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Samoa and American SamoaThis page lists books about birds and birdwatching on Samoa and American Samoa.The books are listed by publication date with the most recent at the top.
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Birds of SamoaUlf Beichle, Sabine Baumann
2016
"The Birds of Samoa is meant primarily to serve as a tool for the science and conservation of Samoan birds. Scientists, teachers, students, government workers, tourists, and visitors interested in Samoan wildlife should be able to benefit from what is being provided here. More than 325 colour photographs have been included, from bird studies during 1975 and 2015, mostly by the authors. All bird species endemic to Samoa and American Samoa are illustrated and discussed, many of them for the first time."
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Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii, Central and West PacificBer Van Perlo
Collins Field Guide
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."
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Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West PacificBer Van Perlo
Princeton Illustrated Checklist
Princeton University Press
2011
(Same plates and text as Collins book above)
"This is the only comprehensive and handy pocket guide that illustrates and describes the bird species of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific. Featuring more than 750 species illustrated in vivid and stunning detail on 95 color plates, this authoritative guide provides information on key identification features, habitat, songs, and calls. Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific is a must-have for birders of all levels interested in this region of the world."
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Birds of Samoa and American Samoa: Pocket Identification GuideDick Watling & James Atherton
Illustrations: Chloe Talbot Kelly
Conservation International
2008
A 21 page laminated fold out guide providing an illustration of every land and breeding seabird of Samoa and American Samoa.
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A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia: including American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Wallis and FutunaDick Watling
Illustrations: Chloe Talbot Kelly
Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd
2nd edition
2001
"This is a completely revised and reformatted edition of the widely acclaimed "Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa" written by the same author in 1982, and now out-of-print. It contains detailed species accounts for the 173 species with confirmed records in the region and notes on a further 22 species with unconfirmed records. Every breeding bird and regular migrant is illustrated on 16 colour plates and the guide has a detailed distributional coverage of the region's birds and an up-to-date checklist for each of the countries covered. It discusses conservation, with the current status of the region's avifauna, past and present threats, and priority conservation needs."
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Birds of Fiji, Tonga and SamoaDick Watling
Millwood
1982
New edition published in 2001 as A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia: including American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Wallis and Futuna.
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The Birds And Birdlore Of SamoaCorey Muse
Pioneer Press
1982
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Birds of the South West PacificErnst Mayr
Wheldon & Wesley Ltd
1968
Reprint of work originally published in 1945.
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Birds of the Southwest Pacific: A Field Guide to the Birds of the Area between Samoa, New Caledonia, and MicronesiaErnst Mayr
Colour plates: Francis Lee Jaques
Line drawings: Alexander Seidel
Macmillan
1945
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Hand-List To The Birds Of SamoaJohn S. Armstrong
John Bale
1932
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