which field guide for Sikkim, India (1 Viewer)

leonardo_simon

Well-known member

• Nov 17, 2017

• #1

I'm planning to go trekking in the Sikkim Himalayas in the near future.

Will be trekking up to high altitude

Please could you recommend a good field guide?

The more location specific the better & ideally with good maps & altitudes of the species etc.

thanks

 

leonardo_simon

Well-known member

• Nov 19, 2017

• #2

Or can anybody recommend best book for India/ Himalayas please ?

 

Andy Adcock

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• Nov 19, 2017

• #3

The first two are probably the most highly regarded books for the area whilst the last, will probably be what you want as it will be minus a lot of confusing species that don't occur further North.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Indi...qid=1511085667&sr=8-6&keywords=Birds+of+india

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Indi...qid=1511085667&sr=8-7&keywords=Birds+of+india

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Nort...id=1511085667&sr=8-11&keywords=Birds+of+india



Andy

 

Xenospiza

Distracted

• Nov 19, 2017

• #4

andyadcock said:

The first two are probably the most highly regarded books for the area whilst the last, will probably be what you want as it will be minus a lot of confusing species that don't occur further North.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Indi...qid=1511085667&sr=8-6&keywords=Birds+of+india

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Indi...qid=1511085667&sr=8-7&keywords=Birds+of+india

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Nort...id=1511085667&sr=8-11&keywords=Birds+of+india

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The Birds of Bhutan probably covers everything you need as well. This is also an extract from the complete Inskipp guide.

 

temmie

Well-known member

• Nov 20, 2017

• #5

I would go for the Bhutan guide no doubt.