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Latest Bird Field Guides
| Carlos Julio Kovacs. Manual ilustrado de las
Aves de la Patagonia. 364 pages. 60 color plates. 2008.
Details. |
 Thomas
S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P.
O'Neill & Theodore A. Parker III. Birds of Peru. This
long-awaited guide is the culmination of more than 30 years of
field work. 656 pages. Princeton University Press, October 2007.
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| Robin Restall, Martyn Kenefick & Floyd Hayes.
Birds of Trinidad & Tobago. Helm 2007.
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| Mark Brazil. Birds of East Asia: China,
Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Russia. Helm 2008.
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| Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp & Tom Roberts.
Birds of Pakistan. Helm 2007.
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| Knut Eisermann & Claudia Avendaño. Annotated
Checklist of the Birds of Guatemala. 175 pages. Lynx
Edicions, June 2007. ISBN: 849655340X.
Details. |
| Norman Arlott. Collins Field Guide - Birds -
Palearctic: Passerines. (US title: Birds of Europe,
Russia, China & Japan - Passerines: Tyrant Flycatchers to
Buntings). 384 pages. HarperCollins & Princeton University
Press 2007. Princeton:
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  Robin
Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino & Robert Williams.
Birds of Northern South America. Vol. 1: Identification,
Distribution and Taxonomy. Vol 2: A Field Guide. Covers
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad & Tobago,
Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao. 1536 pages. Helm & Yale University
Press 2007.2-Volume Set:
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Vol. 1:
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Vol. 2:
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| Richard Garrigues & Robert Dean. The Birds
of Costa Rica: A Field Guide. 408 pages. 166 color
plates. Cornell University Press, April 2007.
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| Ber van Perlo.
Birds of Mexico and Central America. The color plates in
this illustrated checklist are excellent and at least comparable
in quality to the illustrations in Perlo's Birds of Western
Africa. This small paperback can be carried at times and in
places where birders might leave behind the detailed but heavier
guides by Howell & Webb, Stiles and Ridgely. 336 pages. 98 color
plates illustrating more than 1,500 species. It's also a very
convenient study guide and includes illustrations of migrants
and hypothetical species. (2006). Princeton University Press:
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| Jon L. Dunn & Jonathan Alderfer. National
Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America - 5th
Edition. Fully revised and updated with new art and range
maps. 504 pages. November 2006.
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| Bruce Hallett. Birds of the Bahamas and the
Turks & Caicos Islands. 256 pages. Macmillan Caribbean 2006.
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| Arlington James, Stephen Durand & Bertrand Jno
Baptiste. Dominica's Birds. 2006.
Details (pdf, scroll down). |
| Francisco Erize & Jorge R. Rodríguez Mata &
Maurice Rumboll. Birds of South America: Non-passerines - an
Illustrated Checklist. 376 pages. 156 color plates. The fine
plates that Jorge Mata worked on during a year in New York in
the 1970s are finally going to be published. 384 pages.
HarperCollins and Princeton University Press 2006.
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| Phil Hockey & Ian Sinclair. The Larger
Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa (SASOL).
Details. Large paper version of the second edition. 448
pages. Struik (2d ed. 2006). ISBN: 1770072438. |
| Phil Hockey, WJR Dean & PG Ryan. Roberts
Birds of Southern Africa. 1296 pages. Russell Friedman
Books. 7th edition, 2006?
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| Daniel Martínez & Gonzalo González. Las Aves
de Chile: Nueva Guía de Campo.
Details. 220 pages, 181 color plates with more than 1,800
illustrations. Available from
UNORCH. |
| Tony Clarke. Birds of the Atlantic Islands:
Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde. 320 pages, 48
colour plates by Chris Orgill & Tony Disley. Helm 2006.
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| Clive Barlow, Tim Wacher and Tony Disley. A
Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal. Pica Press &
Yale University Press, 1997. Revised, paperback reprint 2006.
408 pages. Helm:
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| Morten Strange & Dennis Yong. Birds of Taman Negara: An
Illustrated Guide and Checklist. Draco Publishing 2006. 120
pages. ISBN: 9810544413.
Details. |
| Edouard Bénito-Espinal & Patricia Hautcastel.
Les Oiseaux des Antilles et leur nid: Petites et Grandes
Antilles.
Details. 320 pages. 840 color photos. PLB Editions 2005.
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| Pete Dunne. Pete Dunne's Essential Field
Guide Companion: A comprehensive resource for identifying North
American Birds. 736 pages. Houghton Mifflin, May 2006.
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| R. F. Porter, S. Christensen & P. Schiermacker-Hansen.
Birds of the Middle East. Illustrated by A. Birch, J. Gale,
M. Langman & B. Small. 460 pages. Poyser. Third edition, 2008:
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| William Clark & Robert Davies. Field Guide
to the Raptors of Africa. Poyser 2008?
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| Craig Robson. Birds of Southeast Asia.
304 pages. New Holland & Princeton University Press. Updated,
field guide edition 2005. Illustrations now rearranged on 142
color plates facing text, depicting 28 additional species and
with 140 improved or corrected illustrations.
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| Satish Pande et al. Birds of the Western
Ghats, Kokan and Malabar (including Birds of Goa). 392
pages. Oxford University Press 2005.
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| Don Hadden, Peter Slater & Dana Gardner.
Birds and Bird Lore of Bougainville and the North Solomons.
312 pages. 199 color photographs and 25 paintings. Dove
Publications 2004.
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| Neil McCulloch. A Guide to the Birds of St.
Helena and Ascension Island.
Review (pdf). Illustrated by Dan Powell. 92 pages. RSPB
2004. ISBN: 190190467. |
| Richard Grimmett & Tim Inskipp. Birds of
Southern India. 240 pages. A&C Black 2005.
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| Martin Woodcock & Frank Lambert. Collins
Illustrated Checklist: Birds of South-East Asia. 112 colour
plates. HarperCollins. Forthcoming 2007?
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| Martin Woodcock. Collins Illustrated
Checklist: Birds of India. HarperCollins. Forthcoming 2007? |
| Iain Robertson. Field Guide to the Birds of
North-East Africa. (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia & Sudan.)
Poyser. Forthcoming 2006?
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UK |
| Frank Hawkins & Roger Safford. Field Guide
to the Birds of the Malagasy Region. Poyser. Forthcoming
2007?
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UK |
| Pamela C. Rasmussen & John C. Anderton.
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide.
Details. 2 volumes, 1072 pages. 180 color plates.
Illustrated by John Anderton, Ian Lewington, Hilary Burn, Tom
Schultz, N. John Schmitt, Larry B. McQueen, Hans Peeters,
Jonathan Alderfer, Albert E. Gilbert, Bill Zetterstrom, Kristin
Williams & Cynthia House with plates from HBW. Lynx Edicions
2005. The good news: It's much better than any bird book
actually written by Ripley. The bad news: The heavy, 2-volume
set is hopeless as a field guide, suffering from extremely poor
usability. The type font is VERY small -- too small to be read
easily by most people over 40. Furthermore, the volume with the
color plates includes no voice descriptions and little natural
history information.
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| François Vuilleumier. A field guide to the
Birds of Patagonia and West Antarctica. About 300 pages. 40
colour plates by the author. Pica Press. Forthcoming. |
| Paul Leader, Geoff Carey & Phil Round. A
Field Guide to the Birds of China, Tibet & Taiwan. c. 600
pages, 120 colour plates by Tim Worfolk. Pica Press,
forthcoming. |
| Robert S. Ridgely & Guy Tudor. Field Guide
to the Passerine Birds of South America. More than 90% of
the known species will be illustrated. Forthcoming 2007? |
| Kevin Zimmer & Andrew Whittaker. Birds of
Brazil. The first modern field guide to the birds of Brazil
is now in preparation. Princeton University Press. Forthcoming -
2007?
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| Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor et al. Guide to
the Birds of Brazil: Volume 1: The Pantanal & Cerrado. Work
has begun on a new series of field guides that will use GT's
paintings from The Birds of South America plus plates by
additional artists including Michael Di Giorgio. WCS. |
| Bret Whitney. Guide to the Birds of Brazil:
Volume 1: Atlantic Forest. Another series of Brazil field
guides using plates from HBW is underway. Lynx Edicions. |
| Bruce Beehler, Thane Pratt & Dale Zimmerman.
Birds of New Guinea. The first edition is an outstanding
field guide with some of the best original voice transcriptions.
Princeton University Press. Second edition 2008?
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| James F. Clements. A Field Guide to the
Birds of Yap Island. Illustrated by Dana Gardner. 64 pages.
Ibis Publishing
2003. |
| Mark Pearman. The Birds of Argentina and the
South-west Atlantic. Princeton University Press.
Forthcoming. |
Bird Families
| David Pearson and Peter Kennerley. Reed &
Bush Warblers. Illustrated by Brian Small. Helm 2008.
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UK |
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| Steve N.G. Howell & Jon Dunn. Gulls of the
Americas. 516 pages. Illustrated with color photographs.
Covers 36 species: 22 in North America, 10 in South America, and
4 Old World visitors. Houghton Mifflin (Peterson Reference
Guides) 2007.
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| Gerard Boere, Colin Galbraith & David Stroud
(eds.) Waterbirds Around the World.
Details. 940 pages. Includes more than 240 papers from a
conference held in 2004. TSO Scotland Ltd. (March 2007).
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| Paul Schofield & Derek Onley. Albatrosses,
Petrels & Shearwaters of the World. 224 pages. 40 color
plates by Christopher Schmidt. Helm & Princeton University Press
2006.
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| James Ferguson-Lees & David A. Christie.
Illustrated by Kim Franklin, David Mead & Philip Burton.
Raptors of the World: A Field Guide. 320 pages.
Compact version of the 2000 handbook, with new plates by Alan
Harris and updated taxonomy. The handbook was full of mistakes.
Hopefully this version will be much better. Helm & Princeton
University Press 2006.
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| Stephen Message & Don Taylor. Waders of
Europe, Asia & North America. PUP: Shorebirds of North
America, Europe and Asia: A Guide to Field Identification.
240 pages. 80 color plates. Helm & Princeton University Press
2006.
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| Joseph Forshaw. Parrots of the World: An
Identification Guide. Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton
University Press 2006.
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| Nigel Cleere. A Photographic Guide to the
Nightjars of the World. Includes all nightjars, potoos,
frogmouths, oilbird and owlet-nightjars. WILDGuides Ltd. 2005.
Photographs wanted. |
| Jan van de Kam, Bruno Ens, Theunis Piersma &
Leo Zwarts. Shorebirds: An illustrated behavioural ecology.
KNNV Uitgeverij, Utrecht 2004.
Details.
368 pages. More than 300 color photos. ISBN: 9050111920. Updated
English translation of Ecologische atlas van de Nederlandse
wadvogels (1999). |
| Jean Delacour & Dean Amadon. Curassows &
Related Birds.
Details. (Lynx Edicions, 2d ed. 2004, 1973). Superb
color plates by Al Gilbert, including new plates illustrating
chicks of some species. Update chapter by Josep del Hoyo and
Anna Motis. 476 pages. ISBN: 8487334644. |
| Lloyd S. Davies & Martin Renner. The
Penguins. Poyser 2003 & Yale University Press 2004. 224
pages.
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UK |
| Tony Gaston. Seabirds: A Natural History.
Poyser 2004. 210 pages.
UK |
| Joseph Forshaw. Trogons of the World.
Illustrated by Al Gilbert. Forthcoming. |
| Michael Brooke. Albatrosses and Petrels
across the World. 499 pages. 16 color plates by John Cox. 10
introductory chapters, followed by 125 individual species
accounts. Includes the New Zealand Storm Petrel, observed in
2003 for the first time in about 150 years. Oxford University
Press 2004.
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| Jon Fieldså. Grebes. Oxford University
Press 2004. 264 pages. 8 color plates.
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| James A. Kushlan & James A. Hancock. Herons.
456 pages. Illustrated by Mike Bamford. 8 color plates by David
Thelwell. Oxford University Press 2005.
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| Clifford & Dawn Frith. The Bowerbirds.
Oxford University Press 2004. 508 pages. 6 color plates by
Eustace Barnes plus 2 plates of color photographs of bowers and
nests.
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| Donald & Lillian Stokes. Stokes Field Guide
to Warblers. (North America). 172 pages. Little Brown 2004.
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UK |
| H. Douglas Pratt. The Hawaiian
Honeycreepers. Oxford University Press 2005. 342 pages. 9
color plates.
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| Nigel Redman & Simon Harrap. Illustrated by
Chris Rose. Robins & Chats. Christopher Helm.
Forthcoming. |
| Brian Small. Reed and Bush Warblers of the
World. A & C Black. Forthcoming. |
| Graeme Green & Colin Bushell. Illustrated by
Eustace Barnes. Cotingas and Manakins. 256 pages, maps
and 40 colour plates. Helm. Forthcoming 2006? |
| Claudia Wilds & ? Terns & Skimmers.
Helm. Forthcoming 20xx?
UK |
| Craig Robson. Babblers. About 480 pp.,
64 colour plates by Craig Robson, Clive Byers and Tim Worfolk.
Forthcoming. Pica Press. |
| Roy Hargreaves. Larks, pipits and wagtails.
About 300 pages. 40 colour plates by Dave Nurney. Pica
Press. Forthcoming. |
| Lincoln Fishpool & Des Allen. Bulbuls.
About 256 pages. 40 colour plates by Mark Andrews. Pica Press.
Forthcoming. |
| Phil Chantler. Flycatchers. About 400
pages. 64 colour plates by Gerald Driessens. Covers the
Muscicapidae and the Monarchidae & Rhipiduridae.
Pica Press. Forthcoming. |
| Hans Winkler. Illustrated by Christopher
Schmidt. Cranes and bustards. About 240 pages. 16 colour
plates. Pica Press. Forthcoming. |
| Phil Gregory. Birds of Paradise and
Bowerbirds. Pica Press. Forthcoming. |
| Phil Gregory. Honeyeaters. Pica Press.
Forthcoming. |
| Robert B. Payne. The Cuckoos. Oxford
University Press 2005. 16 color plates. 352 pages.
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UK |
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| Janet Kear (ed.) and the
Wildfowl & Wetlands
Trust. Illustrated by Mark Hulme. Ducks, Geese, and Swans.
2 volumes. 932 pages. 30 color plates. Oxford University Press
2005.
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| J. Bryan Nelson. Pelicans, Cormorants, and
their Allies. 528 pages. 12 color plates by Andrew Mackay.
Oxford University Press 2005.
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CA |
| Christopher Perrins. Tits and Related
Species. Oxford University Press. Forthcoming 2006. |
Bird Handbooks
| Birds of North America. Now available
online for $40 per year. Improvements over the now out-of-print
18-volume hard copy set include updates, linked bibliographical
references, sounds and video from the Macauley Library, and a
library of digital images.
Details. |
| Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal
(eds.) Handbook of Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions.
Whenever I take a volume off the shelf to look up something, I
invariably spend an hour or more reading the species accounts
and looking at the color plates and photos. Very high quality in
all respects and much easier to use than most encyclopedic bird
books. Volume 11:
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CA (2006).
Volume 10:
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA (2005).
Volume 9:
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UK |
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CA
Conclusion of the suboscine passerines. 2004.
Volume 8:
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CA
The best volume yet, with superb coverage of the suboscine
passerines (part 1). 2003. |
G. Stuart Keith, Emil Urban, Hilary Fry, et al.
The Birds of Africa. A&C Black and Princeton University
Press. Essential reference!
Vol 7 (2004)
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
Peter J. Higgins (ed.), Stephen Marchant (ed.)
& Jeff Davies (illustrator). Handbook of Australian, New
Zealand & Antarctic Birds. (HANZAB). 7 volumes. Oxford
University Press. Essential reference!
Vol. 7 (2006). Boatbill to Starlings. In two volumes of
approximately 1100 pages each. 54 color plates.
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Complete Set:
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Regional Studies
| Ernest Garcia & Andrew Patterson. Where to
Watch Birds in Southern & Western Spain, Andalucia, Extremardura
& Gibraltar. Helm (2d ed. 2008).
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Ernest Garcia & Michael Rebane. Where to
Watch Birds in Northern & Eastern Spain. Helm (2d ed. 2008).
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
| David W. Steadman. Extinction and
Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. 480 pages.
University of Chicago Press 2006.
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
| Paul Donahue. Birds of Tambopata: A
Checklist. 43 pages. Tambopata Reserve Society. Second
edition, 2006. ISBN: 095246876X. |
| José Antonio Montero. Where to Watch Birds
in Spain: The 100 best sites. Lynx Edicions 2006. ISBN:
8496553043. |
David R. Wells. The Birds of the Thai-Malay
Peninsula. Volume 2: Passerines. 704 pages. Poyser and
Princeton University Press. Forthcoming 2006?
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CA
Vol. 1 (New DJ to match Vol. 2):
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CA
Two-volume set:
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| Hilary Fry. Birds of Africa: Concise Edition.
Helm 2006?
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FR |
CA |
| Dick Forsman. Photo Guide to the Raptors of
the Western Palearctic. Helm 2008?
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DE |
FR |
CA |
| Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire & Robert J. Dowsett.
The Birds of Malawi: An Atlas and Handbook. 556 pages. 16
color photographic plates. Tauraco Press 2006.
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DE |
FR |
| Rishad Naoroji. Birds of Prey of the Indian
Subcontinent. 480 pages. Helm 2006.
UK |
DE |
FR |
| Ian Sinclair, Olivier Langrand & Fanja
Andriamialisoa. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the
Indian Ocean Islands. 128 pages. Struik 2006.
UK |
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FR |
CA |
| David Beadle & James D. Rising. Tanagers,
Cardinals and Finches of the United States and Canada: The
Identification Guide. Princeton University Press 2006.
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
| Michael & Patricia Fogden. Hummingbirds of
Costa Rica. 154 pages. Firefly Books 2006.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Peter Spierenburg. Birds in Bhutan: Status
and Distribution. 384 pages. Oriental Bird Club 2005.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
Jorge O. Veiga, Fernando C. Filiberto, Marcos
P. Babarskas & Christian Savigny. Aves de la Provincia de
Neuquén - Patagonia Argentina:
Lista Comentada y Distribución.
Details (pdf). Editora RYC. |
| Troy Corman & Cathryn Wise-Gervais (eds.)
Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas. 656 pages. University of New
Mexico Press 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Terrence Wahl, Bill Tweit & Steven G. Mlodinow.
Birds of Washington: Status and Distribution. 436 pages.
Oregon State University Press 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow. Birds of
Australia's Top End. 160 pages. New Holland, 2d ed. 2005.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Adrian Pitches & Tim Cleeves. Birds New to
Britain 1980-2004. 300 pages. Helm 2005.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Mark Cocker & Richard Mabey. Birds
Britannica. 528 pages. Chatto & Windus 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans
Larsson (illustrator). Gulls of Europe, Asia and North
America. 544 pages. 93 color plates. Helm & Princeton
University Press. Revised edition, November 2004. The first
printing contained so many errors that it was recalled by the
publishers.
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
| Michael Patrikeev. The Birds of Azerbaijan.
Details. 500 pages. Pensoft Publishers 2004.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Birds of Spain: A Celebration. 295
pages. Lynx Edicions 2004.
UK |
DE |
FR |
| Tim E. Dunn, P. Ian Mitchell, Stephen Newton &
Norman Ratcliffe. Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland.
550 pages. Poyser 2004.
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DE |
FR |
| Hilary Aikman & Colin Miskelly. Birds of the
Chatham Islands. 128 pages. Over 150 color photographs
depicting all 68 breeding species plus four migrant waders. The
18 endemics and 3 near-endemics are given detailed coverage. New
Zealand Department of Conservation, 2004.
Details from Birding-NZ. Order information:
nwong[at]doc.govt.nz. |
| Morten Strange. Birds of Fraser's Hill
(Malaysia): An Illustrated Guide and Checklist. 120 pages.
Includes a site guide and annotated checklist.
Nature's Niche, Singapore 2004. |
| Geoff Barrett, Andrew Silcocks, Simon Barry,
Ross Cunningham & Rory Poulter (eds.) The New Atlas of
Australian Birds.
Details. CSIRO 2004. 828 pages. About 4,000 distribution
maps showing seasonal changes and breeding ranges.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| George Green. Birds of Dorset. Poyser
2004. 575 pages.
UK |
| Dennis R. Paulson. Shorebirds of North and
Central America: The Photographic Guide. 384 pages.
Princeton University Press 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Anita Studer. Birds of Eastern Brazil: Their
Biology and Nesting Behaviour. Forthcoming. |
| Mike Pennington, Paul Harvey, Kevin Osborn,
Roger Riddington, Pete Ellis, Martin Heubeck & Dave Okill.
The Birds of Shetland. 592 pages. Christopher Helm 2004.
UK |
| Paul Sterry. Birds of the Mediterranean: A
Photographic Guide. 304 pages. Nearly 1,000 color photos.
Helm & Yale University Press. 2004.
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UK |
| Otto Pfister. Birds and Mammals of Ladakh.
450 pages. Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
| Graham Hearl & John Muddeman. The Birds of
the Balearic Islands. 350 pages. Poyser 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Chris Benesh. Flycatchers of North America.
Poyser. Forthcoming.
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UK |
| Andrew Brown & Philip Grice. Birds in
England. 350 pages. Poyser 2004.
US |
UK |
| Philip Burton, Dick Forsman, Ian Lewington
(Illustrator). Birds of Prey in Britain & Europe. 288
pages. Christopher Helm. Forthcoming.
UK |
| Michel Thévenot, Rae Vernon & Patrick Bergier.
The Birds of Morocco.
BOU
Checklist Series: 21. 600+ pages. 32 colour plates. 2004. |
| Hadoram Shirihai & Lars Svensson. The
Photographic Handbook to the Western Palearctic Birds.
Missing photos. 1,000+ pages. 3,000+ photos. Covers the
whole Arabian Peninsula and Iran as well as the traditional
Western Palearctic.
Alula Press. Forthcoming 2006? |
| Kevin J. Zimmer. Field Guide to the Ocean
Birds of North America. Princeton University Press.
Forthcoming.
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UK |
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CA |
Species Monographs
| Noel F.R. Snyder & Helen A. Snyder.
Introduction to the California Condor. 288 pages. University
of California Press 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Ralph Costa. Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
600 pages. Hancock House 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Noel F.R. Snyder. The Carolina Parakeet:
Glimpses of a Vanished Bird. Princeton University Press
2004.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Paul Donald. The Skylark. Poyser 2004.
264 pages.
UK |
| Angela Turner. The Barn Swallow. Poyser.
Forthcoming.
US |
| Bart Ebbinge. The Brent Goose. Poyser.
Forthcoming.
US |
| Richard Sale & Eugene Potapov. The
Gyrfalcon. 284 pages.
Details. Poyser and Yale University Press 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Jerome A. Jackson. The Red-Cockaded
Woodpecker. Poyser. Forthcoming.
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UK |
| Steve Petty. The Tawny Owl. Poyser.
Forthcoming.
US |
UK |
| Mark Brazil. The Whooper Swan. 250
pages. 512 pages. Poyser 2003.
US |
UK |
| Johnson. The Greater Flamingo. 250
pages. Poyser. Forthcoming.
US |
UK |
| Mike Pienkowski. The Red Kite. 300
pages. Poyser. Forthcoming.
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UK |
| Robert Bijlsma. The Honey Buzzard. 250
pages. Poyser. Forthcoming.
US |
UK |
Bird Finding
| Tim Woodward. Birding South-east China. 2006. 423
pages. Covers 160 sites with 129 maps.
US |
| Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode & Jonathan
Rossouw. Southern African Birdfinder. Where to find 1400
bird species in southern Africa and Madagascar. 448 pages.
Struik 2006.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Paul Milne. Where to Watch Birds - World
Cities. 500 pages. Helm 2006.
UK |
DE |
FR |
| Jonathan Guest, Malcolm Hutchinson. Where to
Watch Birds in Cumbria, Lancashire & Cheshire. Christopher
Helm. 3rd edition 2007?
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Brian Clews & Paul Trodd. Where to Watch
Birds: Thames Valley & The Chilterns. Christopher Helm 2002.
368 pages. 2d edition 2007?
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Keith Marsh. The Good Bird Guide: A
Species-by-Species Guide to Finding Europe's Best Birds. 496
pages. A&C Black 2005.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Thomas Valqui. Where to Watch Birds in Peru.
Covers 180 sites with 60 maps. 384 pages. Grafica Ñañez S.A.,
Lima 2004. ISBN: 9972330923. I haven't seen this book yet, but
it has been highly recommended by Gunnar Engblom and other Peru
experts. |
| Philippe Dubois. Where to Watch Birds in France.
Christopher Helm. 2d edition 2006. 400 pages.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Dave Britton & John Day. Where to Watch
Birds in Northeast England. Christopher Helm. Second edition
forthcoming 2004. 400 pages.
US |
UK |
Bird Adventures
| Brian Garfield. The Meinertzhagen
Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud. His tale
of having been attacked by a Lammergeier was so obviously phony
that ornithologists should immediately have started
double-checking his records. As in the case of the ongoing
Ivory-billed Woodpecker hoax, it's not advisable to accept
anything claimed by people who have been caught lying.
Potomac Books 2007.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Sean Dooley. The Big Twitch: One man,
one continent, and a race against time: A true story about
birdwatching. Allen & Unwin 2005.
Details (pdf). 336 pages. Australian comedian Dooley spent
2002 trying to see 700 species of birds in Australia in a year,
reporting regularly on
Birding-Aus.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr.
Experiences of an Ornithologist Along the Highways and Byways of
Bolivia: Collecting Birds in an Isolated, Magnificent Land in
the Nineteen Thirties. Edited by Melbourne Romaine Carriker
(the famous collector's son) and Robert C. Dalgleish. 480 pages.
Authorhouse 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Tim Gallagher. The Grail Bird: Hot on
the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Houghton Mifflin
2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Philip Hoose. The Race to Save the
Lord God Bird. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Jerome A. Jackson. In Search of the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Smithsonian Books 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Mark Obmascik. The Big Year: A Tale of Man,
Nature and Fowl Obsession. 288 pages. Free Press & Doubleday
2004.
US |
UK |
Other Ornithology
| Mark Constantine. The Sound Approach
to Birding. 192 pages. 2006.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| James F. Clements. The Clements Checklist of
Birds of the World. 855 pages. 6th edition. Cornell
University Press 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Frank Gill & Minturn Wright. Birds of the
World: Recommended English Names. Includes a CD-ROM with the
names in Excel files. 272 pages. 2006. Princeton University
Press:
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA || A&C Black:
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Theodore R. Anderson. Disparate House
Sparrows: Their Biology from Genes to Life History. 624
pages. Oxford University Press 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Thomas C. Grubb. Ptilochronology: Feather
Time and the Biology of Birds. 192 pages. Oxford University
Press 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Eugene M. McCarthy. Handbook of Avian
Hybrids of the World. 608 pages. Oxford University Press
2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Christopher Lever. Naturalised Birds of the
World. 304 pages. Poyser 2005.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Russell Greenberg & Peter R. Marra (eds.)
Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Migration.
466 pages. Johns Hopkins University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| John J. Videler. Avian Flight. 288
pages. Oxford University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Handbook
of Bird Biology. 1248 pages. Princeton University Press
2004.
US |
UK |
| Ian Newton. The Migration Ecology of
Birds. Academic Press. Forthcoming 2006? 375 pages.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Christopher W. Leahy. The Birdwatcher's
Companion to North American Birdlife. 960 pages. Princeton
University Press. Revised edition, 2004.
US |
UK |
| Bo Beulens & Michael Watkins. Whose Bird?:
Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds.
Christopher Helm 2003 & Yale University Press 2004. 384 pages.
US |
UK |
| David M. Bird. The Bird Almanac: A Guide to
Essential Facts and Figures of the World's Birds. Firefly
Books. Revised edition, 2004. 460 pages.
US |
UK |
| Walter Koenig & Janis
Dickinson (eds.) Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative
Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press 2004. 304
pages.
US |
UK |
| Philip J. Currie, Martin A. Shugar & James O.
Farlow (eds.) Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition
from Dinosaurs to Birds. Indiana University Press 2004. 424
pages.
US |
UK |
| Dominic Couzens, illustrated by Peter
Partington. The Secret Lives of British Birds. Poyser
2006. 176 pages.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Dominic Couzens, illustrated by Peter
Partington. The Secret Lives of Garden Birds. Poyser
2004. 160 pages.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Norman Elkins. Weather and Bird Behaviour.
Poyser. Third edition 2004. 276 pages.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| John Marchant. The British Trust for
Ornithology Migration Atlas. 600 pages. Poyser. Forthcoming.
US |
UK |
| Anthony Cheke & Julian Hume. Lost Land of
the Dodo. 504 pages. Poyser 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Stephen Moss. A Bird in
the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching. 375 pages. Aurum
Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Ian Wallace. Beguiled by Birds: Ian Wallace
on British Birdwatching. Poyser 2004.
UK |
DE |
FR |
| Charles Gallimore & Tim Appleton. Bird Brain
of Britain: The Ultimate Quiz Book for Birders. 192 pages.
Helm 2004.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Stephen Moss (ed.) Blokes and Birds. 96
pages. New Holland 2004.
US |
UK |
Conservation
| Rare Birds Yearbook 2008. BirdLife
International.
Details. |
| James N.M. Smith, Lukas F. Keller, Amy B. Marr
& Peter Arcese. Conservation and Biology of Small
Populations: The Song Sparrows of Mandarte Island. 256
pages. Oxford University Press 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| M. Zafar-ul Islam & Asad R. Rahmani (eds.)
Important Bird Areas in India: Priority sites for co | |
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