Waterfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World

By Steve Madge

Book Overview

This complete guide to 150 species of ducks, geese, and swans provides color illustrations of all major plumages and subspecies and offers informative details on voice, population, distribution,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395467268
• ISBN13: 9780395467268
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Great waterfowl identification guide

"Waterfowl : An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World" is a wonderful guide for waterfowl identification, with beautiful colored plates of all 155 species of ducks, geese, and swans. A really nice book for everyone who likes wild waterfowl. The only thing I miss are the screamers which are also a part of the anseriformes (waterfowl).

Steve Madge delivers again

Maybe i'm a little biased but this is a great book.However trying to find a copy was something of a wild goose chase

Excellent for the birdwatcher or waterfowler

Waterfowl: An Identification Guide - This identification guide is part of a series of similar books each targeted at a particular family of birds such as shorebirds, seabirds, sparrows, etc. These guides are designed for the serious bird watcher, but the volume on waterfowl is an excellent reference for the waterfowler who wants to increase his knowledge and understanding of these wonderful birds. Most species are illustrated in juvenile, eclipse adult and breeding adult plumage for males (drakes) and females (hens). Range maps and detailed text descriptions are included for every species of waterfowl in the world. Descriptions include methods of distinguishing birds that are similar.