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Indian Ocean

- Indian Ocean books

Birds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

C. Sivaperuman, G. Gokulakrishnan, J. Dinesh, P.T. Rajan

2016

This large format book covers 130 species with colour plates and descriptions.

Collins Field Guide: Birds of India: Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Norman Arlott

2015

"This comprehensive new field guide is an excellent addition to the world-renowned series – the ultimate reference book for travelling birdwatchers. Every species of bird you might encounter in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands and the Maldives is featured, apart from non-established introductions. Beautiful artwork depicts their breeding plumage, and non-breeding plumage when it differs significantly. The accompanying text concentrates on the specific characteristics and appearance of each species that allow identification in the field, including voice, and distribution maps."

Ecology of Faunal Communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Editor: K. Venkataraman, C. Raghunathan, C. Sivaperuman

2012

"The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, consist of 572 islands with a land area of 8,249 km2. Their topography is hilly and undulating, with elevations up to 732 m on the Andaman and up to 568 m on the Nicobar Islands. They are known for their rich biodiversity and a very high degree of endemicity in all taxa, especially in plants, reptiles, fishes and corals. Their habitats include bays, mangroves, moist deciduous forests and evergreen forests. Comprising 20 chapters each written by an expert or professional in his/her particular field this book offers new insights into the fascinating faunal communities of these islands and provides the fundamentals for their conservation and environmental management."

Threatened Birds of India: Their Conservation Requirements

Asad R. Rahmani

2012

"This book is an extension of the BNHS's IBA programme to identify the most threatened and near threatened bird species in India and to recommend measures for their long-term protection. It discusses trade in threatened birds in India, status of pesticide contamination in birds in India, dams and threatened birds in the Brahmaputra floodplains, India's tiger reserves and threatened bird species, threats and opportunities of Avian conservation in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, management and conservation perspectives for Avian species in the Terai region, and taxonomy, distribution, and conservation status of strophocincla laughingthrushes of Western Ghats. Covering Critically Endangered (like Himalayan quail or mountain quail, pink-headed duck, white-bellied heron, etc.), Endangered (green peafowl, red-breasted goose, white-headed duck, etc.), Vulnerable (Nicobar megapode, marbled duck, Kashmir flycatcher, etc.), and Near Threatened (Japanese quail, Nicobar pigeon, Andaman hawk-owl, etc.) species, this volume will help in expanding the scope of conservation in India beyond tiger conservation to make it more inclusive."

Birds of the Great Andamanese: Names, Classification and Culture

Satish Pande and Anvita Abbi

2011

"The first work on Great Andamanese ethno-ornithology, it looks into semantics, linguistics, cultural history, and ornithology. Starting with a brief history of ornithology, the book moves on to describe the birdlife of Andamans, indigenous place names of Andamanese Islands, the language and people, among other things. The main part of the book is taken up by species description complemented by photographs of over 100 Andaman bird species. From the methodology of data collection and ethnobiology and nomenclature of birds to how living things are perceived by traditional societies, the nomenclature of avian taxa, and ethno-ornithological classification by Great Andamanese - the range of issues addressed is breathtaking. Interesting details and information related to bird calls and their significance, sound-size symbolism, birds in omen and augury, and bird colour and symbolism add a special flavour to the reading. Importantly, the book also dwells on the threats to wild flora and fauna of Andaman Islands and provides recommendations for conservation."

Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: A Field Guide

Ranjit Manakadan, J.C. Daniel, and Nikhil Bhopale

Oxford University Press

2011

"This book is a revised edition of a pictorial guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent first published in 1983. The book deals with the birds of the Indian Subcontinent - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, including the islands of Andaman and Nicobars, Lakshadweep, and Maldives and not includes Afghanistan and the Chagos Archipelago. The main part of the book is taken up by bird topography and complemented by 112 plates containing illustrations of 1251 species to describe how their family/species perceived in the society. Additional notes of over 100 definite species are also provided to add special flavour to the reader. The Guide contains species descriptions to aid field identification, as there are quite a few bird species where a pictorial representation is not sufficient, especially to identify similar looking birds. The brief descriptions of the species have been added to enable quick identification, except for species where more detailing is required."

Birds and Species of Bay of Bengal: With Chota Nagpur And Andaman Nicobar Island

Allan O. Hume

2010

This is a reprint of writings probably first published in the 1800's

Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Editor: Ramakrishna C. Raghunathan and C. Sivaperuman

Vedams Books International

2010

Birds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

B.K. Tikader

1984

"The Andaman and Nicobar groups of tropical islands lying in the Bay of Bengal have tantalized casual bird watchers and seasoned ornithologists alike by the wealth and diversity of their avifauna ever since scientific bird study took root in India around the middle of the 19th century. Many of the most unique and beautiful Birds are to be found in these oceanic islands. The isolation of these islands from the mainland has been responsible for high degree of endemism and out of 242 species and subspecies of birds reported from these islands, 95 are endemic. Dr. B.K. Tikader has devoted more than three decades in studying Animals and birds in natural Environment and scientific investigation. His studies mainly on Spiders and Scorpions of India have come out in a series of papers. He has also published three volumes of Fauna of India on Spiders and Scorpions (1980, 1982 and 1983). Recently he has extended his interest on Wildlife and nature conservation problems. Very recently (1983) he has published a Book on "Threatened Animals of India" which was an outcome of his wildlife conservation ideas and their implementation."

On A Further Collection Of Birds Made By Lieutenant Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, F.Z.S., In The Andaman Islands

Arthur Viscount Walden

Ibis: Volume 16, Issue 2, pages 127-149

1874

Opening lines:

"Since publishing my notes on a collection of birds made in the Andamans by Lieutenant Wardlaw Ramsay, that gentleman has kindly sent to me a large number of specimens from the same locality, the fruits of about two months' indefatigable exertion. They include thirty-nine species additional to those contained in his first consignment. These I propose to notice in the following pages, while in a future number of 'The Ibis' I hope to be able to lay before its readers a complete list of the species known to inhabit the Andaman archipelago, together with some further remarks on some of the species mentioned in my former paper."

On a Collection of Birds recently made by Lieuternant Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, F.Z.S., in the Andaman Islands

Arthur Viscount Walden

Ibis: Volume 15, Issue 3, pages 296-321

1873

Opening lines:

"A young member of the B.0.U., Lieutenant R.W. Ramsay, H.M. 67th Regt., having, in the middle of December 1872, been sent on duty to Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands, immediately after arrival, availed himself with great energy of his opportunities, and, being an excellent shot as well as a keen naturalist, collected in a couple of months 460 specimens of birds, representing 62 species. These he has been good enough to forward to me for identification ; and as many of them are of considerable interest and are accompanied by useful notes, I venture to offer to the readers of 'The Ibis' the following list of them, together with some observations on the more important species."