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Whether traveling through Southeast Asia or relaxing at home, bird lovers will enjoy this thorough and colorful bird watching guide. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of mainland Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo. It covers important bird species found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines. Of an estimated 10,000 living bird species in the world, Southeast Asia is home to over 3,000 of them--making this one of the most diverse avifaunal regions on the planet and a birdwatcher's paradise. This comprehensive guide covers over 660 species and has more than 700 color photographs. It is an invaluable guide to anyone planning a visit to Asia who is interested in birds. It gives a distribution map for each species and a checklist at the back. Many of the photographs in this book appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to illustrate the most important species and their key features. The text provides vital information to ensure accurate identifications.A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia is indispensable reading for bird lovers everywhere. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Although not complete, this photo guide shows more species than any other single book on this region. Less than half of all SE Asian species are shown with a single color photo. A few dozen of birds have two photos.
The range of this book’s coverage is southern China and all countries from Myanmar southeast through Malaysia to Vietnam. Borneo and The Philippines are also included.
The selection of photos is pretty good. They show the bird in good light and in the open for a clear view. Some of the birds are displayed a bit small but generally well enough to identify the bird. Since most of the birds have only one photo, this book won’t be a complete field guide, but it will allow the user to become familiar with many of the species across this region.
The text is brief and covers description, voice, and habits. The description, composed of 2-6 short lines, offer some decent tips but are not lengthy enough to be of solid help to identify many of the similar species. If you see an immature or many of the females, this book will probably not be of help in those instances. About 50-70% of the text is dedicated to describing the bird’s habits. This section covers habitat preference and some behavioral notes. The voice is generally described in 1-2 short lines.
Each bird receives the same SE Asia map that contains two colors: Red for breeding and blue for migrant or non-breeding visitor.
Will this book be useful for a trip to SE Asia? Yes, but with limitations. You will definitely need to bring one of the available and complete field guides to show the variety of plumages and all the species that are present. This is a good practice book and I regard it as a good primer for a trip.
I’ve listed several related books below…
1) Birds: A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore by Strange
2) A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore by Davison
3) A Photographic Guide to Birds of Thailand by Webster
4) Birds of Thailand by Robson
5) Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Robson
6) Birds of the Philippines (A Photographic Guide) by Fisher
7) A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Bali by MacKinnon
8) A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines by Kennedy
9) A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia by Strange
10) A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Borneo by Davison (