Best guide(s) for European fledglings and juveniles (1 Viewer)

[Frank van Drogen]

I hope the title sais it all

I guess it is the season when there's lots of juveniles around. Recognizing a young Blue Tit or Jay is relatively simple. But there's lots of juveniles where I am at a loss.

There are some drawings of younger birds in Collins, but not enough for my needs. So, I was wondering if there are any other guides or reference works that would be recommended. Even if it would be larger works, that can't be lugged around, I'd be happy to get my hands on one or two to refer to at home.

 

[Butty]

The Handbook of Bird Identification

Identification guide covering all the bird species to have occurred in the European region. The species are covered by family, with each family introduction followed by the relevant colour plates and species accounts and for 625 species there are detailed colour maps within the text.

books.google.com

is much better for juveniles than most field guides including Collins/Svensson, which (edn 2 anyway) is shamefully bad - sadly.

 

[jurek]

Look at wings, tail and bill share which are like adults. The front is always brown and blotched.

 

[T.O.]

The "Handboek Europese Vogels" by Nils van Duivendijk should cover that gap, it is currently only available in Dutch, but given your user name that could be fine, if not an English translation is in the works.