Birds of Thailand (Princeton Field Guides)

Thailand is the mecca of birding in Southeast Asia. Its 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 countrys 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 countrys 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 Robsons 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