Field Guides - Rest of the World

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A Field Guide to Birds of Russia and Adjacent Territories
V. E. Flint
$30.00
353 pages - Paperback

This is the first field guide to birds Russia in English. It describes 728 species occurring in a vast geographical area, including much of Europe, East and Central Asia, and India, in habitats as diverse as steppe, desert, tundra and subtropical forest. It is a translation of the first popular Soviet handbook of birds, first published in 1968 and now out of print. Information in English on birds of Russia has been practically nonexistent. Therefore the appearance of this handy field guide with its 48 attractive color plates illustrating 654 of Russia's 728 species (plus 71 helpful text drawings) is most welcome.

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Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
Dale A. Zimmerman, Donald A. Turner, David J. Pearson, Ian Willis
$45.50
740 pages - Hardback

This new field guide is the standard against which all other African field guides will be measured. It contains 124 color plates, illustrating all 1,114 species recorded in the area. The descriptive text is very thorough. The book covers Kenya as well as the Serengetti , Ngorongoro, the Mara and Mt. Kilimanjaro. This sucker is HEAVY (over 4 pounds!!) -- but if you are going over there, you need to buy this book. You will be riding in jeeps anyway -- so just leave it on the seat next to you.

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Newman's Birds of Southern Africa : The Green Edition
Kenneth Newman
$31.96
512 pages - Paperback

Birds of South Africa illustrates and fully describes all the birds recorded from the Antarctic to the Zambezi, even the rarest vagrants. Its range includes the birds of the southern seas as well as those of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Mozambique. This revised edition includes: extensively revised illustrations, additional bird paintings, revised text, a photographic guide to major bird habitats in southern Africa, a checklist in English, Afrikaans and German indices to the English, Afrikaans, German and scientific names.

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A Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa
W. Serle, G. J. Morel, W. Hartwig
$22.00
351 pages - Hardback

This book is part of the Collins Field Guide Series. The region covered by this guide includes Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, the Gambia and the whole West African region from the Atlantic to Chad and the Central African Republic in the east, and northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara at 20 degrees North - the border between the Ethiopian and Palaearctic faunal regions. Over 500 species are illustrated and fully described, with notes on identifying characters, measurements, details of voice, distribution, habitat, nests and eggs. A further 200 allied species are dealt with more briefly and the 371 local or uncommon species are included in the Checklist. A special feature is the list on pages 295-336 which gives the scientific and English, Spanish, French and German vernacular names. And there are indexes to scientific names - by family, genus and species - and to English names.

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A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa
John George Williams
$26.00
415 pages - Hardback

This is part of the Collins Field Guide Series. The region covered includes Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Over 650 species are described and illustrated. The text gives details of plumage, size, voice, flight, habitat and distribution. There are 48 color plates.There are notes on field identification for an additional 633 species under the heading "allied species". If you are going to Kenya, you will also want to get Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania.

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The Birds of Japan
Mark A. Brazil, Masayuki Yabuuchi (Illustrator)
$38.50
466 pages - Hardback

The first comprehensive review of the status and distribution of Japanese birds in more than thirty years, Mark Brazil's The Birds of Japan is based on more than ten years field experience. Brazil introduces the book with a description of the geography, climate, and habitat features of Japan, including as well information on the best birdwatching sites in the country. The bulk of the book comprises species accounts. Every species recorded to the end of 1989 is included, with emphasis on the endemic and near-endemic species. For each, there are details of past and current distribution and status, information on breeding, migration, ecology, behavior, and, where relevant, voice. A distribution map accompanies each account. The Birds of Japan is illustrated by Masayuki Yabuuchi, Japan's leading bird artist, with color plates of the endemic species and line drawings of the east Asian specialties.

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A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Bali
John Ramsay MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps
$55.00
491 pages - Paperback

About 820 species are illustrated in color on 88 plates. There are also many line drawings. The book contains information on major birdwatching localities and where to look for endemics. Species accounts give complete information so you can identify birds in the field.

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A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
Graham Pizzey
$28.00
460 pages - Paperback

Full details are given for about 720 birds, including the field marks, habitats, voice characteristics, breeding and nesting habits and range of each species. To enable, quick field identification each description is linked by a serial number to its illustration and also to its relevant distribution map. The 56 color and 32 black-and-white pages of illustrations were specially painted by Roy Doyle and show clearly and accurately the form and plumage of each species.

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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
Ken Simpson, Nicholas Day
$27.65
408 pages - Hardcover

Over 2,000 color illustrations are accompanied by distribution maps, descriptive drawings and essential field information. At the end of the book is material on the taxonomy, biology and habitat of each bird family.

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Birds of New Guinea
Bruce M. Beehler
$39.60
293 pages - Paperback

This book is the first definitive ornithological field guide to New Guinea, the world's second largest island and one of the richest tropical environments in the Old World. Because of its isolation, New Guinea's biota includes spectacular radiations of unusual plants and animals (of which the birds of paradise are perhaps best known). The region has long attracted naturalists, ecologists, and anthropologists. This book treats all of the more than 700 species of birds recorded from the region, illustrating more than 600 of them in forty-seven fine color plates and eight black-and-white halftone plates. The text contains species accounts treating identification, distribution, ecology, vocalizations, and behavior. This is preceded by a detailed introduction to the region, with sections on climate, biogeography, rain, forest ecology, and conservation.
A chief contribution of the book is the wealth of information on the habits of many of the region's little-known species. Included is an ornithological gazetteer, along with four maps showing natural features and important ornithological localities.