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Photographic Guide to Birds of the West Indies par G. Michael Flieg
The New Holland series of bird identification guides is uneven, but this is the best I've read so far. The photos are clear and the selection is good for common birds of the region. What distinguishes this volume is the descriptions of birds' feeding habits and other behaviors that allow for better identification. On a recent trip to the Caribbean, I was able to identify 54 species, including the very weird brown trembler, using this comparatively small field guide.
Basics: 2000, softcover, 144 pages, color photos of 251 species, no range maps
This compact pocket guide contains color photos for 251 species found on this island nation off the southeast coast of India. This represents just less than half of the nearly 560 birds found across all the islands. I was glad to see nearly 75% of the 180 or so Caribbean endemics included in the photographs.
Although the compacted size of the book requires smaller photos, a good job was done to zoom or crop-in to the birds to make most of them larger within the photo. The photos are typically well lit and show the bird clearly. Some of the photos could be improved (warblers, flycatchers) and it would be nice to see the parrots photographed outside of captivity.
The text is a brief paragraph that gives general information about the bird’s appearance, habitat, and behavior. This information is acceptable for an introductory understanding of these birds but is not really useful for field identification.
This photo guide is a nice tool to be used for learning some of the Caribbean birds, but a true field guide will be required regardless of which island you visit. Several good books are available depending where you visit. The best all encompassing book for the West Indies is by Raffaele et al.
I’ve listed several related books below…
1) A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies by Raffaele
2) Birds of the West Indies by Raffaele
3) Birds of the West Indies by Bond
4) A Birder's West Indies by Wauer
5) Oiseaux des Petites Antilles -- Birds of the West Indies by Benito-Espinal (ISBN 2950228453)
6) Oiseaux des Petites Antilles et Leur Nid by Benito-Espinal (ISBN 2912300223)
7) Birds of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands by Hallett
8) Birds of the Cayman Islands by Bradley
9) Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti by Latta
10) The Birds of The Turks and Caicos Islandsby Ground
11) Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Garrido
12) A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Raffaele… (plus d'informations)
This compact pocket guide contains color photos for 251 species found on this island nation off the southeast coast of India. This represents just less than half of the nearly 560 birds found across all the islands. I was glad to see nearly 75% of the 180 or so Caribbean endemics included in the photographs.
Although the compacted size of the book requires smaller photos, a good job was done to zoom or crop-in to the birds to make most of them larger within the photo. The photos are typically well lit and show the bird clearly. Some of the photos could be improved (warblers, flycatchers) and it would be nice to see the parrots photographed outside of captivity.
The text is a brief paragraph that gives general information about the bird’s appearance, habitat, and behavior. This information is acceptable for an introductory understanding of these birds but is not really useful for field identification.
This photo guide is a nice tool to be used for learning some of the Caribbean birds, but a true field guide will be required regardless of which island you visit. Several good books are available depending where you visit. The best all encompassing book for the West Indies is by Raffaele et al.
I’ve listed several related books below…
1) A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies by Raffaele
2) Birds of the West Indies by Raffaele
3) Birds of the West Indies by Bond
4) A Birder's West Indies by Wauer
5) Oiseaux des Petites Antilles -- Birds of the West Indies by Benito-Espinal (ISBN 2950228453)
6) Oiseaux des Petites Antilles et Leur Nid by Benito-Espinal (ISBN 2912300223)
7) Birds of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands by Hallett
8) Birds of the Cayman Islands by Bradley
9) Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti by Latta
10) The Birds of The Turks and Caicos Islandsby Ground
11) Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Garrido
12) A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Raffaele… (plus d'informations)
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