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Birds of South-East Asia

Norman Arlott

Collins

2017

"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 the region is featured, apart from non-established introductions. This includes coverage of China (south of the line used to define the Palearctic), Hainan (treated separately from SE China), Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and the Coco Islands. As many of the major subspecies as possible are also included. 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.

Birds: South America: Passerines: From Sapayoa to Finches

Ber van Perlo

Collins

2015

"This major new field guide to the birds of South America covers all the passerines (perching birds), with all plumages for each species illustrated, including males, females and juveniles. The text gives information on key identification features, habitat, and songs and calls. Beautiful artwork featured across 195 colour plates appears opposite the relevant text for quick and easy reference. Distribution maps are included, showing where each species can be found and how common it is, to further aid identification."

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."

Regional Field Guide to Birds: Red Centre To Top End

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

Pocket Edition

2013

"The Pizzey and Knight regional birding guides are easy to use, handy and portable field guides for beginner and experienced birdwatchers alike. Designed to complement Australia's best-selling The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, now in its 9th edition, each regional guide includes every bird found within the region, organized by the environments they are most likely to be seen in, and all beautifully illustrated by Frank Knight. Concise text highlights the key features of every species and an illustrated index helps to find your bird quickly. Accompanied by an introduction to the region's habitats, these guides are an essential companion for anyone out in the field and wanting to become more familiar with Australia's natural world. Regional Field Guide to Birds: Red Centre to the Top End covers all of the Northern Territory and adjacent seas. The book is also relevant to areas immediately adjacent to the Northern Territory in Western Australia such as the Kunnanurra region which is a key visitor destination, and national parks along the border in Queensland."

Regional Field Guide to Birds: South-east Coast and Ranges

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

Pocket Edition

2013

"The Pizzey and Knight regional birding guides are easy to use, handy and portable field guides for beginner and experienced birdwatchers alike. Designed to complement Australia's best-selling The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, now in its 9th edition, each regional guide includes every bird found within the region, organized by the environments they are most likely to be seen in, and all beautifully illustrated by Frank Knight. Concise text highlights the key features of every species and an illustrated index helps to find your bird quickly. Accompanied by an introduction to the region's habitats, these guides are an essential companion for anyone out in the field and wanting to become more familiar with Australia's natural world. Regional Field Guide to Birds: South-east Coast and Ranges covers Greater Sydney to Greater Melbourne from the Great Dividing Range to the coast, and Tasmania, including adjacent seas and islands."

Regional Field Guide to Birds: Central East Coast and Ranges

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

Pocket Edition

2013

"The Pizzey & Knight regional birding guides are easy to use, handy and portable field guides for beginner and experienced birdwatchers alike. Designed to complement Australia's best-selling The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, now in its 9th edition, each regional guide includes every bird found within the region, organized by the environments they are most likely to be seen in, and all beautifully illustrated by Frank Knight. Concise text highlights the key features of every species and an illustrated index helps to find your bird quickly. Accompanied by an introduction to the region's habitats, these guides are an essential companion for anyone out in the field and wanting to become more familiar with Australia's natural world. Regional Field Guide to Birds: Central East Coast and Ranges covers Newcastle (NSW) in the south to Gladstone (Queensland) in the north."

Regional Field Guide to Birds: Mallee to Limestone Coast

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

Pocket Edition

2013

"The Pizzey and Knight regional birding guides are easy to use, handy and portable field guides for beginner and experienced birdwatchers alike. Designed to complement Australia's best-selling The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, now in its 9th edition, each regional guide includes every bird found within the region, organized by the environments they are most likely to be seen in, and all beautifully illustrated by Frank Knight. Concise text highlights the key features of every species and an illustrated index helps to find your bird quickly. Accompanied by an introduction to the region's habitats, these guides are an essential companion for anyone out in the field and wanting to become more familiar with Australia's natural world. Regional Field Guide to Birds: Mallee to Limestone Coast covers all of Western Victoria west to Greater Adelaide, and north to Broken Hill in NSW."

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

9th Edition

2012

"The definitive and most respected guide to Australian bird identification, The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia is a must for both experts and amateurs. First published in 1980, Graham Pizzey's Field Guide to the Birds of Australia combines a depth and breadth of knowledge with beautiful, full-colour illustrations by Frank Knight. Comprehensive and fully updated, this 9th edition of The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia is more user-friendly than ever before. Species entries have been re-ordered and updated to reflect the new taxonomy, and The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia has been expanded to include eighteen new species as well as a new section on vagrant species. It also features new information on bird family groups, more than 750 distribution maps based on the most recent bird atlas data, as well as a new Quick Find Index, to assist with quick identification of birds in the field."

Birds: North America

Norman Arlott

Harper Collins

2011

"A comprehensive illustrated field guide to the birds of North America, ideal for the travelling birdwatcher. Covering most of North America, including Canada and Greenland, the latest Collins Field Guide focuses on the rich and diverse birdlife of what is known as the Nearctic region. Every species found in the area is illustrated in every plumage in which they can be seen in the wild. The accompanying text concentrates on the specific characteristics and appearance of each species that allow identification in the field, including voice and distribution maps."

Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii, Central and West Pacific

Ber Van Perlo

Harper Collins

2011

"Featuring over 750 species, Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii, Central and West Pacific is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird you may see in the area, from New Zealand and New Guinea to Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Text gives information on key identification features, habitat, and songs and calls. All plumages for each species are illustrated, including those of males, females and juveniles. The stunning 95 colour plates appear opposite their relevant text for quick and easy reference. Distribution maps are included, showing where each species can be found and how common it is, to further aid identification. This comprehensive and highly portable guide is a must for all birdwatchers visiting the region."

Birds Of The West Indies

Norman Arlott

Harper Collins

2010

"From Grand Bahama Island in the north to Grenada in the south, this is an identification guide to the birds of a popular tourist destination renowned for the variety and diversity of its birdlife. The West Indies include the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), and the Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Nevis and St Kitts, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados, Grenadines, St Vincent). It is a tropical avifaunal region which includes such species as the tiny bee hummingbird, parrots, honey-creepers and todies. Every species found in the area is illustrated in every plumage in which they can be seen in the wild. The accompanying text concentrates on the specific characteristics and appearance of each species that allow identification in the field, including voice and distribution maps."

Birds of Southern Africa

Ber Van Perlo

2009

"Southern Africa is becoming an increasingly popular destination for people who want to see first-hand the abundant widlife of this vast continent. 'Birds of Southern Africa' is the only field guide to illustrate and describe all species commonly found in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Angola (including Cabinda). Featuring over 1,250 species, the text details the kind of habitat the birds are found in, key identification features and notes on the songs and calls of each species. The 84 colour plates appear opposite their relevant text for quick and easy reference. Distribution maps are also included for each species. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, this book is a must for all those visiting the region."

Birds of Eastern Africa

Ber Van Perlo

2009

"Eastern Africa is becoming an increasingly popular destination for people who want to see first-hand the abundant widlife of this vast continent. 'Birds of Eastern Africa' is the only field guide to feature over 450 species found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia (including Socotra Island). Including full colour illustrations of each bird, key features on habitat, songs and calls, and distribution maps for each species, this guide contains all the information needed to quickly identify the birds found in this vast region."

The Field Guide to Birds of Australia

Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight

8th edition

2008

"The definitive and most respected guide to Australian bird identification. First published in 1980 Graham Pizzey's field guide combines a depth and breadth of knowledge with beautiful full-colour illustrations by Frank Knight. This 8th edition was updated and revised by scientific editor Peter Menkhorst and includes 46 newly recorded or recently described species plus essential information on 820 species of birds with 250 full-colour plates including more than 2500 individual portraits specially painted for this book and 750 distribution maps. Field marks are highlighted in the text to help birdwatchers distinguish between similar species and full details of the nesting habits voice characteristics habitats and range for every species make this a must for both experts and amateurs."

Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America

Ted Floyd

2008

"This field guide to North American birds, written by the foremost birding writers, delivers a power-punch of innovation and usability never before brought to together in one reference. With 730 new color maps based on the latest range information (more than any other previous field guide), this title emphasizes on bird behaviour and a 'whole bird' philosophy of field identification. It contains informative essays on each bird group giving vital information regarding behaviour and id tips and robust introduction to birds and birding precedes the species accounts with sections on species I.D., conservation, bird morphometrics, topography, and migration. Vocalisations on the accompanying CD are clearly organised in separate tracks for each species - this is a fantastic advantage that no other collection like this has ever provided. In the past, CD recordings ran species vocalizations together in one long track. The DVD format allows for hundreds of separate tracks - users can listen to a particular vocalization easily and quickly. This is key for learning to I.D. birds by song and for use in the field."

Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America

Ber Van Perlo

2006

"The essential guide to identifying every species of bird you may see in this area, for tourists and wildlife enthusiasts. 'Birds of Mexico and Central America' is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird you may see in Central America from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Features over 1,500 species. Text gives information on key identification features, habitat, and songs and calls. All plumages for each species are illustrated, including those of males, females and juveniles The 98 colour plates appear opposite their relevant text for quick and easy reference. Distribution maps are included, showing where each species can be found and how common it is, to further aid identification. This comprehensive and highly portable guide is a must for all birdwatchers visiting the region."

Birds: South America: Non-Passerines

Jorge R. Roderiguez Mata, Francisco Erize and Maurice Rumboll

Collins

2006

"The only field guide to illustrate and describe every non-passerine species of bird in South America. This superbly illustrated field guide to the birds of South America covers all the non-passerines (non-perching birds from Divers to Woodpeckers). All plumages for each species are illustrated, including males, females and juveniles. Featuring 1,273 species, the text gives information on key identification features, habitat, and songs and calls. The 156 colour plates appear opposite their relevant text for quick and easy reference. Distribution maps are included, showing where each species can be found and how common it is, to further aid identification. This comprehensive and easy to use guide is a must for all birdwatchers visiting the region."

Collins Birds of the World: Every Bird Family Illustrated And Explained

Les Beletsky

2006/7

"This stunning book captures the grace and beauty of the world's birds. In more than 500 pages, ornithologist Les Beletsky has gathered over 1,600 original paintings that reveal the form, posture, and plumage of every single bird family found in the world, featuring illustrations of more than 1,300 avian species that are characteristic of the families. Detailed paintings are by eleven of the world's leading bird artists, with many being published here for the first time. Beletsky's detailed, readable, descriptions are paired with these vivid images to show the diversity of the world's approximately 200 bird families. Garden bird-watchers, avid twitchers, and professional ornithologists alike will find in these pages everything from the everyday to the exotic, from diminutive hummingbirds to massive ostriches, from Antarctic penguins to tropical parrots. Comprehensive, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated, 'Birds of the World' will amaze and inspire everyone with an interest in this remarkable part of the world's fauna."

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The Field Guide to Birds of Australia

Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight

7th edition

2005

"This revised edition of the classic field guide to Australian birds represents the most up-to-date, comprehensive and stunningly illustrated handbook available. Features include: updated essential information on 778 species of birds; 250 full-color plates (many revised especially for this edition), with more than 2,500 individual portraits; field marks highlighted in the text and illustrations to help birdwatchers distinguish between similar species; full details of breeding and nesting habits, voice characteristics, habitats and range of each species; and more than 700 distribution maps."

Birds of Western and Central Africa

Ber Van Perlo

Collins

2002

"This is the only pocket guide to all the species of bird known to inhabit Western and Central Africa. Ber van Perlo introduces more than 1,500 species through 109 expertly rendered full-color plates and concise, easy-to-consult entries. The territory covered is vast - nearly 2,500 miles down the coast and over 1,000 miles inland, including not only Senegal, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo but all or part of Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cte d'Ivoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Prncipe, So Tom, Sierra Leone, and Togo."

Birds Of The West Indies

James Bond

Collins

2002

"From Grand Bahama Island in the north to Grenada in the south, this guide covers a tropical avifaunal region which includes such species as the tiny bee hummingbird, parrots, honey-creepers and todies. For every resident species there are notes on diagnostic characters, local names, voice, habitat, identification and range."

A Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa

W. Searle, G.J. Morel and W. Hartwig

1999

Covers over 1000 species with 500 of those illustrated.

Birds Of Australia

Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight

1998

"The most up-to-date, comprehensive and stunningly-illustrated handbook for all those interested in Australian birds. Field Guide Birds of Australia features: essential information on 778 species of birds; 250 specially-commissioned full-colour plates, with more than 2,500 individual portraits; identification features highlighted in the text; full details of the breeding and nesting habits, voice characteristics, habitats and range of each species; and more than 700 distribution maps."

Birds of North America

Jack Griggs

Collins

1998

"The new guide to all the birds of the United States and Canada, produced in association with the American Bird Conservancy. Features include: covers every species found in the United States and Canada; fully-keyed and colour-coded for instant identification; every species is shown in the major plumages, with details in flight, feeding, nesting and chicks; each species has a complete entry covering distribution, identification, songs and calls; and a distribution maps is included with every entry."

Illustrated Checklist: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica

Martin R De La Pena and Maurice Rumboll

1998

"This field guide illustrates and describes 1140 species of bird found in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and Uruguay. The text details what kind of habitat the birds are found in, key identification features and notes on the songs and calls of each species."

Common Birds of East Africa

Martin B. Withers & David Hoskings

1996

"This guide covers all the common birds found in East Africa and the major areas visited by safaris - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia. Each species is illustrated, with the differences betwen the male and female pointed out."

Birds of Eastern Africa

Ber Van Perlo

1995

"East Africa is one of the only places in the world where it is possible to see over 200 species of bird in one day. This richness has attracted bird watchers from the four corners of the world and has made Kenya and Tanzania the most popular wildlife tourist spots in the world. This book illustrates and describes every species of bird found in the area. The text details what kind of habitat the birds are found in, key identification features and notes on the calls and songs of each species. Maps are also included for every species to show where the species occurs in the area."

Birds Of South-East Asia

Ben King, Martin Woodcock and E. C. Dickinson

Collins

1993

Collins Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

R.A. Falla, R.B. Sibson & E.G. Turbott

1993

"A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to the birds of New Zealand and outlying islands."

Birds of Russia

Algirdas Knystautas

Collins

1993

"Russia has the world's greatest lakes and inland seas, and rivers which flow for thousands of kilometres. All the world's climatic zones except for tropics are found between its northern and southern borders. There are magnificent and imposing mountain ranges, whose many peaks soar to the clouds, while in the east Kamchatka's volcanoes have earned it the name "Land of Fire". The fauna and flora are no less rich and varied, with about 100,000 plants, 140 species of reptiles, 30 amphibians, 1400 fishes and about 300 mammals. Some of the most wonderful creatures are the birds, of which about 800 species occur in Russia. Some of our familiar winter visitors, such as Beswick's swan, breed in Russia. This book takes the reader on a journey into Russia's natural world, showing, with the help of photographs, many of the country's birds."

Birds Of New Zealand

Chloe Talbot Kelly

1991

Rare Birds Of The World

Guy Mountfort

A Collins/ICBP Handbook

Collins

1988

250 pages with many full page colour illustrations. Covers 1000 species.

Birds of Seychelles And The Outlying Island

Malcolm Penny

Collins Field Guide

Collins

1986

"A summary of all 242 bird species recorded in Seychelles by island. Includes extinctions, residents, migrants and vagrants (with number of records of each species). Ringing recoveries and the history of records are included."

Birds Of The West Indies

James Bond

Collins

5th edition

1985

The Field Guide to Birds of Australia

Graham Pizzey

Collins

1st edition

1981

A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa

J.G. Williams and N. Arlott

1980

48 colour plates with over 650 illustrations.

Collins Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

R.A. Falla, R.B. Sibson & E.G. Turbott

1978

A Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa

W. Searle, G.J. Morel and W. Hartwig

1977

"A complete bird guide for Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, the Gambia and the whole West African region from the Atlantic to Chad and the Central African Republic in the east, and northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara at 18ºN - 20ºN - the border between the Ethiopian and Palaearctic faunal regions. Over 500 species are illustrated and fully described, with notes on identifying characters, measurements, details of voice, distribution, habitat, nests and eggs. A further 200 allied species are dealt with more briefly and the 371 local or uncommon species are included in the Checklist on pages 263-94. The illustrations by Wolfgang Hartwig were painted specially for this book and are arranged on the Peterson pattern with facing caption pages. A special feature is the list on pages 295-336 which gives the scientific and English, Spanish, French and German vernacular names."

Field Guide To The Birds Of South-East Asia

Ben King, Martin Woodcock and E. C. Dickinson

1976

Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos

Michael Harris

Collins

1974

Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

R.A. Falla, R.B. Sibson & E.G. Turbott

Collins

1972

"A complete guide to the native and introduced species of New Zealand & outlying islands."

Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

R.A. Falla, R.B. Sibson & E.G. Turbott

Collins

1966

"A complete guide to the native and introduced species of New Zealand & outlying islands."

A Field Guide to the Birds of East And Central Africa

J.G. Williams

1963

459 species described and illustrated, 179 in colour.

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

G.A.C. Herklots

1961

"A complete guide to over 400 species also applicable to the coastal regions of Venzuala, the Guianas and N. Brazil. Over 260 birds illustrated, 195 painted in colour by the author."