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Atlantic Ocean

The books are listed by publication date with the most recent at the top.

Ascension Island
Azores
Bermuda
Canaries
Cape Verde
Falklands
Madeira
South Georgia
St. Helena
São Tomé and Príncipe
Tristan Da Cunha

Also see books about birds in the:

Caribbean

Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds: Albatrosses and Fulmarine Petrels

Bob Flood and Ashley Fisher

Scilly Pelagics

2016

270 plus page book with 200 photographs, 180 illustrations and colour range maps. Also 2 DVDs with 120 minutes of at sea, at colony and in-hand footage. Species covered: Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Grey-headed Albatross, Black-browed Albatross, Shy Albatross, Tristan Albatross, Southern Giant Petrel, Northern Giant Petrel, Atlantic Fulmar, Pacific Fulmar, and Cape Petrel

Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds: Pterodroma Petrels

Bob Flood and Ashley Fisher

Scilly Pelagics

2013

300 plus page book with 350 photographs, 40 illustrations and 11 colour range maps. Also 2 DVDs with 120 minutes of at sea, at colony and in-hand footage. Species covered: Trindade Petrel, Kermadec Petrel, Atlantic Petrel, Great-winged Petrel, Bermuda Petrel, Black-capped Petrel, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Fea's Petrel, Cape Verde Petrel, Desertas Petrel, Zino's Petrel

Pelagic Birds of the North Atlantic: An Identification Guide

Andy Paterson

2012

"This innovative new guide, printed on waterproof paper to withstand the rigours of oceanic trips, gives annotated illustrations of every plumage of every pelagic species, including vagrants, which could be encountered in the North Atlantic, from the Caribbean and Cape Verde Islands right up to the Arctic. In total 56 species are covered, from albatrosses right through to phalaropes."

Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds: Storm-petrels & Bulwer's Petrel

Bob Flood and Ashley Fisher

Scilly Pelagics

2011

"Two DVDs with over 120 minutes of highly informative footage; over 200 pages of detailed and original text; over 130 colour photographs, most previously unpublished; over 40 stunning illustrations by Ian Lewington; large format colour range maps based on latest research. Species covered: White-faced Storm-petrel, Wilson's Storm-petrel, European Storm-petrel, Black-bellied Storm-petrel, `white-bellied' storm-petrels, Band-rumped Storm-petrel, Leach's Storm-petrel, Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, Matsudaira's Storm-petrel, and Bulwer's Petrel."

Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde

Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey

2011

"This Field Guide describes and illustrates all the species and subspecies of birds in Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, the Savage Islands, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde). The guide describes 573 species and subspecies, covering all resident, nesting, migrating and vagrant birds and includes more than 230 detailed distribution maps and 150 colour plates."

Wildlife of the North Atlantic: A Cruising Guide

Tony SOper

Bradt

2008

"The latest edition to Tony Soper's successful wildlife series, North Atlantic: A Guide to the Wildlife, is beautifully illustrated throughout with watercolour paintings by renowned wildlife artist Dan Powell. This full-colour guide covers the surface wildlife that inhabits the waters of the North Atlantic. As a practical guide, it's an ideal companion for anyone at sea or exploring the coast between Brittany and the British Isles, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and Maine. Sail the region and experience the company of gannets, fulmars, pigeons, leaping dolphins and sociable seals."

Atlantic Seabird Photo Journal

Alan Brady

2007

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde

Tony Clarke, Chris Orgill and Tony Disley

Christopher Helm

2006

"This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spetacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macaronesia which comprises the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. Over 450 species are illustrated with full details all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Concise text describes identification, status, range, habits and voice."

A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish, and Other Sealife

Noble S. Proctor and Patrick J. Lynch

2005

"This beautifully illustrated guide covers an unprecedented range of species that may be sighted along the coastline or offshore by the whale watcher, bird watcher, fisher, boating enthusiast, or natural history buff. Designed in a handy pocket size, the book provides concise information for identifying the invertebrates, mammals, birds, turtles, fish, sharks and rays, and even floating seaweeds and common algae that live along the Atlantic coast and offshore from North Carolina to the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. With range maps and text on pages directly opposite the full-colour illustrations, the book makes identification of more than two hundred species of offshore wildlife quick and easy. Special features include full-page spreads to compare similar species of seabirds, and inserts to help identify whales by their blowhole patterns, diving, and other behaviours. Those with an interest in ocean life know that surprises often appear at the end of a fishing line, floating beside the boat, washed up on the shore, or flying overhead. This is the ultimate guide for those who are curious about such creatures and the marine environment in which they dwell."

Illustrated Handbook of the Birds of Patagonia: Argentine Antarctica and Islands of the Southern Atlantic

Carlos Julio Kovacs, Ors Kovacs, Zsolt Kovacs and Carlos Mariano Kovacs

2005

A guide that covers 343 species recorded in Patagonia with 750 illustrations.

Guide to the Offshore Wildlife of the Northern Atlantic

Michael H. Tove

University of Texas Press

2000

"To identify all the air-breathing offshore wildlife potentially encountered on birding, whale-watching, or sport fishing trips at sea, you could take along a stack of field guides - or this one comprehensive guide to all the birds, whales, dolphins, seals, and sea turtles of the Northern Atlantic. Written by a recognized authority on seabirds and whales and illustrated with his finely detailed color paintings, it provides both previously unknown and common field marks to help you identify and enjoy all the offshore wildlife in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Tropic of Cancer, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, and the Bay of Biscay.Michael Tove offers a general introduction to each group of animals, followed by concise accounts of every species found in the Northern Atlantic. He particularly highlights previously undescribed field marks and behavioral patterns that make identification at sea much easier than before. He also includes range/abundance graphs for twelve locations in North America and six in Britain and Europe to help you plan where and when to view particular species."

Seabird Distribution West Of Britain

Andrew Webb et all

1990

Bird island in Antarctic waters

David F. Parmelee

1980

From the preface: "This book is not intended to be a scientific report, but rather a birding experience as seen through the eyes of a field biologist and illustrated for those who observe wildlife for recreational and aesthetic reasons. I leave the strictly scientific papers to my British colleagues who labor long and hard on Bird Island. My objectives and desires are to call attention to the ornithological work being conducted on what my British friends call the most remarkable island for sea birds on this earth."

Birds of the Atlantic Ocean

Paintings: Keith Shackleton

Text: Ted Stokes

1968

Birds Of The Atlantic Islands, Volume 4: History Of The Birds Of The Cape Verde Islands

David A. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman

Oliver & Boyd

1968

The fourth of a four volume publication. This volume describes the birds of the Cape Verde Islands.

Birds Of The Atlantic Islands, Volume 3

David A. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman

Oliver & Boyd

1966

The third of a four volume publication. This volume describes the birds of the Azores.

Seabirds Of The Tropical Atlantic Ocean

George E. Watson

1966

Birds Of The Atlantic Islands, Volume 2

David A. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman

Oliver & Boyd

1965

The second of a four volume publication. This volume describes the birds of Madeira, the Desertas, and Porto Santo Islands.

Birds Of The Atlantic Islands, Volume 1

David A. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman

Oliver & Boyd

1963

The first of a four volume publication. This volume describes the birds of the Canary Islands.

Sea-Birds

James Fisher & R.M. Lockley

New Naturalist 28

1954

"This book introduces the reader to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world sea-bird species have been seen at one time or another. Sea-birds are generally more cosmopolitan and widespread than most land birds; and it is no surprise to the ornithologist to find that the communities on the American and European sides of the Atlantic are very similar, most of their member-species being common to both. The authors of this book have spent most of their active lives in research on sea-birds, Lockley specialising in Life-histories, Fisher in distribution and numbers. Each has a long record of exploration of the remotest parts of the Atlantic coast and islands. Their felicitous collaboration brings home for the first time to the general bird-watcher and sea-going naturalist what enormous strides have been recently made in our knowledge of sea-birds. We now know the world population of several soecies, and can follow with accuracy the changes in the numbers of many."

On the habits and distribution of birds on the North Atlantic

V.C. Wynne-Edwards

1935