EASTERN PALEARCTIC
Collins Field Guide Birds of the Palearctic: Passerines by Norman Arlott.
2007. A handy field guide to all the birds of the entire Palearctic, with 240
pages, species texts facing the 80 colour plates, and maps for every species.
An accompanying non-passerines volume is due to be published later in 2007.
Hardback £25.00.
Palearctic Birds: a Checklist of the Birds of Europe, North Africa & Asia by
Mark Beaman. 1994. With 168 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 158. Softback
£12.50.
(**December)Birds of Mongolia by Axel Braunlich and S. Gombobaatar. The first
field guide to the birds of Mongolia, with 224 pages and species texts facing
83 colour plates and species distribution maps. Softback £24.99.
(**October)Birds of East Asia by Mark Brazil. An up-to-date field guide
covering the whole eastern Asia, including eastern Russia, China, Taiwan, Korea
and Japan, with 528 pages, 234 colour plates and species distribution maps.
Softback £24.99.
The Birds of Japan by Mark Brazil. 1991. The status of birds in Japan, with 466
pages, numerous distribution maps and six colour plates. Hardback £45.00.
The Avifauna of Hong Kong by Geoff Carey et al. 2001. The authoratative
standard reference on the status of the birds of Hong Kong; beautifully
produced, with 564 pages and 31 colour photographs. (Reviewed in Birding World
15: 87). Hardback £45.00.
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong by Hong Kong Birdwatching
Society. 2004. With concise dual English/Chinese identification and status
text, 560 pages and 786 colour photographs of 343 species. Softback £24.99.
Wild Birds of Japan: a photographic guide by Takuya Kanouchi, Naoya Abe and
Hideo Ueda. 1998. A superb photographic field guide to east Asian birds, with
624 pages and over 2,000 colour photographs. Text in Japanese, but with English
and scientific name photo captions. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 339. Softback
£29.99.
550 Birds of Japan by Masashi Kirihara, Norio Yamagata, Toshiyuki Yoshino &
Himaru Iozawa. 2000. The best photographic reference to Siberian and Eastern
Palearctic birds, with 710 pages and hundreds of stunning colour photographs.
Reviewed in Birding World 14: 349. Two volume softback set £55.00.
A photographic guide to the birds of China including Hong Kong by John
MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks. 2001. 2nd edition. A compact and inexpensive
photographic guide, with 144 pages featuring 252 species. Softback £7.99.
A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps.
2000. The only real field guide to the birds of China, with 586 pages, 128
colour plates and colour species distribution maps. Softback £39.95.
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-East Asia by Tadao Shimba.
2007. A comprehensive guide, with 504 pages and over 1,500 colour photographs.
Softback £24.99.
A Guide to the Mammals of China by Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie. 2008. A
beautiful field guide, with 392 pages, 72 colour plates and species
distribution maps. Hardback £34.99.
The Feathers of Japanese Birds in Full Scale by Masaru Takada and Takuya
Kanouchi. 2004. A sumptuous, beautiful Japanese reference, covering most
Japanese species, indexed with English and scientific names, with 304 pages and
colour photographs throughout. Hardback in Slipcase £80.00.
Birds of Hong Kong and South China by Clive Viney, Karen Phillipps and Lam Chiu
Ying. 2005. Eighth edition. The best field guide for the Hong Kong region,
including a brief site guide, with 256 pages and 91 colour plates. Softback
£22.95.
The Birds of Kazakhstan by Arend Wassink and Gerald Oreel. 2007. A detailed
status and distribution of the birds of this superb birding country, with 288
pages, 900 maps and figures, and numerous colour photographs. Hardback £45.00.
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
----- Original Message ----
From: George Oakes <>
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Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:51:19 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Field Guide China - Central Asia
I hope next year to travel on the Silk Road from Beijing to Samarkand and
Tashkent in Central Asia. Any recommendations on a suitable field guide for
these areas of China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
George Oakes
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