Winged Fire: A Celebration of Indian Birds, Part 3 of The Indian Wildlife Trilogy

Valmik Thapar

Winged Fire: A Celebration of Indian Birds, Part 3 of The Indian Wildlife Trilogy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Aleph Book Company
Country
IN
Published
2 March 2016
Pages
510
ISBN
9789383064694

Winged Fire: A Celebration of Indian Birds, Part 3 of The Indian Wildlife Trilogy

Valmik Thapar

The richness of India's birdlife has been celebrated for centuries. In this book, perhaps the most beautiful book on Indian birds ever published, renowned naturalist Valmik Thapar brings together the finest writing and photographs on our birds. The book also features a specially commissioned essay on the behaviour and distribution of Indian birds by the well-known birder Ramki Sreenivasan. India has more than 1,200 species of birds. The richness and diversity of the country's birdlife has been celebrated by thousands of ornithologists, birders and amateur naturalists for hundreds of years. Winged Fire brings together the best accounts, pictures and art on our birds. Contributors includeuminariesike Babur, Abu'l-Fazl, Jahangir, FranA?ois Pyrard, Edward Hamilton Aitken, Douglas Dewar, Jim Corbett, Colonel Kesri Singh, F. W. Champion, Salim Ali, E. P. Gee, A. Mervyn Smith, Hugh Allen, Kenneth Anderson, M. Krishnan, Khushwant Singh, R. S. Dharmakumarsinhji, E. R. C. Davidar, Zafar Futehally, Ruskin Bond, A. J. T. Singh, Peter Smetacek, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rishad Naoroji, and Bulbul Sharma. An essay by Ramki Sreenivasan provides a detailed account of the major species and their distribution, behaviour and habitats. Winged Fire is theast book in the trilogy"that also includes Wild Fire and Tiger Fire-put together by Valmik Thapar; taken together, these books give the reader an extraordinary view of India's wildlife. Features: The most beautiful book on Indian birds ever published. Rare pictures selected from tens of thousands of exclusive pictures by the world's top birdlife photographers. Most of the world's top writers on Indian birds represented in the volume. Some of these pictures have never been seen before. Written and edited by one of India's greatestiving naturalists, Valmik Thapar.

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