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Princeton University Press Bird Books - Recent & Forthcoming
[Princeton
Bird Books, 1998-2002]
[Princeton Bird
Books Published before 1998]
2006 & Future Releases
 Thomas
S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P.
O'Neill & Theodore A. Parker III. Birds of Peru. 656
pages. Princeton University Press, October 2007.
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| 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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 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. It's also a very convenient study guide and includes
illustrations of migrants and hypothetical species. (2006). 336
pages. 98 color plates illustrating more than 1,500 species.
Princeton University Press:
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 Francisco
Erize & Jorge R. Rodríguez Mata & Maurice Rumboll. Birds of
South America: Non-passerines - an Illustrated Checklist.
376 pages. 156 color plates illustrating nearly 1,300 species.
The fine plates that Jorge Mata worked on during a year in New
York in the 1970s finally are going to be published. 384 pages.
Forthcoming 2006. Princeton University Press:
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 Joseph
Forshaw. Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide.
Illustrated by Frank Knight, whose field guide illustrations of
Australian birds and mammals are the finest ever done. Princeton
University Press 2006.
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| 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:
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 Stephen
Message & Don Taylor. Shorebirds of North America, Europe and
Asia: A Guide to Field Identification. 240 pages. 80 color
plates. Princeton University Press 2006.
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CA
 Waders
of Europe, Asia and North America. Helm 2005. (Same book,
different cover.)
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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. 2006. Compact version of the 2000
handbook, with new plates by Alan Harris and updated taxonomy.
The 992-page handbook was full of mistakes and did not appear to
have been reviewed by a raptor expert. Hopefully this version
will be much better. Princeton University Press:
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| 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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David R. Wells. The Birds of the Thai-Malay
Peninsula. Volume 2: Passerines. A&C Black and Princeton
University Press 2006. Volume 1 is the definitive work on the
Malaysian Non-Passerines.
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2-volume set:
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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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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 and Princeton University Press. 2d edition 1996
(2004 reprint):
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Third edition, Poyser 2008:
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| 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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| Kevin J. Zimmer. Field Guide to the Ocean
Birds of North America. Princeton University Press.
Forthcoming.
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| Mark Pearman. The Birds of Argentina and the
South-west Atlantic. Princeton University Press.
Forthcoming. |
| Carla M. Penz. Heliconius Butterflies and
Their Relatives. Interesting family of slow-flying
Neotropical butterflies whose larvae feed on highly toxic
passion vines and which are often confused with numerous mimics.
Princeton University Press 2007?
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| Jeffrey V. Wells. Conservation Handbook of
Birds of North America: 100 North American Birds at Risk.
Princeton University Press 2007.
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| 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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2005 Releases
 Rick
Cech and Guy Tudor. Butterflies of the East Coast: An
Observer's Guide. Princeton University Press 2005. 336
pages.
Special WorldTwitch Award - Best Butterfly Book to Date.
234 full-page species accounts and accompanying range maps. 735
color photos of butterflies and caterpillars. 215 photos of
individual host plants and habitats. Covers the eastern US &
Canada.
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 Craig
Robson. Birds of Southeast Asia. 304 pages. New Holland &
Princeton University Press 2005. Updated, much improved field
guide edition. Illustrations have been rearranged on 142 color
plates facing text, depicting 28 additional species and with 140
improved or corrected illustrations.
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 Dennis
R. Paulson. Shorebirds of North and Central America: The
Photographic Guide. 384 pages. Princeton University Press
2005.
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| David L. Wagner. Caterpillars of Eastern
North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History.
Covers more than 700 species of butterflies and moths (a tiny
fraction of the total). 496 pages. Princeton University Press
2005.
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| Jerry Liguori. Hawks from Every Angle:
How to identify North American raptors in flight. 160 pages.
Princeton University Press 2005.
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| John C. Abbott. Dragonflies and Damselflies
of Texas and the South-Central United States. 360 pages.
Princeton University Press 2005.
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2004 Releases
 Ken
Simpson & Nicolas Day. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.
Penguin Books Australia, Princeton University Press & Helm. 7th
edition 2004.
WorldTwitch 2004 Best Bird Book - Australasia. 392
pages. 132 color plates including 16 new or revised plates.
Revised distribution maps with all subspecies shown. The field
guide for those with a large pocket. This book is smaller,
lighter and more portable than the large format guides by
Morcombe and Pizzey & Knight, but the plates are much better
than Slater's. In the 7th edition, the Handbook section at the
end has been condensed by more than 50 pages, saving additional
weight without loss of field utility.
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 Sandy
Podulka, Ronald W. Rohrbaugh, Jr., and Rick Bonney (eds.)
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Handbook of Bird Biology.
1248 pages.
WorldTwitch 2004 Best Ornithology Book. Princeton
University Press. 2d edition, 2004.
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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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Vol 6 (2000):
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Vol 5 (1997):
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Vol 4 (1992):
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Vol 3 (1988):
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Vol 2 (1986):
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Vol 1 (1982):
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Set - Vols 1-6
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| Noel F.R. Snyder. The Carolina Parakeet:
Glimpses of a Vanished Bird. Princeton University Press
2004.
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| Christopher W. Leahy. The Birdwatcher's
Companion to North American Birdlife. 960 pages. Princeton
University Press. Revised edition, 2004.
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| Nathan P. Smith, Scott A. Mori, Andrew
Henderson, Dennis W. Stevenson & Scott V. Heald (eds.)
Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. 616 pages. Princeton
University Press 2004.
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2003 Releases
| Ian Sinclair &
Pete Ryan. Assisted by Patrice Christy & Phil Hockey. Birds
of Africa South of the Sahara: A complete illustrated field
guide to the birds south of the Sahara. Illustrated by
Norman Arlott, Peter Hayman & Alan Harris. Struik & Princeton
University Press 2003.
Details. 760 pages. Covers 2105 species with more than 2000
images on 359 plates. The illustrations of southern birds are
borrowed from the latest SASOL guide.
WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Book - Africa. For home
study, it provides instant access to all African species, with
acceptable to excellent color plates, range maps, and essential
text. In the field, it fills in the many gaps between the
regions with fine modern field guides. Recommended by Jon
Hornbuckle for use in Zambia.
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| Alvaro Jaramillo. Birds
of Chile. Illustrated by David Beadle and Peter Burke.
WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Book - South America. 240
pages, 96 color plates. Helm & Princeton University Press 2003.
The best field guide thus far to the birds of southern South
America.
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| Richard Grimmett & Tim Inskipp. Birds
of Northern India. Helm & Princeton University Press 2003.
WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Book - Asia. Regional
guide to Northern India extracted from the authors' huge
subcontinent guide. 320 pages. Much easier to use in the
field than the larger book, with enlarged color illustrations.
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| Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando
Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele. Birds of the West
Indies. 216 pages, 94 color plates. Reduced and rearranged
field guide largely extracted from the authors' larger 1998
guide, with many new and improved illustrations. Repeats the
mistaken claim that both tremblers on St. Lucia and Martinique.
(See Storer 1989). I also question the continuing claim that
Bridled Quail-Dove and Key West Quail-Dove both occur
sympatrically on Puerto Rico.
WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Book - West Indies. Helm &
Princeton University Press 2003.
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| Per Alström & Krister
Mild. Illustrated by Per Alstöm & Bill Zetterström. Pipits
and Wagtails (of Europe, Asia & North America). 496 pages,
30 superb color plates, 240 color photographs, 298 sonograms, 36
maps, 89 text figures. One of the finest of the bird families
books. Includes color illustrations and photographs of the
newly-described Mekong Wagtail.
WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Family Book. Helm & Princeton
University Press 2003.
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| Edward C. Dickinson (ed.) The Howard and
Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd
edition. 1056 pages. Poyser & Princeton University Press 2003.
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| Steve N.G. Howell. Hummingbirds of
North America: The Photographic Guide. 219 pages. Poyser
2001 & Princeton University Press 2003.
WorldTwitch 2001 Best Bird Book - North America. More
than 200 photos with illustrations of some little-known field
marks. Emphasizes plumages that are difficult to identify.
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| Brian K. Wheeler. Raptors of Western
North America: The Wheeler Guide. Princeton University Press
& Poyser 2003.
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 Steven
L. Hilty. Birds of Venezuela. Second edition.
WorldTwitch 2002 Best Bird Book - South America. 878
pages. Completely new, except for the color plates by Guy Tudor
and John Gwynne. Authoritative text by Steve Hilty, 31 new color
plates, mostly by John Gwynne and Sophie Webb, and 44 color
photos of habitats. Princeton University Press & Helm. January
2003.
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