Covers all 110 world species. The Paridae (`true' tits and penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book with 78 species, with a further 24 species of nuthatch, and 8 of treecreeper. As with previous guides, there are introductory chapters, followed by the plates section, with colour plates facing captions and four-colour distribution maps. The remaining part of the book contains detailed species descriptions covering identification, geographical variation, voice, status, habitat and behaviour, distribution, movements and moult.
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