http://www.fact-index.com/b/bl/black_eared_wheatear.htmlBrief fact sheet
Black-throated Wheatear Saxicola stapazina
http://www.oldprints.co.uk/prints/birds/images/87978.htm(Excellent) Image
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/species/Ficedula_albicollis.htmImage & profile...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/~uxcichon/pub/auk.htmlBody-mass changes in female Collared Flycatchers: State-dependent strategy...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec142-56.htmlSound recordings and references etc...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/~uxcichon/pub/fceggs.htmlEgg weight variation in Collared Flycatchers Ficedula albicollis...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/nature/directive/ficedula_albicollis_en.htmImage & European distibution...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.fact-index.com/c/co/collared_flycatcher.htmlBrief factsheet
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.helsinki.fi/~merila/e/flycatcher.htmlThe collared flycatcher – a close relative of the pied flycatcher (F. hypoleuca) – has been the subject of a long-term study (1980 – present) on the Baltic island of Gotland, off the Swedish east coast...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=npg&cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10049467&dopt=AbstractSexual selection resulting from extrapair paternity in collared flycatchers...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v347/n6290/abs/347279a0.htmlAcceleration of senescence in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis by reproductive costs...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://home.btconnect.com/toadsnatcher/photos/lesbos/flycatcher_collared.htmlGood image...
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
http://www.classicnatureprints.com/pr.Gould%20Birds/Gould.pied.flycatcher.htmlGould painted image
Common Redstart Phoenicurus Phoenicurus
http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/Redstart/index.htmGood image [juvenile]
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
http://www.delhibird.org/species/sp05834.htmExcellent Image & essay...
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/species/Oenanthe_deserti.htmImages
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec142-249.htmlImages & references etc...
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
http://www.v-liz.co.uk/india/birds/d_wheat.htm[Poor] image
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
http://www.btinternet.com/~chris.sykes1/index.htmlThis site is dedicated to the British (european) robin
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/Robin/index.htmExcellent image
Golden Bush-robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bird_ID=2566(Bit obscure) Image
Johnstone`s Bush Robin Erithacus johnstoniae
http://www.stanford.edu/~wkweng/photo/johnstonrobin.htmlImage
Johnstone`s Bush Robin Erithacus johnstoniae
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/ecology/English/animals_e/HighAnimals_e/HighAnimals09_e.htmImage and full species account...
Madagascar Magpie-robin Copsychus albospecularis
http://bibliofile.mc.duke.edu/gww/RNP/Birds/MagpieRobin.htmlImage
Madagascar Magpie-robin Copsychus albospecularis
http://www.avesphoto.com/website/MA/species/ROBMAP-1.htmExcellent image
Madagascar Magpie-robin Copsychus albospecularis
http://bibliofile.mc.duke.edu/gww/Berenty/Birds/Copsychus-albospecularis/Images & notes...
Madagascar Magpie-robin Copsychus albospecularis
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec142-181.htmlImage & references...
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
http://members.tripod.com/~ChooBengTeong/MugimakiFlycatcher.htmImages + The male mugimaki flycatcher is distinctly more ostentatious than the female, which don a more subdued coat. The pair shown here were taken at separate times. The male was shot earlier in the trip. It was much later that I came upon the female, and I put them together in this composite...
Muscicapidae
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/MuscicapidaeFull famill account
Muscicapidae
http://www.miljolare.no/data/ut/art/?lang=eng&or_id=3341Species accounts etc.
Muscicapidae
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/winkler/botw/muscicapidae.htmlFull family account
Muscicapidae
http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=141List of species
N A Bluebird Society
http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/start.htmThe NORTH AMERICAN BLUEBIRD SOCIETY, a non-profit conservation, education and research organization, promotes the recovery of bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting bird species. The SOCIETY invites you to join in this much needed conservation effort. The primary objective of the SOCIETY is to educate all who will listen about the importance of preserving these singular creatures in their native environment. Toward this end, the SOCIETY will work, within the bounds of effective conservation, to study those obstacles impeding bluebird recovery; to publish results of those studies; to promote ideas and actions which might reduce the effect of those obstacles; and to obtain a more complete knowledge about bluebird ecology.
Narcissina, Owstoni & Elisae Ficedula flycatchers
http://www.birdskorea.org/narcissustypes.aspAlthough all three of these stunning taxa are still considered to be part of Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina by most birdwatchers (mostly perhaps as there is so little information available on them?) it is fairly obvious that the three are actually really rather different - with apparently consistent differences between narcissina, elisae and owstoni in structure; in male and (most) female-type plumages; in breeding and non-breeding ranges; in breeding habitat; and even it is believed in songs. The paper, already with almost 50 images from several countries of the region (inc. Korea, Japan, China, the Philippines and Malaysia), looks at the status and distribution of all three taxa (with a focus on South Korea) as well as their identification.
Nightingale Luscinia magarhynchos
http://www.birdcare.com/bin/showpage/portraits/ngportraitNightingales have many fans and areas where they can be heard become well known by local bird watchers and naturalists.
Old World flycatchers, chats, wheat-ears
http://www.es.cornell.edu/winkler/botw/muscicapidae.htmlImages & Info
Oriental Magpie-robin Copsychus saularis
http://www.geocities.com/rs_suresh/3photo3.html(Excellent) Image
Oriental Magpie-robin Copsychus saularis
http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/birds/perchingbirds/magpierobin.htmImage & notes
Polygyny in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/~uxcichon/pub/ethol.htmlSince the evolutionary significance of polygynous mating systems was first recognized, many models have been proposed to explain why females mate with already-mated males. In the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca); a particulary well studied polygynous passerine species, two models of polygyny are most prominent nowadays: one in which already-mated males deceive the females about their mating status, and one in which the status of already-mated males is known to the females that decide to male with them anyway, making the best of a bad job. In our study we compared the models by computer simulation and then compared the results with available field data...
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
http://www.birdfood.co.uk/fact_files/redstart.htm(Very nice) Image + Easily distinguishable, Redstarts are similar in shape and posture to Robins but with a unique plumage. Males have a slate grey back, black face, white forehead and have dark central tail feathers in a rusty red tail...
Seychelles Magpie-Robin Copsychus sechellarum
http://www.rspb.org.uk/science/Ecology/otherwork/seychellesmagpierobin/index.aspImage & brief notes
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec142-136.htmlSound recordings and references etc...
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://www.focusonnature.com/Siberian%20Rubythroat.htm(good but small) Image
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://www.avesphoto.com/website/NA/species/RBTSIB-1.htmExcellent image...
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://www.hlasek.com/luscinia_calliope_2299.htmlGood image
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://www.big.or.jp/~shimpset/photo40/nogoma.htmlGood image
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://midopika.cool.ne.jp/songs_e/nogoma.htmlSound recordings of song...
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://www.fact-index.com/s/si/siberian_rubythroat.htmlBrief Fact Sheet
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
http://www.hughharrop.com/rarities/siberianrubythroat.html[Poor] Image
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata - Norfolk Spotted Flycatcher Project 2006
http://www.birdguides.com/birdnews/article.asp?a=682The Spotted Flycatcher is the subject of a BTO study which commenced in 2003. The population of this species in the UK has declined by 78% between 1972 and 1996 and is a species of high conservation concern...
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/Spotted_flycatcher/index.htmExcellent images
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/spotted-flycatcher.htmRather elegant slim upright profile. Mouse-brown upperparts and pale, lightly streaked below. Sexes similar. Makes dashes after flying insects, often returning to the same perch...
The Robin
http://rolyrobin.webalias.com/This site is dedicated to the British (European) Robin, in particular a once regular visitor to our garden whose feeding antics were quite remarkable. Almost like a pet we named the Robin in our garden "Roly"...
White-browed robinchat Cossypha heuglini
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/fitzpatrick/docs/r599.htmlExtensive species account
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European Robin - Ashley Beolens
http://www.beolens.co.uk/photography/birds/Robin/Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ashley Beolens
http://www.beolens.co.uk/photography/birds/red-breasted_flycatcher/Spotted Flycatcher - Ashley Beolens
http://www.beolens.co.uk/photography/birds/spotted_flycatcher/
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