A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia and Singapore: Including Sabah and Sarawak

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Malaysia (including the state of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo) is perfect for resident and visitor alike.

High quality photographs from sone of Malaysia's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, length, plumage, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendlyly troductlon covers climate, vegetation, biogeography, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included in A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia and Singapore is an all-important checklist of all of the birds of Malaysia encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific names as well as Malay names, its status In each state as well as its global status.

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Dr. Geoffrey Davison has spent all his working life in Southeast Asia, as a university lecturer in Malaysia, a conservationist with WWF, and now with the National Parks Board in Singapore. His interests range across ornithology, tropical forest ecology, and animal taxonomy. He has written numerous scientific papers, as well as a number of books about birds and wildlife in Southeast Asia, including best-sellers Photoguide to the Birds of Borneo and Photoguide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia. Yeap Chin Aik began bird watching in his early teens, and is currently Head of the Conservation Division at the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS). He has written several scientific papers, and is one of the main compilers of Important Bird Areas in Malaysia: Key Sites for Conservation.