- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press; New title edition (7 Oct 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0691007012
- ISBN-13: 978-0691007014
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 312,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Thailand is the mecca of birding in Southeast Asia. It's convenient to get to and get around, and its birdlife is wondrously diverse, exotic, and plentiful. With Birds of Thailand, Craig Robson and fourteen leading illustrators give us the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and concise field guide to this magnificent country's rich avifaunal heritage in recent years, covering the more than 950 species recorded as of early in the new millennium.
Facing each of the 128 striking, full-color plates are species accounts accompanied by maps for each, illustrating precise distribution within Thailand. The accurate text covers identification, voice, habitat, behavior, range, status, and breeding for all species and subspecies. Illustrations and entries on a number of species recorded only quite recently are also included.
The country's varied habitats assure something for every birder, from freshwater marshes to coastal areas, from fields and rice paddies to lush jungles and mangrove forests. In Thailand, one can delight in the brilliantly colored pittas, broadbills, and sunbirds; the deep, dazzling green of barbets, parrots, parakeets, and leafbirds; the aptly named frogmouths; the roosterlike resplendence of the (male) red junglefowl; the ruff, whose breeding male in full plumage sports a truly singular head; and much, much more.
Birders and all ecologically minded travelers daydreaming of a voyage to this gem of a country will want the latest source of thorough information on its birdlife--in a highly portable, pithy, and vividly illustrated guide. What they will want is Craig Robson's Birds of Thailand.
- Comprehensive field guide written specifically for this magnificent, bird-rich country
- 128 full-color plates by expert artists covering every major plumage variation, with juveniles also illustrated where notably distinct from males and females
- Over 950 maps for individual species illustrating their precise distribution within Thailand
- Accurate, up-to-date, and concise text covering identification, voice, habitat and behavior, range, status, and breeding of all species and distinctive subspecies
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"A guide of exceptional quality that should prove very handy in the field. One can't ask for more."--Hugh Dingle, University of California, Davis
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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At last, the quality of field guides for the Far East has caught up with those of Europe and America. Craig Robson's "Birds of Thailand" is a tour de force...950 mouth watering species, all beautifully illustrated and expertly described, each with its own distribution map. The natural riches of Thailand make it an ever more popular birding destination and this indispensible guide will set the standard there for years to come.
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Got to be first on the list, quality coverage of each species with excellent plates and coverage of key sites, used now on two trips, invaluable.
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An essential book if you are interested in birds and are going to spend some time birdind in this country.
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