Books About Birds
A guide to books about birds and birdwatching
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GB guides, handbooks, atlases
Field guides 2000 to present
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1950 to 1999
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1900 to 1949
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Pre-1900
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Site Guides
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Birdwatching Guides
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Song ID
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Atlases
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County Avifaunas
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Rare birds
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Garden Birds
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World guides, handbooks, atlases
Handbooks/guides
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Atlases
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Rare birds
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Site Guides
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Birdwatching Guides
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Handbook of Birds of the World
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Bird Families Of The World
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Checklists
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Books about GB and world species / families
Albatross
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Anhinga
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Asities
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Auks
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Avocet
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Batis
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Bee-eater
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Bird Of Paradise
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Birds Of Prey
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Bittern
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Blackbird
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Blackbirds (New World)
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Bowerbird
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Broadbill
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Bulbul
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Bunting
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Bustard
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Buzzard
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Cardinal
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Cassowary
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Chat
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Cockatoo
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Condor
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Coot
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Cormorant
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Cotinga
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Coursers
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Cowbirds
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Crake
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Crane
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Crane
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Crossbill
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Crow
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Cuckoo
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Curassow
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Curlew
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Darter
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Darwin's Finch
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Dipper
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Diver
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Dotterel
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Dove
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Drongo
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Duck
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Dunlin
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Dunnock
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Eagles
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Egrets
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Emu
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Fairy-Wrens
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Falcons
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Fantail
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Finch
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Flamingo
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Flowerpecker
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Flycatchers
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Francolin
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Frigatebird
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Frogmouths
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Fulmar
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Gannet
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Geese
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Gnatcatcher
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Gnateater
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Godwits
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Goshawk
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Grasswrens
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Grebes
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Greenshank
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Grouse
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Guan
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Gulls
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Harriers
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Herons
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Hobby
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Honeyeaters
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Honeyguides
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Hornbill
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Hummingbird
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Ibis
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Indigobird
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Jacamar
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Jackdaw
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Jay
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Kakapo
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Kea
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Kestrel
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Kingbird
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Kingfisher
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Kite
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Kiwi
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Knot
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Kokako
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Kookaburra
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Lapwing
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Lark
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Leafbird
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Linnet
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Longclaws
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Lyrebird
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Magpie
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Manakin
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Martin
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Megapode
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Merlin
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Mockingbird
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Moorhen
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Motmots
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Mousebird
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New World Blackbird
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New World Warbler
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Nightingale
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Nightjar
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Nuthatch
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Oilbird
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Oriole
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Osprey
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Ostrich
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Owls
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Oxpecker
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Oystercatcher
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Pardalote
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Parrots
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Partridge
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Pelican
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Penguin
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Peregrine
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Petrel
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Pheasant
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Phoebes
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Pigeon
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Pipit
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Pittas
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Plovers
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Potoos
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Pratincoles
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Puffbirds
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Puffins
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Quail
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Quelea
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Rail
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Raptors
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Raven
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Redshank
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Redstart
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Rhea
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Ring Ouzel
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Roadrunner
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Robin
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Rollers
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Rook
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Ruff
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Sanderling
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Sandgrouse
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Seabirds
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Shearwater
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Shorebirds
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Shrike
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Skimmers
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Skua
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Snipe
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Sparrowhawk
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Sparrow
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American Sparrows
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Spoonbill
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Starling
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Stone Curlew
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Stork
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Sunbird
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Swallow
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Swan
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Swift
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Takahe
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Tanager
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Tapaculo
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Tern
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Thrasher
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Thrush
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Tinamous
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Tit
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Todies
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Toucan
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Treecreeper
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Trogon
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Tropicbird
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Turaco
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Tyrant Flycatchers
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Vangas
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Vireos
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Vultures
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Waders
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Wagtails
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Warblers
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Warblers (New World)
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Waterfowl
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Wattle-eye
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Weavers
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Wheatears
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Whydah
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Wildfowl
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Woodcock
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Woodcreepers
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Woodpeckers
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Woodswallows
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Wrens
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Bees
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Bumblebees
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Butterflies
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Dragonflies
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Ferns
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Frogs
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Grasshoppers and Crickets
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Lichens
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Lizards
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Moths
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Newts
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Snakes
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Trees
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Toads
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Wasps
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Bird books by region of GB
England
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Beds
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Berks
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Bristol (Avon)
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Bucks
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Cambs
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Cheshire
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Cornwall
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Cumbria
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Derbys
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Devon
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Dorset
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Durham
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Essex
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Gloucs
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Hamps
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Herefordshire
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Herts
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Isle of Wight
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Kent
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Lancs
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Leics
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Lincs
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London
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Merseyside
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Norfolk
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Northants
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Northumb
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Notts
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Oxfordshire
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Rutland
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Scilly Isles
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Shropshire
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Somerset
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Staffs
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Suffolk
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Surrey
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Sussex
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Warwickshire
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West Midlands
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Wiltshire
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Worcs
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Yorkshire
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Wales
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Anglesey
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Mid Wales
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N. Wales
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Pembrokeshire
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S. Wales
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Scotland
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Argyll
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Ayrshire
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Borders
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Central Valley
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Dumfries & Galloway
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Fair Isle
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Fife
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Grampian
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Highland
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Inner Hebrides
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Orkney
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Outer Hebrides
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Shetland
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N. Ireland
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Isle of Man
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Channel Islands
Bird books by area of the world
Follow links for books about birds in specific countries
and islands within the continental or oceanic areas.
Europe
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Asia
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Africa
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Caribbean
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Cent. America
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S. America
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N. America
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Pacific
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Atlantic
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Indian Ocean
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Australasia / Oceania
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Books by GB organisations
British Ornithologists' Club (BOC)
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British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
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British Trust For Ornithology (BTO)
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Field Studies Council (FSC)
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Natural History Museum (London)
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Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds (RSPB)
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UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF)
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Wildlife Trusts
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Books by other organisations
ABA
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AEWA
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AOU
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BirdLife Int.
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Cooper OS
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International Wader Study Group
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Nutall OC
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OMPO
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US Govt
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Wetlands Int.
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WWGBP
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Journals and reports
BTO reports
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Current Ornithology
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Ornithological Monographs
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Pacific Coast Avifauna
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Studies In Avian Biology
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WIWO reports
Reference and miscellaneous
Birders, Twitchers, Listers & Big Years
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Books about bird books
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Journalism
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Poetry anthologies
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Shakespeare's birds
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Gardening for birds
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Dictionaries
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Encyclopedias
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Museum collections & bird collectors
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Bird observatories
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Bird stamps
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Art and artists
General bird art
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Australian bird art
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Artists_For_Nature
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Images Of Nature series
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Art Of Nature series
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Artists
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Carry Akroyd
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J.J. Audubon
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Winifred Austen
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Keith Brockie
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John Busby
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William T Cooper
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Eric Ennion
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes
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Dana Gardner
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Robert Gillmor
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John Gould
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Roland Green
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Henrik Grönvold
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Alan Harris
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D.M. Reid Henry
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Lars Jonsson
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J.G. Keulemans
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J. Fenwick Lansdowne
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Edward Lear
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Ian Lewington
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George E. Lodge
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James McCallum
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Lilian Medland
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Bruce Pearson
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Chris Rose
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C.F. Tunnicliffe
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Michael Warren
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Donald Watson
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C. Webb Smith
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Alexander Wilson
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Tim Worfolk
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Ornithologists / Authors
Salim Ali
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E. A. Armstrong
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David A. Bannerman
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Frank M. Chapman
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Mark Cocker
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T. A. Coward
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Jean Delacour
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Charles Dixon
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H.E. Dresser
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Richard Fitter
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Errol Fuller
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John Gould
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Bernd Heinrich
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W.H. Hudson
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Paul Johnsgard
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David Lack
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Richard Mabey
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Stephen Moss
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Ian Newton
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Malcolm Ogilvie
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Penny Olsen
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Derek Ratcliffe
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Robert Ridgway
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Henry Seebohm
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Edmund Selous
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G.E. Shelley
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Eric Simms
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Alexander Skutch
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Gilbert White
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Other ornithologists
Ornithological subjects
Anatomy
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Archaeology
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Avian Brood Parasitism
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Bird names
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Climate & weather
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Colour
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Cooperative breeding
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Eggs & incubation
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Energetics
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Evolution
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Extinct Birds
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Feathers
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Flight
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Fossils & origins
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History of Ornithology
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Intelligence / Brain
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Lekking
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Migration
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Nest construction
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Physiology
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Reproduction
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Song
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Speciation
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Taxonomy
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Urban ecology
Publishers / Series
Academic Pr
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Arlequin
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Artery
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Aurum
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Aves
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Barracuda
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John Beaufoy
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Blandford (Bird Spotting series)
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Bradt
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Brambleby
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British Wildlife Publ.
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Buckingham
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Calluna
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Cambridge University Press
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Canterbury University Press
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Collins
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Cornell University Press
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Crossbill
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CSIRO
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David & Charles
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Dundurn
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Ebury
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Editora Aves e Fotos
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Falcon
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Firefly
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Greystone
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Hamlyn
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Harvard University Press
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Helm
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Isabelline
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Ivy Press
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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KNNV Uitgeverij
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Ladybird (536)
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Langford Press
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Liverpool University Press
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Lone Pine
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Lynx
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R.W. Morse
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Nat. Lib. Australia
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New Holland
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Observer's Book Of Birds
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Otago University Press
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Oxford University Press
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Pelagic
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Penguin (King)
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Penguin (NGds)
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Periplus
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Pica
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Craig Potton
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Poyser
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Princeton University Press
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Prion
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Reaktion
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Red Hare
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Saraband
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Schiffer
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Shire
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Smithsonian
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Springer
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Stackpole
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Surrey Beatty
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Te Papa
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Texas A&M University Press
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University California Press
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University Chicago Press
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University Michigan Press
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University Press New England
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University Texas Press
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Whittet
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Whittles
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Wren
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Yale University Press
Last updated October 2017