Feathers: An Identification Guide to the Feathers of Western European Birds

by Cloe Fraigneau

The most accurate guide to feathers of European birds ever published.

This book offers an innovative identification key, designed according to colour in addition to feather structure and shape.

Collection and conservation methods, locations of feathers on the bird, and identification and description of the feathers of more than 400 species are clearly explained and richly illustrated.

The large format of this book allows feathers to be shown in as much detail as possible, allowing readers to get to grips with the subtleties of their identification.

400 pages, Hardcover

Published May 10, 2022

Reviews

[Shyamal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Does a great job of defining how a feather-based bird identification guide should be, although it is not targetted for forensic purposes, might not work with fragments - for use in BASH studies. The graphical and quantitative approaches to defining variation in feather lengths are excellent, as are the attempts to create a uniform approach to describing patterns. Unfortunately these may not be straightforward for extending to other parts of the world where some odd birds may have unusual feather / integumentary structures.