100 Birds to See Before You Die

The Ultimate Wish-List for Birders Everywhere

David Chandler, Dominic Couzens and Nick Baker

Features 100 of the most incredible avian species across the world, illustrated with stunning photographs of each. Entries describe the natural history and significance of ....

101 Golden Rules of Birdwatching

Marcus Schneck

Birdwatching is a hobby that sometimes pleases, sometimes frustrates, but always enthrals. It is a pastime that can take years to understand and "101 Golden Rules of ....

All the World's Birds

Buffon's Illustrated Natural History General and Particular of Birds

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Francois-Nicolas Martinet and David Sibley

Reproductions of 1,008 birds from all over the world in deluxe over sized volume. ....

Amazon Parrots

Aviculture, Trade and Conservation

Rosemary Low

This book contains a wealth of information on feeding and housing plus chapters on Amazons as Companion Parrots, Aviaries, Disease, Life in the Wild, Breeding, Health Care ....

Arrivals and Rivals

A Duel For the Winning Bird

Adrian M Riley

Birding is becoming one of the fastest growing outdoor activities, especially in the UK. Adrian Riley provides with his book entertaining and highly illuminating insights into ....

Las Aves y El Hombre

Vinculos A Traves Del Tiempo

Nigel J Collar, Adrian J Long, Patricio Robles Gil and Jamie Rojo

A portfolio drawn from the world's greatest bird photographers drives the message of this book home. The book is split into five ....

Bald Coot and Screaming Loon

A handbook for the curious bird lover

Niall Edworthy

Contains over 1000 pieces of remarkable information about birds, bird life and birdwatching. ....

The Barn Swallow

Angela Turner

The Barn Swallow is a familiar and popular bird, breeding in North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa and wintering in South America, southern Africa, southern Asia and even ....

Birdscapes

Birds in our Imagination and Experience

Jeremy Mynott

What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant ....

Birdwatchingwatching

One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds

Alex Horne

Alex Horne's dad has always been a 'twitcher' - a birdwatcher, constantly on the look-out for his next bird sighting. Alex wasn't so sure. But, determined to get to know ....

Birds: The Art of Ornithology

Mini-edition

Jonathan Elphick

Telling the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the ages, from the earliest images of birds, through the age of exploration, to the present day, this is ....

The Bird Book

Rob Hume and Peter Hayman

Birds as a non-fiction publishing subject surely has the potential of art; perhaps it is more popular than fashion or maps. "The Bird Book" is produced with similar values to ....

Birding on Borrowed Time

Phoebe Snetsinger

This autobiography by the world's foremost birdwatcher is an inspiring story for everyone. Phoebe Snetsinger, at the age of 34, and after being diagnosed with malignant ....

Bird Identification and Fieldcraft

A Birdwatcher's Guide

Mark Ward

This book shows how easy birdwatching can be, by improving key skills in various ways. Identification is discussed first, before more advanced topics are introduced, such as ....

Birds and People

Bonds in a Timeless Journey

Nigel J Collar, Adrian J Long, Patricio Robles Gil and Jamie Rojo

A portfolio drawn from the world's greatest bird photographers drives the message of this book home. The book is split into five chapters looking at all aspects of human's ....

The Birdwatcher's Pocket Companion

Edited by Malcolm Tait and Olive Tayler

This attractive, handy pocket book will appeal to all twitchers, birders, ornithologists and garden-tickers. There are many species of birdwatcher, and they're all catered for ....

Birds of the World

Recommended English Names

Edited by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright

The product of more than 15 years of discussion, debate and review by a team of international experts sanctioned by the International Ornithological Congress, this book ....

Bowerbirds

Nature, Art & History

Clifford B Frith and Dawn W Frith

Bowerbirds are the most remarkable and fascinating of living birds because of their amazingly human-like, complex, and artistic behaviour. ....

Bowerbirds

Peter Rowland

The bowerbirds are confined to Australia and New Guinea and, due to the difficulty in accessing certain areas of their distribution, the study of their habits has been ....

BTO Garden Birds and Wildlife

Mike Toms and Paul Sterry

Written by Dr. Paul Sterry, a leading wildlife author and Mike Toms of the B.T.O. (British Trust for Ornithology) "Garden Birds and Wildlife" is a truly unique, must-have ....

The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World

James F Clements

Birds have long held a unique dual role as a model group for scientists and as the focus of birders' passionate quests. Despite centuries of observation, each year brings the ....

Collins Birds of the World

The Most Complete Guide to Every Bird Family in the World - Albatrosses to Wrens

Les Beletsky

This stunning book captures the grace and beauty of the world's birds. In more than 500 pages, ornithologist Les Beletsky has gathered over 1,600 original paintings that reveal ....

Collins How to Identify Birds

Nicholas Hammond

A practical beginner's guide to identifying birds. ....

Consider the Birds

Who they are and what they do

Colin Tudge

All animals are equal - but some, as George Orwell said, are more equal than others, and birds, most people would surely agree, are in the very first ....

Crow Country

Mark Cocker

Rooks and jackdaws are both members of the same bird family. To ornithologists the group is known as the corvids, to the layperson they are 'crows'. But to Mark Cocker these two ....

The Cuckoos

Robert B Payne

Cuckoos are the most variable birds in social behaviour and parental care. Robert Payne presents a new evolutionary history of the family based on molecular genetics, and uses ....

Curassows and Related Birds

Jean Delacour and Dean Amadon

A new edition of this classic and highly acclaimed monograph published 30 years ago, including a comprehensive update chapter. ....

The Discovery of New Zealand's Birds

George Watola

A detailed examination of the first historical record of every bird species recorded in New Zealand since 1769. ....

The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills

Farmers of the Forest

Margaret F Kinnaird and Timothy G O'Brien

This book offers the most up-to-date information on the evolution, reproduction, feeding ecology, and movement patterns of 31 species of Asian hornbills. The authors address ....

Extreme Birds

Dominic Couzens

A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world's most extreme birds, from the biggest and fastest, to the smelliest and smartest. ....

Feathered Dinosaurs

The Origin of Birds

John Long and Peter Schouten

New fossil evidence makes clear that not all dinosaurs suffered extinction 65 million years ago. It's a revelation that has profoundly changed the way we perceive the natural ....

For the Birds

A Month-By-Month Guide to Attracting Birds to Your Backyard

Anne Schmauss, Mary Schmauss and Geni Krolick

In this accessible, easy-to-use guide, you'll learn how to attract beautiful wild birds to your own backyard, year-round. Told from a North American perspective, Authors Anne ....

The Golden Oriole

Jake Allsop and Paul Mason

One of Britain's rarest breeding birds, the Golden Oriole is also one of its most charismatic. Females are a vivid green, while the males of this species are a stunning ....

The Greater Flamingo

Alan Johnson and Frank Cezilly

With their curious feeding behaviour, peculiar elongated body, gregarious social lives and exotic pink plumage, flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the ....

Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World

Eugene M McCarthy

Most extensive collection of information on hybridization in birds to date. ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline Tits to Shrikes

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David A Christie

This volume includes a foreword on Bird Migration by Ian Newton. The families covered in this volume can be found under "Contents". ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David A Christie

With a lengthy foreword on Fossil Birds by Kevin J. Caley. ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David Christie

The latest volume in this magnificent series offers in-depth treatment of some of the most attractive and best studied passerines in the world. ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David Christie

Another stunning volume on the passerines from all continents. the extraordinary HBW team have redoubled their amazing efforts, and now hope to produce a new HBW volume each ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David Christie

The illustrators for this volume are Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, John Cox, Ian Lewington, Douglas Pratt, Chris Rose, Ian Willis and Tim Worfolk. ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and Jordi Sargatal

Volume 7 presents the orders Galbuliformes and Piciformes. Families covered include: Galbulidae (Jacamars), Bucconidae (Puffbirds), Capitonidae (Barbets), Ramphastidae ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and Jordi Sartagal

Covers:Order Coliformes - Family Coliidae (Mousebirds).;Order Trogoniformes - Family Trogonidae (Trogons).Order Coraciiformes - Family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers); ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 5: Barn Owls to Hummingbirds

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and Jordi Sargatal

Volume 5 spans the orders Strigiformes - Trochilidae. Families covered are Tytonidae (Barn Owls); Strigidae (Typical Owls); ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos

Edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and Jordi Sargatal

Illustrators: Richard Allen, Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, Clive Byers, John Cox, Martin Elliott, Mark Hulme, Angels Jutglar, Francesc Jutglar, Ian Lewington, Chris Rose, Llu¡s ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and Jordi Sartagal

This volume in the incredible work covers 30 families (including cranes, bustards, rails, gulls, terns and waders), and is likely to be the largest book of the whole ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl

Edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and Jordi Sartagal

Illustrated by A Jutglar, F Jutglar, Ll. Sanz, N Arlott, I Lewington, I Willis, A Harris, H Burn, E Vilaro, and A LombarteIt covers the families of New World vultures, ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot and David Christie

Volume 9 of this landmark series deals with species from around the world and continues treatment of the passerines. Covers the following families:Family Cotingidae ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks

Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and Jordi Sargatal

This first volume covers the following families: ostrich; rheas; cassowaries; emu; kiwis; tinamous; penguins; divers; grebes; albatrosses; petrels & shearwaters; storm- ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volumes 1-13

Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot, Jordi Sartagal and David A Christie

As each new volume in this landmark series appears, all existing volumes plus the new one are customarily offered at a special ....

Harriers

Journeys Around the World

Don Scott

Until recently harriers were one of the least known group of birds but after an in-depth study of the Hen Harrier in Northern Ireland, Don Scott succeeded in his passion to ....

The Hawaiian Honeycreepers

HD Pratt

Up-to-date work on Honeycreepers, covering the life history, relationships, and biology of the birds. The Honeycreepers, with their bright colouration and canary-like songs, ....

The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World

Edited by Edward C Dickinson

In this third edition, five regional consultants have undertaken a reassessment of all taxonomic data. In addition, the authorities for all newly described subspecies are ....

Hummingbirds of Texas

With their New Mexico and Arizona Ranges

CE Shackelford et al

Written for a general audience, with spectacular images for birders and nature enthusiasts at every level, "Hummingbirds of Texas" reveals the enormous appeal of this ....

Identification Guide to European Non-Passerines

Kevin Baker

A major guide, which complements Lars Svensson's Identification Guide to European Passerines. It covers 119 species, with descriptions of ageing and sexing methods, ....

Identification Guide to European Passerines

Lars Svensson

The ringer's bible, completely revised and updated to include 229 species, with valid subspecies, of passerines regularly occurring in Europe, plus some rare vagrants. Data ....

Invisible Connections

Why Migrating Shorebirds Need the Yellow Sea

J van de Kam, PF Battley, BJ McCaffery, DI Rogers, JS Hong et al

"Invisible Connections" is a wonderful photographic journey that follows the migration of shorebirds flying from their breeding grounds in the Arctic through East Asia to ....

Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters and Rollers

A Handbook

C Hilary Fry, Kathie Fry and Alan Harris

This volume covers some of the most colourful and beautiful birds in the world, and is a complete review of all 123 known species, written and illustrated by leading authorities ....

Mound-builders

Darryl N Jones and Ann Göth

The Megapodes are an ancient and remarkable group of birds that occur only in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the islands that surround them. Within this group, there are 22 ....

Naturalised Birds of the World

Christopher Lever

New edition of Sir Christopher Lever's invaluable book on naturalised birds, which has long been out of print. ....

National Geographic Complete Birds of the World

Jonathan Alderfer

Authoritative and concise, with carefully selected, fully up-to-date information, this hardworking and exquisite reference covers every bird family worldwide, with detailed ....

New World Warblers: An Identification Guide

Jon Curson, David Quinn and David Beadle

A guide to the North American wood warblers, the Parulinae, a brightly coloured and attractive group, which are distributed throughout the USA, into Central and South ....

Nightjars

A Guide to the Nightjars and Related Nightbirds

Nigel Cleere and Dave Nurney

The nightjars and their allies are amongst the most difficult of all birds to identify. Being strictly nocturnal and cryptically patterned in shades of brown, it is often ....

On Feathered Wings

Birds in Flight

Richard Ettlinger

The most memorable and evocative fact about birds is that they fly, but most of the great bird illustrators, arts and photographers show us birds at rest. Not so the seven ....

On Sparrows and Man

A Love-Hate Relationship

J Denis Summers-Smith

Of all the wild birds, none are more closely associated with man than the sparrows. In this book, his fifth on sparrows, Denis Summers-Smith sets out to explore this ....

The Ornithologist's Dictionary

Johannes Erritzoe, Kaj Kampp, Kevin Winker and Clifford B Frith

An invaluable reference resource written in succinct language and with a user-friendly layout, The Ornithologist's Dictionary is ideal for both amateur and professional ....

Parrots

A Guide to the Parrots of the World

Tony Juniper and Mike Parr

Reprinted with corrections.Illustrations by Kim Franklin, David Johnston, Dan Powell, Carl D'Silva and Robin RestallThis is the first book dedicated primarily to the field ....

Parrots of the World

An Identification Guide

Joseph Forshaw and Frank Knight

New parrot identification guide, not to be confused with Forshaw's earlier `Parrots of the World', first published by David & Charles in 1978. This new book, as the subtitle ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan

Geoffrey Davison and Chew Yen Fook

The island of Borneo is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and a birdwatcher's paradise. Around 600 species of bird have been recorded here, and some 430 are known to ....

A Photographic Guide to the Nightjars of the World

Nigel Cleere

Includes all nightjars, pootoos, frogmouths, oilbirds and owlet-nightjars. ....

Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America

Per Alstrom and Krister Mild

Is the first comprehensive guide to all the species and subspecies of Pipit and Wagtail that occur in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America. The detailed species ....

Ptilochronology

Feather Time and the Biology of Birds

Thomas C Grubb

This is the first book to summarize the methods, conceptual issues and results of studies using the interpretation of feather growth rates as an index of nutritional ....

Rails

A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World

Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo

Complete guide to the 145 species of rail found throughout the world. In regional field guides, information on field identification is usually superficial or inadequate. This ....

Redbreast: The Robin in Life and Literature

Andrew Lack

A celebration of the life of the robin, based on the classic Robin Redbreast by the author's father David Lack, published in 1950. ....

RSPB Guide to Birdwatching

A Step-by-Step Approach

Mike Unwin

Inspired by the RSPB's learnbirding.com website, this great new book will launch beginner birders of all ages into the world of birds and bird watching. The book has ....

Rusty Flies South

Graham Appleton and Sally Bell

Childrens book chronicling the story of Rusty the Swallow and the friends he meets as he travels south from Honeysuckle Farm to South Africa. ....

Rusty's Return

Graham Appleton and Sally Bell

In this children's book, a sequel to Rusty Flies South, Rusty returns to Honeysuckle farm. On the last page of Rusty Flies South Esmerelda, one of the farm cows, was ....

Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo

Michael McCarthy

If we could see it as a whole, if they all arrived in a single flock, say, we would be truly amazed: sixteen million birds. Swallows, martins, swifts, warblers, wagtails, ....

The Secret Lives of Garden Birds

Dominic Couzens

Month by month look at the secret lives of the most familar British garden birds revealing the different behaviours of each species. Documents the life-and-death ....

Spud Finds a Home

Graham Appleton and Brendel Lang

This is the story of Spud the sparrow's search for somewhere to nest. ....

Starlings and Mynas

Chris Feare and Adrian Craig

This authoritative guide treats all the world's starlings and mynas (114 species) in detail, with the 32 colour plates depicting all species and a variety of races where ....

The Stone Curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus

Richard Vaughan and Nancy Vaughan Jennings

The first monograph on the Stone Curlew. Drawing on the authors' extensive field research it provides detailed and comprehensive information about the Stone Curlew's ....

Superdove

How the Pigeon Took Manhattan ... and the World

Courtney Humphries

Why do we see pigeons as lowly urban pests and how did they become such common city dwellers? Courtney Humphries traces the natural history of the pigeon, recounting how ....

Thrushes

Peter Clement, Ren Hathway, Jan Wilczur and Clive Byers

Amongst the 162 species covered are some very common and other elusive and rare birds. Identification and distribution are fully covered and the description makes reference to ....

Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers: An Identification Guide

Simon Harrap and David Quinn

Covers all 110 world species. The Paridae (`true' tits and penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book with 78 species, with a ....

Top 100 Birding Sites of the World

Dominic Couzens

Top 100 Birding Sites of the World brings together a selection of the best places to go birdwatching on Earth. These are brought to life through the eloquent writing of Dominic ....

The Tree Sparrow

J Denis Summers-Smith

A complete study of the Tree Sparrow Passer montanus from the author of the Poyser monographs The Sparrows and In Search of Sparrows. Tree Sparrows are widely ....

The Value of Birds

Edited by AW Diamond and FL Filion

Wildlife tourism is an increasingly important source of foreign exchange for developing countries, while in the industrial world revenues from birdwatching run into hundreds of ....

Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa

Kevin Baker

Much needed and comprehensive guide to this popular and difficult to identify group of birds. One hundered and forty-five species are described in detail, covering all asects ....

Where to Watch Birds in World Cities

The essential guide to finding birds in the major cities of the world

Paul Milne

Essential guide to finding birds in 61 major cities in the world. Each urban area is described with an introduction to the city, a list of typical species or specialities, ....

The Wisdom of Birds

An Illustrated History of Ornithology

Tim Birkhead

For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in ....

Woodpeckers of Europe

A Study of the European Picidae

Gerard Gorman

A personal and well researched account of the European Picidae through the author's lifetime study of these fascinating birds. The book covers all aspects of the natural ....