Perhaps the biggest difference between BWPi and all previous BirdGuides software is that BWPi includes the content from The Handbook of the Birds of the Western Palearctic (BWP), The Concise Edition (Concise BWP) and the BWP Updates series. Whats so good about that?
THE ULTIMATE TEXT The original BWP was published in 9 volumes costing £90 each. The intention was to produce the ultimate work of reference, distilling everything that had been published on each species up to that point. Hence, with over 7000 pages of text, this remains THE standard reference for every birdwatcher. The amount of detail in this text is astonishing. If you want to check the plumage details for birds of different ages, this text will tell you, for example, at what stage birds in their first adult plumage lose different tracts of juvenile feathers – and how to distinguish these juvenile feathers from adult feathers, thus helping you age the bird. If you see a bird displaying to another and want to understand what is happening, the descriptions of displays and behaviour will enable you identify, for example whether it was a male threatening another male or one courting a female. If you hear a certain sound and want to understand why that bird makes that sound, the descripti
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