The Crossley ID Guide series hit the market in 2011 with the guide to Eastern Birds, marking a revolution in identification guides. The plates of birds, scenically arranged in their natural context, are photographic composites and show a variety of angles. They cover plumage, sex, and age variations, and situate the birds among other species [...]
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Book of the Week: Icelandic Bird Guide: Appearance, Way of Life, Habitat
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Icelandic Bird Guide: Appearance, Way of Life, Habitat Johann Oli Hilmarsson What? New edition of the popular guide to Iceland’s birds by the country’s pre-eminent ornithologist and photographer, Johann Oli Hilmarsson. Why? This attractive and informative guide completely revises and expands the previous edition [...]
“Even better than the 1st edition” – a customer review of Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, 2nd Ed.
Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan Reviewer: Mike Nelson from the USA One-word summary: “Complete” “The second edition has been updated with some new plates including Spiderhunters, Hornbills, Blue Flycatchers and others. Also included in some of the plates are food plants which are helpful. Information has been [...]
Book of the Week: Primates of West Africa
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Primates of West Africa: A Field Guide and Natural History John F. Oates What? New volume in the Tropical Field Guide Series from Conservation International. Why? Full of information about the primates of the highly bio-diverse West Africa region – from the coast of Senegal to [...]
Two great new bird field guides, in stock now at NHBS
Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey This is a brand new field guide from Lynx Edicions, the publishers of Handbook of the Birds of the World, and Handbook of the Mammals of the World. A quality compact hardback field guide, with detailed distribution maps and carefully [...]
Field Guide and Checklist to the Birds of Colombia reviewed in IBIS
Martin Kelsey reviews the best-selling Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia, and its companion volume, the Checklist of the Birds of Colombia – both of which are distributed by NHBS. “This book will be indispensable for anyone interested in Colombia and will be an essential companion in the field.” Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia [...]
NHBS Country Guide: Costa Rica – June 2010
Colourful Costa Rica! From the dramatic cloud forests and volcanoes of the Andean-Sierra Madres to the Northern Lowlands and the spectacular coasts, Costa Rica remains one of the most popular destinations for ecotourism in the world today. This compact new guide to the wildlife of Costa Rica is the perfect general field guide for spotting [...]
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