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Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (Hardcover)

by Richard Grimmett (Author), Carol Inskip (Author), Tim Inskipp (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd (30 Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0713651652
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713651652
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,404,572 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a pocket version companion to "Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" covering all the bird species found in India, Pakistian, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. The plates face the descriptions for quick at-a glance reference. This guide provides tables, summarising identification features of particularly difficult groups such as nightjars, warblers and rosefinches.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good comprehensive pocket guide, but has a few drawbacks., 8 Dec 2001
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Well illustrated pictures and for the keener bird watcher, it's got all the species. The maps are clear, though not always near the pictures/text. It is confusingly classified (not the standard order). Naming follows the American system which is also confusing. In the area bird watchers will refer to species by their English names, so Grimmett is not helpful in this way. It would be better if it included commonly used names as well. An example of the confusion is with what is commonly called the 'blossom-headed parakeet' Psittacula cyanocephala. In Grimmett this is called the 'plum-headed' and, more confusingly, there's another called the 'blossom-headed' (P. roseata). Also, nobody in India seems to call a purple moorhen a purple gallinule.
However, it's a good all-round book. Combined with another which has the ordinary names and a bit more information, it was a good choice. (I took Collins Handguide to the birds of the Indian Sub-continent as well, which gives more info about the more common species).
I hope this review is helpful.
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