Given that there are four field guides - Slaters, Simpson & Day,
Morecombe and Pizzey & Knight - there is plenty of room for
specialisation - they don't all need to be the same. Slaters covers
the pocket guide market, while P&K are the most comprehensive. There
is no reason why there can't be a field guide that covers all of the
species in Australian territories as well as the "mainland".
In any case, this will be a moot point for people carrying electronic
guides. When that happens, there will be some birders who will want
to load all of the species of the world onto their machines.
Regards, Laurie.
PS, the good thing about electronic guides is that they will be able
to cover a far greater range of plumages, and hence assist with the
identification of birds such as the immature Kelp Gull that turned up
at Gladstone over the year end.
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Subject: Re: RE: [Birding-Aus] Re: Cocos & Christmas Island Rarities
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Received: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 11:21 AM
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As to the other issue, I would prefer to see field guide to
Australian Birds kept to the Australian mainland and Tasmania, so
they aren't too bulky and confusing for beginners. I think there is
scope, especially with the ease of publishing nowadays, for local
field guides to territories. I think that A Guide to the Birds of
Christmas and Cocos Islands would be a nice title and very suitable
for selling to visitors to the island, and such a title would also
raise conservation issues and inform local people about these.
John Leonard
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