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[Papuan birder]

It would seem the preliminary publication date for the field guide by Phil Gregory is the end of this year.

http://www.nhbs.com/title/204692/lynx-field-guide-to-the-birds-of-new-guinea

 

[John Cantelo]

It would seem the preliminary publication date for the field guide by Phil Gregory is the end of this year.

http://www.nhbs.com/title/204692/lynx-field-guide-to-the-birds-of-new-guinea

If all goes well - and Lynx seem better at these things than many publishers - it should be out this year. Phil's done a great job in producing a good condensed text despite the tight constraints demanded by the need for a reasonably sized portable field guide. I know as I had the joy of reading through it proof reading, making suggestions etc which was fun as I know very little about the species covered. However, that was one of the reasons Phil (an old school friend) asked me to do it as he wanted to avoid making assumptions about his readership's level of knowledge!

 

[Melanie]

Is there any major difference between the Books Birds of New Guinea (paperback) and Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics (hardback) which will be published this March?

 

[Richard Klim]

Is there any major difference between the Books Birds of New Guinea (paperback) and Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics (hardback) which will be published this March?

Surely they're very different books, with Beehler & Pratt 2016 (a comprehensive annotated checklist) described by PUP as "an ideal complement to" Pratt & Beehler 2014 (a field guide).

 

[jedigrant]

Is there any major difference between the Books Birds of New Guinea (paperback) and Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics (hardback) which will be published this March?

Totally different books - the former is a field guide, while the upcoming one is all about, well, distribution and taxonomy. It has few, if any?, illustrations. You can get a taste for what it's like by using the Look Inside feature on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Birds-New-Guinea-Distribution-Systematics/dp/069116424X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1455215376&sr=1-2

 

[Papuan birder]

Today my copy of Beehler & Pratt 2016 arrived and I found it to be thoroughly excellent as it's long overdue that a work like this was published for this region

It's most definitely a contender for "best bird book of 2016" for me:t:

 

[Swissboy]

If all goes well - and Lynx seem better at these things than many publishers - it should be out this year........

That was meant to be 2015. (post #62)

As it goes, the publication date is now no longer October 2016 but somewhere in 2017. NHBS says January; but Lynx gives no month, and they should know best.:-C

 

[John Cantelo]

The last thing I heard was that all of the plates had been sorted and text had been written & edited (apart from the final edit of the Introduction). As the October date was the expected one until very recently, I'd guess it will appear in Jan/Feb 2017 unless delayed by other Lynx projects ...