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A Birdwatcher's Guide to Italy
Finding most important Italian birds
Luciano Ruggieri and Igor Festari

Guide to finding birds in Italy, incl. Sardinia and Sicily. The site account section covers 100 different important birding spots, and a further 40 are briefly cited as ....

303 pages, maps.
softcover | 2005 | £18.50 | approx. $28/€21


Collins Bird Guide
Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J Grant

Written by one Europe's leading ornithologists and illustrated by two of the world's finest bird illustrators - Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom (with a translation by ....

392 pages, 3500 col illus, 700 maps.
hardcover | 1999 | £24.99 | approx. $38/€28
hardcover | NYP 09/2009 | £24.99 | approx. $38/€28


Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea
John Ash and John Atkins

Ethiopia and Eritrea have a fascinating and unique avifauna. Poorly known in comparison to many parts of Africa, knowledge on bird distribution in the two countries is ....

463 pages, 16p colour photos and maps.
hardcover | 2009 | £42.74 | approx. $64/€48 (reduced from £44.99)


Birds of the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra
Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe

The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these are confined to the isolated ....

496 pages, 213 colour plates.
softcover | 2009 | £29.99 | approx. $45/€34


Collins Field Guide: Birds of Southern Africa
Ber Van Perlo

`Birds of Southern Africa' is the only field guide to illustrate and describe all species commonly found in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, ....

320 pages, 84pp col plates, maps.
softcover | 2009 | £24.99 | approx. $38/€28


A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia
Craig Robson

This fully updated edition of the award-winning A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia includes more than 20 new species for the region which are recent discoveries, ....

544 pages, 120 col plates.
hardcover | 2009 | £33.24 | approx. $50/€38 (reduced from £34.99)


Guia de Campo: Aves Da Amazonia Brasileira / Birds of Amazonian Brazil
Tomas Sigrist

This book composes a complementary volume of the set 'Avis Brasilis Field Guides'. This second volume brings together the constituent species of the Brazilian Amazonian ....

472 pages, col plates, distribution maps, illus.
softcover | 2008 | £44.99 | approx. $67/€51


 
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Atlas of Breeding Birds in Bulgaria

Edited by Petar Iankov

The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Bulgaria is the first ever publication of its kind for this country and contains the most complete information about the breeding bird ....

680 pages | line drawings, distribution maps | BSPB

Hbk | 2007 | 9549142175 | #175691 | £29.99 approx. $45/€34

Birds by Colour

Marc Duquet, Alban Larousse and François Desbordes

Bird identification can be very confusing for the beginner, and because many species are multicoloured, birds are not the most obvious group of animals for an identification ....

224 pages | Col illus | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2008 | 0713689943 | #169880 | RRP: £12.99 NHBS price: £12.34 You Save: £0.65 (5%)

The Birds of Corsica

An Annotated Checklist

Jean-Claude Thibault and Gilles Bonaccorsi

Fine avifauna of the Mediterranean island. The systematic list details the status of over 320 breeding, migrant and vagrant species. The introductory chapters include ....

171 pages | 16pp colour plates, tabs, maps | BOU

Hbk | 1999 | 0907446213 | #094844 | £22.00 approx. $33/€25

Birds in European Cities

Edited by John G Kelcey and Goetz Rheinwald

Birds in European Cities is the first book to describe any aspect of the natural history of man-made habitats across Europe or any other continent. The urban habitats present in ....

450 pages | b/w photos, maps | Ginster Verlag

Hbk | 2005 | 3980681726 | #156455 | £33.50 approx. $50/€38

Birding in Eastern Europe

Gerard Gorman

This guide covers the best birding sites in eleven eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia ....

288 pages | illus | WildSounds

Pbk | 2006 | 1898665079 | #161040 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East

Lars Jonsson

The key field guide to European birds. This is a completely revised and reworked single volume edition of Lars Jonsson's original works which were published in five volumes - ....

559 pages | 140 col plates, col distribution maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 1992 | 0713652586 | #010373 | RRP: £29.99 NHBS price: £26.99 You Save: £3.00 (10%)

Pbk | 1996 | 0713676000 | #156540 | £16.99 approx. $26/€19

A Birdwatching Guide to Brittany

Stephen Coghlan

Aimed at both the first time and the repeat visitor to the French region. It contains a checklist and list of French bird names, a booklist and references. ....

109 pages | Maps & photos | Arlequin Press

Pbk | 2003 | 1900159864 | #142331 | £10.95 approx. $17/€13

Birdwatching Guide to Cyprus

Arthur Stagg and Graham Hearl

Guide to the best spots in the Greek-controlled part of the island. ....

87 pages | 8 pp col plates, 11 maps | Arlequin Press

Pbk | 1998 | 1900159805 | #077300 | £11.50 approx. $18/€13

A Birdwatching Guide to Georgia

With Information on Other Wildlife

L Gavashelishvili, R Gokhelashvili, Z Javakhishvili and D Tarkhnishvili

Describes the 28 most attractive sites for birdwatching in Georgia. It provides detailed information for each site on climate, ecosystems and habitats, species (not just the ....

131 pages | Col photos and maps | GCCW

Pbk | 2005 | 9994077139 | #151792 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Italy

Finding most important Italian birds

Luciano Ruggieri and Igor Festari

Guide to finding birds in Italy, incl. Sardinia and Sicily. The site account section covers 100 different important birding spots, and a further 40 are briefly cited as ....

303 pages | maps | Lynx

Pbk | 2005 | 8487334865 | #156489 | £18.50 approx. $28/€21

Birds of Hungary

Gerard Gorman

For a comparatively small country, Hungary has a wide variety of habitats and many interesting and ornithologically important species, including Great Bustard, Imperial ....

192 pages | 50 line drawings, 363 maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 1996 | 0713642351 | #049560 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £22.49 You Save: £2.50 (10%)

Birdwatching in Iceland (English Edition)

Jon Baldur and Hegi Gudmundsson

Concise guide to the areas of Iceland of particular interest to the birdwatcher, with details of each region, its birdlife, and access to it. Contains brief description of ....

64 pages | B/w illus, maps | Randburg.com

Hbk | 2001 | 9979929618 | #129651 | £33.50 approx. $50/€38

Birds of the Mediterranean

A Photographic Guide

Paul Sterry

Covers all the bird species occurring in the areas bordering the Mediterranean, which comprise some of the most distinctive and bird-rich habitats in Europe, the Middle East ....

192 pages | 1000 col photos | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2004 | 0713663499 | #134081 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £18.99 You Save: £1.00 (5%)

BWPi 2.0.1: Birds of the Western Palearctic Interactive - DVD ROM

OUP/BirdGuides Ltd

BirdGuides and OUP have combined their resources to produce the entire text of BWP (all 9 volumes) onto this interactive DVD ROM ....

BirdGuides

DVD-ROM | 2006 | 1898110395 | #164224 | £139.00 approx. $207/€156

Checklist of the Birds of the Canary Islands (Lista de las Aves de las Islas Canarias)

Eduardo Garcia Del Rey

Up-to-date list of all the bird species reliably recorded in the Canary Islands and its main islets between 1963 and 2001. Arranged according to families and includes each ....

30 pages | Tabs | Turquesa Publicaciones

Pbk | 2001 | 8495412144 | #127157 | £5.00 approx. $8/€6

A Climatic Atlas of European Breeding Birds

Brian Huntley, Rhys Green, Yvonne Collingham and Stephen G Willis

A comprehensive exploration of the relationships between the distributions of birds breeding in Europe and the present climate, and how future climatic change may alter ....

521 pages | Maps, tabs, figs | Lynx

Hbk | 2007 | 8496553140 | #172768 | £40.00 approx. $60/€45

Collins Bird eGuide

The most complete field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe

Killian Mullarney, Lars Svensson, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J Grant

Superb new electronic field guide based on the best-selling Collins Bird Guide. ....

PDA Solutions

PDA card | 2005 | 1898665400 | #158254 | £89.95 approx. $134/€101

Collins Bird Guide

Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J Grant

Written by one Europe's leading ornithologists and illustrated by two of the world's finest bird illustrators - Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom (with a translation by ....

392 pages | 3500 col illus, 700 maps | Harper Collins

Hbk | 1999 | 0002197286 | #076053 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Hbk | NYP 09/2009 | 0007267266 | #165739 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Collins Field Guide: Birds of the Palearctic - Non-Passerines

Norman Arlott

A field guide to all the non-passerines found from Britain, eastwards to Japan, and as far south as the Sahara and Himalayas. ....

240 pages | col illus, distribution maps | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2009 | 0007155654 | #137636 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Collins Field Guide: Birds of the Palearctic - Passerines

Norman Arlott

This is the essential companion for the keen birdwatcher. This book covers all the perching birds of the Palearctic, a zoographical area running from the British Isles ....

240 pages | Distribution maps, col plates, illus | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2007 | 0007147058 | #128714 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Common Birds in Oman

An Identification Guide

J Eriksen and H Eriksen

Some 400 colour photographs are included in this book to help identify 250 species of birds, which cover all the common, and many not so common, birds found in Oman. Species ....

256 pages | Col photos, distrib maps | Al Roya Publishing

Pbk | 2005 | #156086 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands

Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde

Tony Clarke, Chris Orgill and Tony Disley

This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spectacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in ....

320 pages | 56 col plates, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2006 | 0713660236 | #066409 | RRP: £29.99 NHBS price: £26.99 You Save: £3.00 (10%)

Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East

Richard Porter, S Christensen and P Schiermacker-Hansen

Detailed field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of the region. It covers all species found in the Arabian Peninsula (including Socotra), Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, ....

460 pages | 112 col plates, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2004 | 0713670169 | #146732 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £22.49 You Save: £2.50 (10%)

Finding Birds in Cyprus

D Gosney

24 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1993 | 1898110131 | #024152 | £6.99 approx. $11/€8

Finding Birds in Egypt

D Gosney

26 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1993 | 1898110034 | #024158 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9

Finding Birds in Eastern Turkey

D Gosney

24 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1993 | 0951792059 | #024153 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9

Finding Birds in Greece

D Gosney

36 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1993 | 0951792075 | #024156 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9

Finding Birds in Poland

D Gosney

28 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1993 | 0951792083 | #024154 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9

Finding Birds in Southern Morocco

D Gosney

28 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1993 | 1898110042 | #027634 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9

Finding Birds in Southern Portugal

D Gosney

Site guide written by this British bird tour leader. ....

32 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1995 | 1898110182 | #044012 | £6.99 approx. $11/€8

Finding Birds in Turkey

Ankara to Birecik

D Gosney

32 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1992 | 0951792067 | #019212 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9

Finding Birds in Western Turkey

D Gosney

36 pages | Maps | BirdGuides

Pbk | 1996 | 1898110212 | #024161 | £6.99 approx. $11/€8

A Guide to the Birding Hotspots of Israel: 2 volume set

Hadoram Shirihai, James P Smith, Guy M Kirwan and Dan Alon

This magnificent birding guide for Israel, published in two volumes, will be indispensable to all visitors to the country. 23 ....

284 pages | 147 col photos, 31 maps | SPNI

Pbk | 2000 | #110103 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

A Guide to Birdwatching in Skane

Southern Sweden

Edited by Arne Ohlsson

Skane, Sweden's most southerly region is shaped like a peninsula that protrudes into the Baltic Sea. Situated on the boundary between Central and Northern Europe, it offers a ....

191 pages | colour photos, maps | SkOF

Pbk | 2008 | 9186572423 | #177671 | £41.50 approx. $62/€47

The Handbook of Bird Identification

For Europe and the Western Palearctic

Mark Beaman and Steve Madge

Illustrated by Hilary Burn, Martin Elliott, Alan Harris, Peter Hayman, Laurel Tucker, and Dan ZetterstromOver ten years in the making [and known throughout its gestation ....

868 pages | 357 colour plates, col illus, 625 colour maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 1998 | 0713639601 | #017061 | £65.00 approx. $97/€73

The Jack Snipe

Guy-Noel Olivier

Comprehensive monograph on the Jack Snipe, a common but not well-known bird not easy to study because of its solitary and nocturnal habits. This monograph compiles our present ....

206 pages | colour photos, diagrams | OMPO

Pbk | 2008 | 2952737517 | #178514 | £48.99 approx. $73/€55

Nouvel Inventaire des Oiseaux de France

P-J Dubois, P Le Maréchal, G Olioso and P Yésou

Survey of over 560 species and subspecies of wild bird recorded in France, including: Latin name, conservation status, habitat, distribution, migration and life history. The ....

559 pages | Col photos, dist maps, figs | Delachaux et Niestle

Hbk | 2008 | 2603015672 | #179015 | £59.95 approx. $90/€67

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands

D Collins and AG Clarke

Provides detailed information on birding sites on this island archipelago, each site entry giving location and access, accommodation, birding strategy and species expected ....

110 pages | Figs, maps | Prion

Pbk | 1996 | 1871104068 | #046432 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Portugal and Madeira

CC Moore, G Elias and H Costa

Comprehensive guide to 32 of the best birdwatching sites, giving details of location, access, best times to visit, bird species expected, and other interesting wildlife ....

144 pages | Line illus, 23 maps | Prion

Pbk | 1998 | 1871104076 | #046433 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Southern Spain and Gibraltar

Clive Finlayson

Written by the author of The Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar, this is a much-needed site guide to this major migratory passage point. It provides details of the ....

89 pages | Maps,line illus | Prion

Pbk | 1993 | 1871104033 | #017148 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Turkey

Ian Green and Nigel Moorhouse

The first complete site guide to this increasingly popular birding destination. It provides details of over 37 major sites, plus many minor areas of interest. Each main ....

122 pages | Line illus, maps | Prion

Pbk | 1995 | 187110405X | #024371 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Romania - a Birdwatching and Wildlife Guide

James Roberts

The communist regime which put so much of eastern Europe off-limits to wandering birders was paradoxically good for the birds and other forms of wildlife - that is the ....

330 pages | Col photos, maps | Burton Expeditions

Pbk | 2000 | 0951351362 | #105440 | £22.00 approx. $33/€25

RSPB Pocket Birds of Britain and Europe

Jonathan Elphick and John Woodward

Compact, portable and practical field guide to 320 species of British and European birds. Well illustrated with over 1350 colour photographs to aid identification. ....

224 pages | 1350 col photos, col illus, maps | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2009 | 1405337427 | #177284 | £8.99 approx. $14/€11

The Tracks and Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe

An Identification Guide

Roy Brown, John Ferguson, Michael Lawrence and David Lees

Fully revised edition of this classic field guide, including 10 new colour plates, and covering a number of new species. From feathers and skulls to prey remains and pellets, ....

333 pages | 56 col plates, b/w photos, line illus | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2003 | 0713653825 | #124776 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £22.49 You Save: £2.50 (10%)

Vultures of Georgia and Caucasus

Lexo Gavashelishvili

Describes 4 species of vultures - Egyptian Vulture, Griffin Vulture, Cinereous Vulture and Lammergeier - providing comprehensive information on their biology, ecology, ....

96 pages | Col photos & distribution maps | GCCW

Pbk | 2005 | 9994077198 | #153086 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Where the Birds are in Northeast Spain

Steve West

Contains species descriptions and complete regional checklists for northeast Spain giving an overview of species' status in each region. ....

269 pages | Col photos, col illus, maps | Steve West

Pbk | 2004 | 8460915999 | #153799 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

Where to Watch Birds in Doñana

Francisco Chiclana and Jorge Garzón

This complete and current birdwatching guide offers practical information such as maps, itineraries and species lists for the most common birds in Donana. Also available in ....

168 pages | colour photos, maps | Lynx

Pbk | 2006 | 8496553205 | #158904 | £17.99 approx. $27/€21

Where to Watch Birds in France

Edited by Philippe Dubois

The second edition of this essential guide to finding birds in France is fully revised and updated and covers 337 sites in detail. ....

272 pages | 25 illus,120 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2006 | 0713669802 | #146212 | RRP: £16.99 NHBS price: £16.14 You Save: £0.85 (5%)

Where to Watch Birds in the Madeira Archipelago

Claudia Delgado

This guide covers 14 birdwatching sites in the Madeira Archipelago, including Porto Santo and the Nature Reserves of Desertas Islands and Salvage Islands. Each site ....

111 pages | colour photos, drawings, maps | SPEA

Pbk | 2006 | 9729901899 | #164962 | £20.99 approx. $32/€24

Where to Watch Birds in Northern & Eastern Spain

Edited by Michael Rebane and Ernest Garcia

North and east Spain embraces an impressive range of habitats from the Pyrenees to the sun-drenched Catalan coast. As a consequence the area is rich in birdlife and full of ....

368 pages | line drawings, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2008 | 0713683147 | #164007 | RRP: £16.99 NHBS price: £16.14 You Save: £0.85 (5%)

Where to Watch Birds in Spain

The 100 best sites

José Antonio Montero

The ideal guide for discovering a hundred of the most interesting and accessible natural sites for birding. Includes informative, up-to-date texts on the natural features and ....

341 pages | colour photos, maps | Lynx

Pbk | 2006 | 8496553043 | #158895 | £19.50 approx. $29/€22

Where to Watch Birds in Southern and Western Spain

Andalucia, Extremadura and Gibraltar

Ernest Garcia and Andrew Paterson

Southern Iberia is in the top rank of European birding hot spots. The third edition of this popular book, first published in 1994, continues to ensure that visitors can make ....

400 pages | 30 b&w illus, 99 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2008 | 0713683155 | #162621 | RRP: £16.99 NHBS price: £16.14 You Save: £0.85 (5%)

Where to Watch Birds in Tenerife

Eduardo Garcia del Rey

Offers a selection of more than 67 sites of ornithological interest, some of which are the best ones to look for the endemics and rare seabirds. Each site is described in ....

148 pages | Col photos, col illus, line illus, dist maps, tabs | Turquesa Publicaciones

Pbk | 2000 | 8495412071 | #113901 | £12.50 approx. $19/€14

 
 
Africa
 

Atlas des Oiseaux Nicheurs de la Grande Comore, de Moheli et d'Anjouan

M Louette et al

Observations from 1981 to 2006 by RMCA ornithologists and collaborators were used to produce the present Atlas of breeding birds of the Union of the Comoros, consisting of ....

240 pages | Col photos, figs, maps, illus, tabs | MRAC

Pbk | 2008 | 9074752373 | #176858 | £34.50 approx. $52/€39

Beat About the Bush: Birds

Trevor Carnaby

The Beat about the Bush series answers all those everyday questions that are prompted by visits to the bush. It fills the gap in exisiting literature and field guides alike, ....

768 pages | Col photos | Jacana

Pbk | 2008 | 1770092412 | #163484 | £34.95 approx. $52/€40

Birds of Africa

A Comprehensive Illustrated Field Guide to the Birds South of the Sahara

Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan

Describes and illustrates all the birds found in Africa south of the Sahara, including Socotra and islands in the Gulf of Guinea. The guide covers nearly 2100 species and ....

780 pages | 340 col plates, col illus | Struik

Pbk | 2003 | 1868728579 | #138896 | £29.99 approx. $45/€34

The Birds of Cape Verde Islands

An Annotated Checklist

Cornelis J Hazevoet

The first avifauna to be published on this oceanic island group that lies off the West African coast. As with other checklists in the series, initial chapters cover geology, ....

192 pages | 48 col plates, tabs, maps | BOU

Hbk | 1995 | 0907446175 | #032174 | £22.00 approx. $33/€25

Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea

John Ash and John Atkins

Ethiopia and Eritrea have a fascinating and unique avifauna. Poorly known in comparison to many parts of Africa, knowledge on bird distribution in the two countries is ....

463 pages | 16p colour photos and maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 2009 | 1408109794 | #177226 | RRP: £45.00 NHBS price: £42.74 You Save: £2.26 (5%)

Birds of the Horn of Africa

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra

Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe

The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these are confined to the isolated ....

496 pages | 213 colour plates | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2009 | 0713665416 | #121146 | £29.99 approx. $45/€34

The Birds of Malawi

An Atlas and Handbook

Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire and Robert J Dowsett

The rich bird life of Malawi (ex-Nyasaland) has long been one of the better-documented avifaunas of Africa, since ....

556 pages | 16 colour plates, 625 species distribution maps | Tauraco Press

Pbk | 2006 | 2872250042 | #158041 | £25.00 approx. $38/€28

The Birds of Morocco

Michael Thévenot, Rae Vernon and Patrick Bergier

Covers 500 species recorded in Morocco, which holds over 200 breeding species and 19 endemic subspecies in habitats as diverse as the Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal ....

594 pages | 32 col photos | BOU

Hbk | 2003 | 0907446256 | #134028 | £45.00 approx. $67/€51

Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Guide

Pete Morris and Frank Hawkins

A superb photographic field guide to the Madagascan avifauna, with comprehensive descriptive text and over 500 colour photographs in total. It covers all 280 species ....

316 pages | 450 col photos, maps | Pica Press

Hbk | 1998 | 1873403453 | #054245 | RRP: £29.99 NHBS price: £28.49 You Save: £1.50 (5%)

Birding in Namibia

An Illustrated Guide to Selected Sites

Eckart Damasius and Christine Marais

Comprehensively illustrated in full colour and depicts the most common birds found at the following sites: Daan Viljoen Nature Reserve; Hardap Nature Reserve; The Kalahari; ....

204 pages | Col illus, b/w illus | Gamsberg Macmillan

Hbk | 1999 | 9991601902 | #113893 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

The Birds of Sao Tome and Principe with Annobon

Peter Jones and Alan Tye

An exciting new annotated checklist to this group of islands in the Gulf of Guinea. These islands, each with its endemic species and subspecies, are of global importance ....

172 pages | 16 pp col photos, b/w maps, figs | BOU

Hbk | 2006 | 0907446272 | #149228 | £30.00 approx. $45/€34

Birds of Western Africa: An Identification Guide

Nik Borrow and Ron Demey

Major handbook describing and illustrating 1282 species occuring in the western countries of Africa. Countries covered are Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, ....

832 pages | 147 col plates, 1100 dist maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 2001 | 0713639598 | #040675 | £60.00 approx. $90/€67

The Birds of Zambia

An Atlas and Handbook

Robert J Dowsett, Dylan R Aspinwall and Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire

This book presents detailed accounts of the more than 750 species known (among which there are 100 migrants from the northern hemisphere) in Zambia. Extensive fieldwork by ....

606 pages | 16 colour plates, 720 distribution maps | Tauraco Press

Pbk | 2008 | 2872250050 | #172927 | £29.99 approx. $45/€34

Collins Field Guide: Birds of Eastern Africa

Ber Van Perlo

Eastern Africa is becoming an increasingly popular destination for people who want to see first-hand the abundant widlife of this vast continent. ....

301 pages | 96 colour plates (2,500 colour illus), 1488 maps | Harper Collins

Pbk | 2009 | 0007285116 | #175893 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Collins Field Guide: Birds of Southern Africa

Ber Van Perlo

`Birds of Southern Africa' is the only field guide to illustrate and describe all species commonly found in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, ....

320 pages | 84pp col plates, maps | Harper Collins

Pbk | 2009 | 0007285140 | #175898 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

The Complete Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan

This brand new photographic field guide to the birds of Southern Africa presents more than 2500 images showing a wide selection of age and sex plumage variations, perched and ....

464 pages | 2500 photographs | Struik

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1770073884 | #179349 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Field Guide to Birds of East Africa

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe

Comprehensive field guide to all the resident, migrant and vagrant birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. It describes 1388 species and contains 287 new ....

604 pages | 287 col plates, distrib maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2004 | 0713673478 | #151078 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania

Dale A Zimmerman, Donald A Turner and David J Pearson

Revised edition.Designed specifically for use in the field, this is a portable (smaller format, 200pp shorter) version of Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. ....

576 pages | 124 col plates, line illus, 800 distrib maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2001 | 0713675500 | #155716 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of The Gambia and Senegal

Clive Barlow, Tim Wacher and Tony Disley

This is a `revised reprint' of the standard field guide to one of the world's most popular and impressive birding regions. Illustrated with 48 colour plates, 660 species ....

400 pages | 48 col plates [660 species], illus, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2005 | 0713675497 | #155696 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of Western Africa

Nik Borrow and Ron Demey

This field guide utilises all the plates from Birds of Western Africa: An Identification Guide by the same authors, with a concise, authoritative text on ....

496 pages | 150 col plates, 1300 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2004 | 0713666927 | #146211 | RRP: £29.99 NHBS price: £28.49 You Save: £1.50 (5%)

Field Guide to Zambian Birds not Found in Southern Africa

Dylan Aspinwall and Carl Beel

Provides species accounts with facing colour plates (by Gabrielle Ellison) of more than one hundred birds found in Zambia but which do not appear in South African field guides. ....

144 pages | 25 colour plates, 2 maps | Zambian OS

Hbk | 1998 | 9982811002 | #050337 | £16.95 approx. $26/€19

A Guide to the Birds of St Helena and Ascension Island

Neil McCulloch

The varied origins of the birds on these two Atlantic islands make this guide invaluable for visitors to these excellent birdwatching locations. Contains background on the ....

92 pages | Col illus | RSPB

Pbk | 2004 | 1901930467 | #149010 | £9.99 approx. $15/€12

Important Bird Areas in Tanzania

Elizabeth Baker and Neil Baker

This publication is part of a global project being co-ordinated by BirdLife International that aims to identify all important sites for threatened birds. This ....

303 pages | Line illus, tabs, maps | RSPB

Pbk | 2002 | 9987558046 | #136249 | £29.99 approx. $45/€34

Important Bird Areas in Uganda

Achilles Byaruhanga, Pantaleon Kasoma and Derek Pomeroy

Nature Uganda Thirty sites have been identified as IBA's in Uganda, covering roughly 7% of the country. Ten sites are National Parks, seven are Forest Reserves and ....

166 pages | Line illus, tabs, maps | RSPB

Pbk | 2001 | 9970714007 | #124739 | £15.99 approx. $24/€18

Newman's Birds By Colour

Southern Africa's Common Birds Arranged by Colour

Kenneth Newman

This new edition of Newman's Birds by Colour has been updated to reflect latest name changes and now includes distribution maps for each species. It offers a quick and easy ....

304 pages | Col illus | Struik

Pbk | 2008 | 1770071792 | #172171 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa

Kenneth Newman

The definitive guide to Southern Africa's birds, extensively updated to include the latest information. With colour enhancements and fully updated text, this superb guide ....

527 pages | Col photos, col plates, maps | New Holland

Pbk | 2002 | 1868727351 | #128204 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £17.99 You Save: £2.00 (10%)

Oiseaux de Tunisie / Birds of Tunisia

Paul Isenmann et al

An annotated checklist of the 395 bird species (193 of which are breeding) recorded up to 2004. It provides information on the main landscapes of this country, a list of all ....

432 pages | 200 col photos, 150 maps | SEOF

Pbk | 2005 | 2950654894 | #153772 | £49.00 approx. $73/€55

Pocket Guide To Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair

A photographic identification guide to 500 southern African bird species, this book replaces the "Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa" in a more user-friendly ....

144 pages | 550 photos | Struik

Pbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1770077693 | #179348 | £9.99 approx. $15/€12

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to the Gambia

Rod Ward

Introductory chapters give information on pre-tour planning, travel, where to stay, climate and clothing, health, maps and when to go. The bulk of the book details key ....

116 pages | 28 maps, 26 illus | Prion

Pbk | 1994 | 1871104041 | #030555 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Morocco

Patrick Bergier and Fedora Bergier

Morocco is a paradise for birdwatchers with its coasts, islands, wadis, plains, forests, mountains and deserts creating conditions that are often very different from those found ....

172 pages | 54 maps, line illus | Prion

Pbk | 2003 | 1871104092 | #125756 | £16.99 approx. $26/€19

Roberts Bird Guide

A Comprehensive Field Guide to Over 950 Bird Species in Southern Africa

Edited by Hugh Chittenden

The Roberts Guide comprises some 185 individual plates, all annotated to highlight key identifying characters and all accompanied by field texts drawn from the most ....

456 pages | colour illus | Africa Geographic

Pbk | 2007 | 0620383135 | #164925 | £17.99 approx. $27/€21

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa

PAR Hockey, WRJ Dean and PG Ryan

This benchmark reference for South African ornithology has now been greatly expanded and contains completely new text and specially commissoned artworks of 950 species, 15% of ....

1296 pages | 80 col plates, maps, keys | New Holland

Hbk | 2005 | 0620340533 | #154238 | RRP: £110.00 NHBS price: £93.50 You Save: £16.50 (15%)

Sasol Birding Map of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair and Trevor Hardaker

Includes over 200 birding sites in Southern Africa, as well as many game and nature reserves, towns, and routes. Each site description gives details of habitat type and the ....

- | Struik

Map | 2002 | 1868724239 | #116180 | £4.99 approx. $8/€6

Sasol Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands

Alan Kemp and Meg Kemp

Illustrator is Peter Hayman and the photographers include Nigel Dennis, Peter Steyn, and Warwick Tarboton. Following the success of Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, this ....

349 pages | 220 col photos, 850 col illus, 160 maps | Struik

Pbk | 2006 | 1770073698 | #162826 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

SASOL Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton

Illustrations by Peter Hayman and Norman ArlottFormerly known as The Illustrated Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa this is a fully revised edition of this major ....

447 pages | Col plates, maps | New Holland

Pbk | 2002 | 1868727211 | #128203 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £16.99 You Save: £3.00 (15%)

SASOL Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair and Phil Hockey

This eagerly awaited new edition of The Sasol Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa (1st ed., 1996) has been brought fully up to date with the second ....

463 pages | colour illus, dist maps | New Holland

Pbk | 2005 | 1770072438 | #156375 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £22.49 You Save: £2.50 (10%)

Southern African Birdfinder

Where to find 1400 bird species in southern Africa and Madagascar

Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode and Jonathan Rossouw

The ideal companion to all local field guides to birds. After an introduction to birding in the southern African region, the authors identify and describe more than 200 top ....

456 pages | 80 col photos, 100 maps, pull-out route map | New Holland

Pbk | 2006 | 1868727254 | #152953 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £16.99 You Save: £3.00 (15%)

Where to Watch Birds in Uganda

Jonathan Rossouw and Marco Sacchi

A guide to the top national parks and reserves in Uganda, and the birds that occupy them. ....

110 pages | Col photos, tabs, maps | Uganda Tourist Board

Pbk | 1998 | 1898665788 | #098465 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

 
 
Asia & Middle East
 

About Indian Birds

Including Birds of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Pakistan & Bangladesh

Salim Ali and Laeeq Futehally

With beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations and lithographs, this is an ideal companion for not just amateur bird-watchers and wildlife enthusiasts but also seasoned ....

122 pages | Col photos & illus | Wisdom Tree

Hbk | 2008 | 8183280854 | #177876 | £14.95 approx. $23/€17

Birdwatching in Azerbaijan

A Guide to Nature and Landscape

Sebastian Schmidt, Kai Gauger and Nigar Agayeva

The first comprehensive nature guidebook to Azerbaijan - it covers bird species as well as detailed landscape and nature descriptions. Filled with details, it will also take ....

224 pages | colour photos, maps | Michael Succow Foundation

Pbk | 2008 | 3000241582 | #174965 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

The Birds of Azerbaijan

M Patrikeev

The only complete monograph on the birds of Azerbaijan, a Transcaucasian country bordering the Caspian Sea. The monograph includes an introduction to the geography of ....

380 pages | 70 col & b/w photos, 250 dist maps, tabs | Pensoft

Hbk | 2004 | 954642207X | #145153 | £86.00 approx. $128/€96

The Birds of Borneo

Clive F Mann

A new annotated checklist to the third largest island in the world. Borneo boasts a wealth of biodiversity including over 630 species of bird, 11% of which are endemic. The ....

440 pages | 28 colour pages containing 68 colour plates | BOU

Hbk | 2008 | 0907446280 | #177561 | £50.00 approx. $75/€56

The Birds of the Bangkok Area

Philip Round and Dana Gardner

Birds of the Bangkok Area is the most thorough account ever published of the avifauna of Thailand's Lower Central Plain (Lower Chao Phraya Delta). Comprehensively ....

226 pages | Illus, col plates | White Lotus

Pbk | 2008 | 9744801093 | #174523 | £73.00 approx. $109/€82

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Malaysia

John Bransbury

This site-guide covers over 40 major sites in both east and west Malaysia, with details of access, accommodation, timing, and what to see, and is illustrated with colour photos ....

296 pages | 39 col illus, 47 maps, 8pp col photos | Waymark

Pbk | 1993 | 0646145592 | #025746 | £14.00 approx. $21/€16

Birdwatching Guide to Oman

Dave Sargeant, Hanne Eriksen and Jens Eriksen

The site guide section of this excellent birdwatching guide covers over 60 of the Sultanate's top birdwatching sites - each including a detailed map, information on ....

256 pages | Col photos, line illus, maps, tabs | Al Roya Publishing

Pbk | 2008 | 9948036433 | #174224 | £22.99 approx. $35/€26

Birds of Goa: a Reference Book

Heinz Lainer

Goa is a prime birdwatching destination, with coastal habitats, a network of saline and freshwater wetlands, and nearby the rich, virgin forests of the Western Ghats. This ....

244 pages | B/w illus | Other India Bookstore

Hbk | 2004 | 8185569606 | #147050 | £39.50 approx. $59/€45

Pbk | 2004 | 8185569614 | #147049 | £28.50 approx. $43/€32

The Birds of Hong Kong and South China

Clive Viney, Karen Phillips and Lam Chiu Ying

Completely revised 8th edition of the is the standard field guide for the region, which has steadily improved over the years. With more than 100 colour plates, this is an ....

255 pages | 91 col plates, b/w illus, 4 maps | Government Printer

Pbk | 2005 | 962020347X | #154379 | £19.95 approx. $30/€23

Birds of India and the Indian Subcontinent

Jan Willem den Besten

India is one of the world's Biodiversity hotspots, hosting more than 12 per cent of all bird species of the planet. Birds of India describes the 575 most common bird species ....

192 pages | colour photos | Mosaic

Pbk | 2008 | 819027760X | #172327 | £12.99 approx. $20/€15

Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands

Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles and the Comoros

Ian Sinclair and Olivier Langrand

Illustrations by Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, Peter Hayman and Ian LewingtonComprehensive guide which provides excellent coverage of all 338 birds of ....

184 pages | 72 col plates, illus, 340 distribution maps | Struik

Pbk | 1998 | 1868729567 | #142862 | £17.99 approx. $27/€21

The Birds of Kazakhstan

Arend Wassink and Gerald, J Oreel

Brings together invaluable information on status, habitat, distribution and migration on the birds of Kazakhstan. ....

288 pages | 900 distribution maps, drawings, photos | Arend Wassink

Hbk | 2007 | 9081146211 | #167774 | £44.99 approx. $67/€51

Birds of Kuwait

A Portrait

Abdullah Alfadhel

Species by species portraits of the birds of Kuwait - for each there are latin and common names. There is also a bird list for Kuwait, a descritption of important birding ....

305 pages | Col photos, tabs | Kuwait Env.Protection

Hbk | 2005 | 9990676771 | #154567 | £29.95 approx. $45/€34

Birds of New Guinea and Associated Islands

A Checklist

Phil Gregory

A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua) and its offshore islands. Includes Families, species ....

44 pages | map | Sicklebill

Pbk | 2008 | 0980482518 | #177567 | £13.50 approx. $21/€16

Birds of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago: A Photographic Guide

Brian J Coates and William S Peckover

Pocket-guide covering 440 species, 70% of which are endemic to the region. Information is provided on the identification, habits, voice, habitat, range and status of each ....

272 pages | 650 col photos, 2 maps | Dove

Pbk | 2001 | 095902574X | #105828 | £33.50 approx. $50/€38

Birds of Pakistan

Richard Grimmett, Tom Roberts and Tim Inskipp

Pakistan has a rich diversity of bird habitats, from the dry alpine and moist temperate forests of the western Himalayas to the deserts of Baluchistan and Sind. The Indus ....

256 pages | Col plates throughout | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2009 | 0713688009 | #167911 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide

2 volumes

Pamela C Rasmussen and John C Anderton

A fabulous new two volume set, the most complete and up-to-date guide to the birds of the region. Includes much previously unpublished data on identification, distributions, ....

1061 pages | 180 colour plates, 1450 colour distribution maps | Lynx

Hbk | 2005 | 8487334679 | #147183 | £55.00 approx. $82/€62

Birding South-East China

Tim Woodward

The south-east China region straddles the sub-tropics and the southern temperate zone of the eastern edge of the Eurasian landmass. It includes thousands of islands, the largest ....

423 pages | 88 colour photos, 160 maps | Woodward,Tim

Pbk | 2006 | 9628508423 | #162234 | £29.50 approx. $44/€33

The Birds of the State of Kuwait

George Gregory

Presents an accurate status account for each species of bird recorded in Kuwait. Kuwait occupies the south-eastern corner of the Western Palearctic Avifaunal Region, and it is ....

219 pages | colour photos | George Gregory

Pbk | 2005 | 0955141605 | #158961 | £15.00 approx. $23/€17

The Birds of Turkey

The Distribution, Taxonomy and Breeding of Turkish Birds

Guy M Kirwan, Kerem A Boyla, P Castell, B Demirci, M Ozen et al

Turkey is a popular destination for birders and tourists, and although there has been much published on its birds over the past 40 years, there has never been a comprehensive ....

512 pages | 32 colour plates, distribution maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 2008 | 140810475X | #174638 | RRP: £40.00 NHBS price: £37.99 You Save: £2.01 (5%)

The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Volume 2

Passerines

David R Wells

After a delay of many years, Volume 2 in this excellent handbook has now been published (June, 2007). Together with Volume 1, over 380 species are covered. ....

800 pages | 51 colour plates, maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 2007 | 0713665343 | #071733 | RRP: £65.00 NHBS price: £61.75 You Save: £3.25 (5%)

Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, 2 volume set

David R Wells

Excellent value 2 volume set. ....

1352 pages | 2 volumes | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 2007 | 0713674830 | #156089 | RRP: £99.00 NHBS price: £94.05 You Save: £4.95 (5%)

Directory of Important Bird Areas in Malaysia

Key Sites for Conservation

Yeap Chin Aik, Anthony C Sebastian and G.W.H. Davison

This book provides a guide on how and where priority for conservation actions in Malaysia can be placed, and why. Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) has identified 55 ....

330 pages | Col photos, maps, tabs, figs | Malaysian Nature Society

Pbk | 2007 | 9839681397 | #168652 | £49.99 approx. $75/€56

A Field Guide to the Birds of Bhutan

Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp and Richard Grimmett

Major contribution to the ornithology of the Himalayan region and the first detailed guide to cover the birds of Bhutan exclusively. Covering 555 species and with stunning ....

192 pages | 70 col plates, col photos, maps, b/w line illus | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2004 | 071366990X | #144594 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali

J MacKinnon

Illustrated by Karen Phillipps A major identification guide, and the first fully comprehensive work to the birds of this important region. All 820 known species are ....

491 pages | 88 col plates, line illus, maps | OUP

Pbk | 1993 | 0198540345 | #021268 | £41.99 approx. $63/€47

A Field Guide to the Birds of China

John MacKinnon

Comprehensive, taxonomically modern, and fully illustrated field guide to the Chinese birds. Over 1300 species are illustrated in 128 original paintings, and fully described ....

586 pages | 128 col plates, col maps | OUP

Pbk | 2000 | 0198549407 | #101745 | £41.99 approx. $63/€47

Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia

Eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Eastern Russia

Mark Brazil

This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centring especially on the major islands off the continental coast ....

528 pages | 234 colour plates | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2009 | 0713670401 | #166394 | RRP: £29.99 NHBS price: £26.99 You Save: £3.00 (10%)

Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific

HD Pratt, PL Bruner and DG Berrett

Illustrated by HD Pratt A much-needed guide to the avifauna of the Pacific islands, covering the Hawaiian islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, South Eastern Polynesia, and ....

409 pages | 48 b/w figs, 45 col plates, 14 maps | Princeton UP

Pbk | 1987 | 0691023999 | #001728 | £32.50 approx. $49/€37

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Krys Kazmierczak

Illustrations by Ber van PerloThis guide covers all 1300 species of birds found on the Indian subcontinent in a format which is both authoritative and which can be carried ....

352 pages | 96 col plates, b/w illus, distrib maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2008 | 1408109786 | #177223 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £17.99 You Save: £2.00 (10%)

A Field Guide to the Birds of Korea

Woo-Shin Lee, Tae-Hoe Koo and Jin-Young Park

Illustrations by Takashi Taniguchi, Distribution maps by Satori Hamaya, Translation & English adaptation by Desmond Allen, Editor in Chief Noritaka Ichida (WBSJ) A ....

328 pages | 120 colour plates, colour dist maps, b/w illus | LG Evergreen Foundation

Pbk | 2005 | 8995141530 | #167112 | £24.95 approx. $38/€28

Field Guide to the Birds of Northern India

Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp

Based on the highly acclaimed Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by the same authors, this superb guide covers northern India and Pakistan. Each plate is accompanied ....

304 pages | 120 col plates | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2003 | 0713651679 | #134871 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia

Craig Robson

This fully updated edition of the award-winning A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia includes more than 20 new species for the region which are recent discoveries, ....

544 pages | 120 col plates | New Holland

Hbk | 2009 | 1847733417 | #179047 | RRP: £35.00 NHBS price: £33.24 You Save: £1.76 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern India

Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp

This is an essential reference guide for anyone birding in the southern India region. The colour plates are accompanied by a succint text highlighting identification, voice, ....

240 pages | 87 col plates, illus, 1 map | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2005 | 0713651644 | #149290 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka

John Harrison and Tim Worfolk

A truly comprehensive, up-to-date, modern field guide to Sri Lanka's abundant avifauna. Contains 48 stunning new colour plates by Tim Worfolk, one of Britain's leading bird ....

219 pages | Col illus | OUP

Pbk | 1999 | 0198549601 | #083310 | £39.95 approx. $60/€45

Field Guide to the Birds of the Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Chris Doughty, Nicolas Day and Andrew Plant

Situated in the Southwest Pacific, this region boasts a colourful and intriguing range of birds. Of the 362 species covered, 117 are endemics. Ninety-one colour plates depict ....

206 pages | 91 col plates, 340 col maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 1999 | 071364690X | #085719 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia

including American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Wallis and Futuna

Dick Watling

Completely revised and reformatted edition of the widely acclaimed Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa written by the same author in 1982, and now out-of-print. It contains ....

272 pages | 16 col plates, figs, tabs, maps | Watling

Pbk | 2004 | 9829030040 | #150272 | £19.95 approx. $30/€23

A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines

Robert Kennedy, Pedro C Gonzales, Edward Dickinson, Hector Miranda and T Fisher

Illustrates and describes all 556 species of bird recorded in the Philippine islands. The Philippine avifauna includes some 170 endemics and is thus of interest to avid ....

368 pages | 72 col plates, col maps | OUP

Pbk | 2000 | 0198546688 | #101746 | £39.95 approx. $60/€45

A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea

Sulawesi, The Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Brian J Coates and K David Bishop

Illustrated by Dana GardnerA major guide to the birds of the region. The avifauna of this region is a fascinating mix of Asian and Australasian elements but, more ....

535 pages | 64 col plates [697 species], colour photos, maps, illus | Dove

Hbk | 1997 | 0959025731 | #031250 | £43.50 approx. $65/€49

New Holland Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia

Craig Robson

Concise edition of Robson's Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia first published in 2000. This guide is more portable and compact than its predecessor but ....

304 pages | 142 col plates | New Holland

Pbk | 2005 | 1843307464 | #143782 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

Philippine Birds

JE duPont

Fine avifauna with superb plates. ....

480 pages | 85 colour plates | Delaware MNH

Hbk | 1971 | #000903 | £20.99 approx. $32/€24

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of China including Hong Kong

John MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks

This is a compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any birdwatcher visiting China and Hong Kong. ....

144 pages | 300 colour photos and distribution maps | New Holland

Pbk | 2007 | 1845379292 | #167068 | RRP: £7.99 NHBS price: £7.59 You Save: £0.40 (5%)

A Photographic Guide to Birds of India and Nepal

Bikram Grewal

A country of huge scenic diversity, India is a birdwatcher's paradise and a popular tourist destination. The many species found in India and Nepal range from the mighty ....

144 pages | 252 colour photos, 252 maps | New Holland

Pbk | 2008 | 1845379829 | #169042 | RRP: £7.99 NHBS price: £7.59 You Save: £0.40 (5%)

Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands / Guide Photographique des Oiseaux des Iles de l'Océan Indien

Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion and the Comoros

Ian Sinclair, Olivier Langrand and Fanja Andriamialisoa

This photographic guide depicts a selection of the most commonly encountered and striking bird species of Madagascar, the Seychelles, the Comoros, and the Mascarenes - a ....

128 pages | 142 colour plates | Struik

Pbk | 2006 | 177007175X | #158647 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-East Asia

Tadao Shimba

Despite its rich avifauna and popularity with tourists, Japan has long been lacking a good English-language field guide. This new photographic guide is the first book to ....

504 pages | 800 col photos | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2007 | 0713674393 | #161077 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore

Geoffrey W H Davison and Chew Yen Fook

This is a compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any birdwatcher visiting Malaysia and Singapore. ....

144 pages | 280 colour photos, 2 maps | New Holland

Pbk | 2007 | 1845378032 | #169041 | RRP: £7.99 NHBS price: £7.19 You Save: £0.80 (10%)

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

Peter Davidson

After decades of war, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have once again opened their doors to visitors. They are becoming increasingly popular with all kinds of tourists, not least ....

144 pages | 260 colour images, one full-colour map | New Holland

Pbk | 2009 | 1847731414 | #172005 | £7.99 approx. $12/€9

Pocket Guide to the Birds of Borneo

Charles M Francis

Compiled by Charles M Francis from the 3rd Edition by Bertram E Smythies and using the original plates by Commander AM Hughes An excellent pocket-sized version of the ....

123 pages | 50 col plates | Sabah Society

Pbk | 1984 | 9679994708 | #000905 | £9.99 approx. $15/€12

Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp

This is a compact edition of the same authors' major reference, `Birds of the Indian Subcontinent'.Covers nearly 1300 species found in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, ....

384 pages | 153 col plates, 1200 colour distribution maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 1999 | 0713663049 | #126854 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to India

Krys Kazmierczak and Raj Singh

Indispensable guide to over 90 sites and areas, for birds as well as other wildlife. Contains a checklist of Indian birds and the first comprehensive checklist of ....

334 pages | Line drawings, maps throughout | Prion

Pbk | 1998 | 1871104084 | #082704 | £18.99 approx. $29/€22

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Nepal

Carol Inskipp

This guide, written by an acknowledged expert on Nepalese birds, is designed to provide the travelling birdwatcher with all the information he or she will need to make the most ....

116 pages | 19 maps, line illus | Prion

Pbk | 1988 | 1871104009 | #002736 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

 
 
Americas
 

All the Birds of Brazil

An Identification Guide

Deodato Souza

More than half of South America's 3100 bird species are found in, and distributed more or less evenly between, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. First published in Portuguese in 1998 ....

356 pages | Col illus, maps | Subbuteo

Pbk | 2006 | 1905268017 | #151692 | £29.95 approx. $45/€34

Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Panama

George R Angehr

The most up-to-date lists of birds found in the Republic of Panama. Includes abundance and distribution information for 972 species of birds. Includes 33 species newly ....

74 pages | - | Sociedad Audubon de Panama

Pbk | 2006 | 9962884764 | #166953 | £8.99 approx. $14/€11

Aves / Birds Torres del Paine

Guia de Campo / Field Guide

Enrique Couve and Claudio Vidal

Comprehensive and up-to-date field guide of all the resident, migratory and accidental species occurring in this important World Biosphere Reserve, situated on the Chilean ....

271 pages | 100 col photos, figs | Fantastico Sur

Pbk | 2007 | 9568007180 | #177175 | £16.99 approx. $26/€19

Aves do Cerrado

Birds - Cerrado

Edson Endrigo

Third volume in the series of photographic art books on the birds of the different regions of Brazil. Contains 100 species with photo and short description in English and ....

221 pages | colour photos | Editora Aves e Fotos

Hbk | 2008 | 8598153044 | #172408 | £114.00 approx. $170/€128

Birds of Argentina and Uruguay

A Field Guide

T Narosky and D Yzurieta

Covers all known Argentine and Uruguayan species, a total of 975 species. These also represent 94% of those in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 95% in Paraguay, 52% in Bolivia, ....

337 pages | 2000 colour illus, line drawings, maps | Vazquez Mazzini

Pbk | 2003 | 987913205X | #143941 | £68.00 approx. $102/€76

Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Steven Latta et al

The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the island of Hispaniola, the second largest in the Caribbean after Cuba, and the home of several endemic species, including the Palm ....

258 pages | 57 col plates, colour illus, distribution maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2006 | 0713679050 | #158400 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

The Birds of Ecuador, Volume 2: Field Guide

Robert Ridgely and Paul J Greenfield

All species are illustrated in colour, including migrants and vagrants and visually distinctive subspecies. The text focuses on the field identification aspects of each ....

740 pages | 96 col plates, 117 line illus, 1 col map, 1596 distrib maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2001 | 0713661178 | #117744 | RRP: £45.00 NHBS price: £40.49 You Save: £4.51 (10%)

A Birder's Guide to Alaska

George C West

Details birding routes and travel logistics for over 60 locations, including over 120 detailed route maps. This is the first site guide to cover the entire state, the road ....

662 pages | B/w illus, tabs, maps | ABA

Pbk | 2008 | 1878788485 | #178359 | £36.00 approx. $54/€41

A Birder's Guide to Florida

W Pranty

New fully revised and updated edition of this classic North American birdfinding guide by Lane and Holt. ....

418 pages | B/w photos, figs, 80 maps | ABA

Pbk | 2005 | 1878788248 | #157372 | £28.99 approx. $44/€33

A Birder's Guide to Southern California

Brad Schram

The vast, varied topography that is Southern California has recorded over 555 naturally occurring bird species, many of which are near endemics to its geography. Each of ....

432 pages | Illus, maps, graphs | ABA

Pbk | 2007 | 1878788515 | #171354 | £28.99 approx. $44/€33

A Birder's Guide to the Texas Coast

Mel Cooksey and Ron Weeks

The habitat diversity of the Texas coast ranges from the Pineywoods to the Gulf prairies, from the coastal wetlands to the subtropics. This revision includes species ....

334 pages | B/w illus, figs, maps | ABA

Pbk | 2006 | 1878788477 | #164823 | £27.99 approx. $42/€32

Birds of the High Andes

A Manual to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America

J Fjeldsa and N Krabbe

A beautifully illustrated and much needed guide, written by two leading experts on the birdlife of the High Andes. Of the world's 9000 bird species, nearly 900 are found in ....

880 pages | 170 x 240 mm, 64 col plates, line drawings, maps | Apollo Books (Consignment)

Hbk | 1990 | 8788757161 | #006582 | £105.00 £49.95 approx. $75/€56

Birds of Northern South America, Volume 1 and Volume 2

Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner and Miguel Lentino

This is the first comprehensive identification guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this region. Both volumes cover all the species, including vagrants, found in ....

1536 pages | 2 volumes | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2006 | 0713660260 | #156090 | RRP: £85.00 NHBS price: £80.75 You Save: £4.25 (5%)

Birds of Northern South America, Volume 2: Plates and Maps

An Identification Guide

Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner and Miguel Lentino

2,308 species are accurately illustrated with a total of 6,400 images depicting every distinct plumage of every species. Concise caption text appears on the plates and ....

656 pages | 306 colour plates and 2300 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2006 | 0713672439 | #154638 | £39.99 approx. $60/€45

Birds of Peru

TS Schulenberg, DF Stotz, DF Lane, JP O'Neill and TA Parker

With over 1800 species, Peru has the second richest avifauna of any country in the world. As a consequence it is one of the most popular birding destinations in South ....

656 pages | 304 colour plates, 1806 maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 2007 | 0691049157 | #171760 | £44.00 approx. $66/€50

Pbk | 2007 | 0713686731 | #167909 | RRP: £29.99 NHBS price: £28.49 You Save: £1.50 (5%)

Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula

The Falkland Islands and South Georgia

E Couve and C Vidal

Comprehensive field guide to all the resident, migrant and vagrant birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula, including the Falklands and South Georgia ....

656 pages | 200 col photos, distrib maps | Fantastico Sur

Pbk | 2003 | 9568007040 | #134338 | £35.99 approx. $54/€41

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

Floyd E Hayes, Martyn Kenefick and Robin L Restall

A comprehensive and portable field guide to all the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. ....

256 pages | 107 col plates, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2007 | 0713685441 | #166395 | £19.99 approx. $30/€23

Birds of Venezuela

Steven L Hilty

Following on from the hugely successful Guide to the Birds of Venezuela published in 1978, Hilty offers a greatly expanded and thoroughly reformatted successor. It covers ....

878 pages | 67 col and b/w plates, 44 col photos, 20 line illus, 1378 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2002 | 0713664185 | #133309 | £44.99 approx. $67/€51

Checklist to the Birds of Colombia 2008 / Listado de Aves de Colombia 2008

P Salaman, T Donegan and D Caro

This excellent bilingual checklist confirms definitively that Colombia has more bird species than any other country in the world, with extensive information provided on 1870 ....

81 pages | Figs, tabs | Fundacion ProAves

Hbk | 2008 | #176853 | £11.99 approx. $18/€14

Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America

Ber Van Perlo

Essential guide to the avian fauna of Mexico and Central America. Illustrates and describes every species of bird that may be seen in Central America, from Mexico to ....

336 pages | 98 col plates | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2006 | 0007134908 | #128718 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Collins Field Guide to the Birds of South America: Non-Passerines

From rheas to woodpeckers

Jorge R Roderiguez Mata, Francisco Erize and Maurice Rumboll

The only field guide to illustrate and describe every non-passerine species of bird in South America, this superbly illustrated field guide to the birds of South America ....

384 pages | 156 col plates | Harper Collins

Hbk | 2006 | 0007150849 | #142299 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Field Guide to the Birds of Belize

H Lee Jones

Introductory chapters present an overview of Belize's general ecology and information about visiting and birding there (it is one of the more accessible Central American ....

317 pages | 56 col plates, 28 b/w illus, 234 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2004 | 0713667605 | #142408 | RRP: £29.99 NHBS price: £28.49 You Save: £1.50 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of Chile

Alvaro Jaramillo

Chile supports an interesting range of breeding and visiting birds, including nine endemics. This guide features concise, identification-focused text positioned opposite ....

240 pages | 98 col plates | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2003 | 0713646888 | #140020 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £18.99 You Save: £1.00 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba

Orlando H Garrido and Arturo Kirkconnell

The first field guide solely dedicated to the largest island in the Caribbean. All Cuba's 350 species are illustrated in colour including the 21 endemics and most ....

253 pages | 51 col plates, b/w illus, 145 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2000 | 0713657847 | #107843 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

Field Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica

Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean

This illustrated identification guide introduces each family of birds by a brief description that should help the novice birder determine to which group a bird belongs. ....

387 pages | Col plates throughout, range maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2007 | 0713683694 | #162622 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of North America

Edited by Jon L Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer

A bestseller with more than a quarter of a million copies sold, this completely revised and updated edition is the most authoritative, sought-after guide to birds of North ....

504 pages | 4000 colour illus and maps | National Geographic

Pbk | 2006 | 0792253140 | #160898 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Field Guide to Bird Nests and Eggs of Alaska's Coastal Tundra

Timothy D Bowman

Illustrated with more than 600 photographs of birds, nests and nesting habitat, eggs, feathers and wings of over 70 species, this book provides an efficient way to identify ....

81 pages | 600 photos | Alaska Sea Grant Prog

Spiralbound | 2008 | 1566121299 | #177920 | £34.99 approx. $53/€40

A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru

James F Clements and Noam Shany

The most thorough guide ever published on one of the world's most important birding countries. It includes an annotated checklist of every bird known to occur in Peru, a ....

283 pages | 256 pp of col plates | Ibis Publishing Co

Pbk | 2001 | 0934797188 | #063442 | £42.00 approx. $63/€47

Field Guide to the Birds of South America: Passerines

Guy Tudor and Robert S Ridgely

This is a single-volume guide to South American passerines, based on a two-volume work first published in 1989 and 1994. For the new edition, the text has been condensed, most ....

720 pages | Christopher Helm

Pbk | NYP 07/2009 | 1408113422 | #178048 | RRP: £35.00 NHBS price: £33.24 You Save: £1.76 (5%)

Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies

Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith and Janis Raffaele

Covers all 564 species known to occur in the West Indies and uses the plates from the acclaimed Birds of the West Indies by the same authors. It has concise text on ....

216 pages | 92 col plates, 181 col maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2003 | 0713654198 | #140250 | RRP: £16.99 NHBS price: £16.14 You Save: £0.85 (5%)

Guía de Aves de Costa Rica

F Gary Stiles and Alexander F Skutch

The most complete, single-volume work available on tropical birds that is easy to manage in the field. A compact and attractive encyclopedia of the fascinating and always ....

571 pages | Col plates [Gardner, Dana], illus, maps | INBio

Pbk | 2007 | 9968927279 | #172105 | £81.00 approx. $121/€91

Guide to the Birds of Colombia

S Hilty and WL Brown

Plates by G Tudor et al Line drawings by M Kleinbaum The first field guide to a country with one of the world's largest avifaunas - 1,700 species. 85% of them are ....

836 pages | 56 col plates, 13 b/w plates, 99 line illus, 2 maps | Princeton UP

Pbk | 1986 | 069108372X | #001682 | £48.50 approx. $73/€55

A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America

Steve NG Howell and Sophie Webb

In-depth field guide to the 1,070 bird species, including North American migrants, found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and western Nicaragua. Species ....

851 pages | 71 colour plates, 39 line drawings, 1087 maps | OUP

Pbk | 1995 | 0198540124 | #028905 | £39.95 approx. $60/€45

Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras

RA Ridgely and JA Gwynne

Extensively revised second edition of this classic guide to the birds of Central America. This edition includes some 200 extra species to the first edition, and ....

608 pages | 48 col plates, 53 line illus | Princeton UP

Pbk | 1992 | 0691025126 | #020101 | £34.99 approx. $53/€40

A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

R ffrench

Illustrated by John O'Neill and Don Eckleberry Revised edition of this classic field guide to the avifauna of these two Caribbean islands. Trinidad and Tobago are special in ....

464 pages | 29 col plates, 9 col portraits, 39 line drawings, maps, b/w photos | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 1992 | 0713667591 | #014770 | £40.00 approx. $60/€45

Guia de Campo: Aves Da Amazonia Brasileira / Birds of Amazonian Brazil

Tomas Sigrist

This book composes a complementary volume of the set 'Avis Brasilis Field Guides'. This second volume brings together the constituent species of the Brazilian Amazonian ....

472 pages | Col plates, distribution maps, illus | Ricardo Sigrist

Pbk | 2008 | 8560120041 | #174250 | £44.99 approx. $67/€51

The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hot Spots

Bob Gress and Pete Janzen

Kansas is a bird-watcher's paradise, with its key location at the hub of the hemisphere's migration corridors and exceptional habitat diversity; 470 avian species ....

354 pages | 351 colour photographs, 1 colour map | Kansas UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0700615652 | #173398 | £18.95 approx. $29/€22

Guía Para la Identificación de las Aves de Paraguay

Tito Narosky and Dario Yzurieta

Identification guide to all 680 species of birds found in Paraguay, with 1500 colour illustrations of the birds and a distribution map for each species. The species ....

239 pages | colour illus, distribution maps | GUYRA Paraguay

Pbk | 2006 | 9879132130 | #170242 | £13.95 approx. $21/€16

Identification Guide to North American Birds: Part 2

Anatidae to Alcidae

Peter Pyle

Eagerly awaited second part of the identification guide to aid ornithologists in ageing and sexing of birds. ....

836 pages | line drawings, tables | Slate Creek Press

Pbk | 2008 | 0961894040 | #177873 | £91.00 approx. $136/€102

Jim Burns' Arizona Birds

From the Backyard to the Backwoods

Jim Burns

Arizona is renowned as a premier birding state, a place where many species rarely seen anywhere else in the country reach the northern end of their migratory range. Jim Burns ....

176 pages | illustrations | Arizona UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0816526443 | #178410 | £11.50 approx. $18/€13

The North American Bird Guide

David Sibley

Contains over 5000 meticulous full colour paintings depicting every bird native to North America. Each species is shown in 6-8 ....

544 pages | 515 col plates, maps | Christopher Helm

Hbk | 2000 | 0713689951 | #172320 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £23.74 You Save: £1.25 (5%)

The North Carolina Birding Trail

Coastal Plain Trail Guide

North Carolina Birding Trail

North Carolina harbors an incredible diversity of habitats that provide food and shelter for more than 440 bird species throughout the year, making the state a destination for ....

172 pages | 176 photographs, 2 tables, 121 maps | North Carolina UP

Spiralbound | 2008 | 0979446805 | #174407 | £17.95 approx. $27/€21

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America

Roger Tory Peterson

In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson's birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the ....

530 pages | 195 colour plates | Houghton Mifflin

Pbk | 2008 | 0618966145 | #177872 | £24.99 approx. $38/€28

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Ecuador and Galapagos

Clive Byers

Although it is one of South America's smallest countries, Ecuador is home to nearly 1,600 species of birds. This is thanks to the huge variety of habitats created by the ....

144 pages | 280 col photos, 1 map | New Holland

Pbk | 2009 | 1847731406 | #175353 | RRP: £7.99 NHBS price: £7.19 You Save: £0.80 (10%)

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Jamaica

Audrey Downer, Ann Haynes Sutton, Robert Sutton and YJ Rey-Millet

With a rich avifauna of more than 300 species that includes some 25 endemics, the island of Jamaica is an increasingly popular birding destination. Containing hundreds of ....

336 pages | colour photos, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | NYP 06/2009 | 1408107430 | #174968 | RRP: £24.99 NHBS price: £19.99 You Save: £5.00 (20%)

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peru

Clive Byers

Concise and easy-to-use guide featuring 250 of Peru's most interesting and spectacular birds. Includes a full colour illustration, plus information on identification, habitat ....

144 pages | 280 colour photos | New Holland

Pbk | 2007 | 1845376137 | #164460 | £7.99 approx. $12/€9

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Brazil

Including the Pantanal and Atlantic Forest

Clive Byers

South America's largest country is home to a great diversity of habitats and nearly 1,700 species of birds, of which more than 10 per cent are endemic. Brazil is a birder's ....

144 pages | colour photos | New Holland

Pbk | 2008 | 1847731392 | #172004 | RRP: £7.99 NHBS price: £6.79 You Save: £1.20 (15%)

Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Trinidad and Tobago

WL Murphy

All of the sites described in the second edition, along with a host of new ones, have been visited, verified and been given revised or new text. The bar graphs of seasonal ....

172 pages | 36 b/w photos, maps, figs | Prion

Pbk | 2004 | 1871104114 | #124159 | £16.99 approx. $26/€19

The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State

Edited by Kevin J McGowan and Kimberley Corwin

Both an indispensable scientific work and a beautiful collection of art, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State documents and illustrates the current ....

696 pages | b&w illus, maps | Comstock

Hbk | 2008 | 080144716X | #175736 | £33.50 approx. $50/€38

The Sibley Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America

David Sibley

Covering the avifauna of Eastern North America, this field guide by acclaimed ornithologist and bird artist David Sibley, uses detailed artworks, maps and text from ....

434 pages | 4700 col illus, distrib maps. maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2003 | 0713666579 | #139713 | RRP: £14.99 NHBS price: £13.49 You Save: £1.50 (10%)

The Sibley Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America

David Sibley

Covering the avifauna of Western North America, this field guide by acclaimed ornithologist and bird artist David Sibley, uses detailed artworks, maps and text from ....

474 pages | 4700 col illus, distrib maps, maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2003 | 0713666587 | #139714 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Toucans of the Americas / Tucanos das Américas

Herculano Alvarenga and Eduardo Brettas

Toucans, Toucanets and Aracaris ....

120 pages | watercolour illustrations | Editora M Pontual

Hbk | 2004 | 8598886017 | #157766 | £34.50 approx. $52/€39

Where to Find Birds in Panama

A Site Guide for Birders

George R Angehr, Dodge Engleman and Lorna Engleman

A site guide for birders. Includes maps, directions and bird lists for the best birding spots in the Republic of Panama. ....

391 pages | maps | Sociedad Audubon de Panama

Pbk | 2006 | 9962884756 | #166952 | £17.99 approx. $27/€21

Where to Watch Birds in Mexico

Steve NG Howell

A guide to over 100 of Mexico's best birdwatching sites, from Baja California to the Yucatan Peninsula. Over 950 species can be seen at these sites including virtually all ....

365 pages | 30 b/w illus, 95 maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 1999 | 0713650877 | #085698 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £17.99 You Save: £2.00 (10%)

 
 
Australasia, Pacific & Polar
 

Arctic Flight

Adventures Amongst Northern Birds

James McCallum

Arctic Flight is a collection of sketches, paintings made by James McCallum during trips to see the birdlife of Northern and Arctic regions. There are main chapters on Finnish ....

180 pages | Col illus & col paintings | Langford Press

Hbk | 2007 | 1904078265 | #169829 | £37.99 approx. $57/€43

Birds of Australia

Don Hadden

Australian birds are unique. This book features photographs that showcase the birds in intimate environments - from sea and shore birds to night birds, honeyeaters and ....

69 pages | New Holland

Hbk | 2009 | 1877069604 | #177559 | RRP: £12.99 NHBS price: £11.69 You Save: £1.30 (10%)

Birding Australia

A Directory For Birders

Lloyd Nielsen

Your essential guide for birding Australia. ....

160 pages | B/w illus, tabs, maps | Lloyd Nielsen

Spiralbound | 2008 | 0957988109 | #174713 | £53.50 approx. $80/€60

Birds of Australia and its Island Territories

A Checklist

Phil Gregory

A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland Australia, its islands and off-shore territories. Includes Families, species and significant subspecies with ....

41 pages | map | Sicklebill

Pbk | 2008 | 098048250X | #177566 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Birds of New Zealand: Locality Guide

Stuart Chambers

An introduction to the birds of New Zealand, aimed at all levels of birdwatcher, and of special use to travellers to the islands. For each of the 170 plus species, there is a ....

408 pages | Col photos, illus | Arun Books

Pbk | 2009 | #178013 | £0.00 approx. $0/€0

Field Guide to Australian Birds

Michael Morcombe

This guide was 14 years in the making, written and illustrated by Michael Morcombe, and is one of the most comprehensive field guides to Australian birds available. It features ....

448 pages | 3000 col illus, 850 maps | Steve Parish Publishing

Pbk | 2003 | 174021417X | #146934 | £43.50 approx. $65/€49

Field Guide to Australian Birds: Complete Compact Edition

Michael Morcombe

This, the pocket-sized version of Morcombe's Field Guide to Australian Birds, is designed to be used in the field. This slimline edition contains the same information on ....

384 pages | Col illus, maps | Steve Parish Publishing

Pbk | 2004 | 1740215591 | #151227 | £37.00 approx. $56/€42

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Ken Simpson and Nicholas Day

Seventh edition of this standard reference for the birds of Australia. There are 20 new colour plates, and a new distribution map for each species showing subspecies ....

382 pages | 132 col plates, 1000 b/w line illus, distrib maps | Christopher Helm

Pbk | 2004 | 0713669829 | #146206 | RRP: £19.99 NHBS price: £17.99 You Save: £2.00 (10%)

The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson

A further revised edition of the definitive Guide to New Zealand Birds. Illustrations by D Onley. This book aims to help the user to identify wild birds seen ....

440 pages | Col illus, maps | Penguin

Pbk | 2005 | 0143020404 | #156936 | £31.50 approx. $47/€36

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds: Volume 7

Boatbill to Starlings

Edited by Peter Higgins, John Peter and Sid Cowling

The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds is one of the world's major ornithological projects. This final volume, published in 2 parts, is the culmination of ....

2056 pages | 2 volumes, 54 col plates, b/w illus, maps | OUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0195539966 | #141129 | £245.00 approx. $365/€274

The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds: Volume 6

Pardalotes to Shrike-Thrushes

Edited by Stephen Marchant and Peter J Higgins

This volume continues coverage of the passerines and provides detailed descriptions of 107 species, including the pardalotes, gerygones, thornbills, robins, babblers, ....

1224 pages | 37 col plates, figs, maps | OUP

Hbk | 2002 | 0195537629 | #032915 | £190.00 approx. $283/€213

The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Hugh Robertson and Barry Heather

Identification guide containing colour plates and maps, with short descriptions to aid in identification. Also contains a section on where to see the birds. Slimmed down ....

168 pages | 74 col illus, dist maps | OUP

Pbk | 2001 | 019850831X | #116574 | £32.50 approx. $49/€37

New Zealand Wetland Birds and their World

Geoff Moon

Wetland Birds launches a major new series of habitat-based books on New Zealand bird life. In his introduction Geoff Moon presents all the major types of wetland found in ....

144 pages | 150 colour photos | New Holland

Pbk | 2009 | 1869661974 | #177544 | £14.99 approx. $23/€17

Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds

Les Christidis and Walter E Boles

Lists all species of birds that have been recorded from the Australian mainland, Tasmania, island territories and surrounding waters. ....

277 pages | Tabs | CSIRO

Hbk | 2008 | 0643065113 | #170240 | £49.50 approx. $74/€56

Where to Find Birds in Australia

John Bransbury

The only fully comprehensive site guide for Australia. Divided into chapters covering each of the 8 states, it is packed with information on routes, access, permits, ....

539 pages | 110 maps, 72 col photos | Waymark

Pbk | 2001 | 0646126776 | #116559 | £16.00 approx. $24/€18