Melanie
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Initially I've thought I could make a Top 10. But therefore that I've bought more than 10 interesting books this year my list is somewhat longer:
Birds New to Science: This book includes all newly described bird species from the early 1960s to the 2010s. Very detailed accounts, great photographic material and even some undescribed species are mentioned.
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots: This book was published in 2017. Parrot expert Joseph Michael Forshaw compiled a very comprehensive account on the demise of the Parrots including all recently extinct species and a chapter on subfossil parrots. Frank Knight provided excellent artwork.
Field Guide to the Birds of Indonesia: This book was published in 2016. The authors compiled the most comprehensive field guide of the Indonesian avifauna so far.
Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds (2-Volume Set): The most awaited and also most hyped bird book of 2018. Excellent photographic work and detailed descriptions.
Antpittas and Gnateaters: First photographic and very detailed account of these highly interesting bird families.
Handbook of the Mammals of the World 8: The penultimate volume of the HMW series with great photographic material.
The Night Parrot: The first ever book of the Night Parrot with very detailed texts by the great Penny Olsen and excellent photographic material. Contender of the Whitley Award (Australia) 2019 and for me the best zoological book of the year.
A Bat's End: An investigative book on the demise of the Christmas Island fauna, in particular of the Christmas Island pipistrelle.
Photographers against Wildlife Crime: A coffee-table book with thought-provoking photographes that are nothing for weak nerves.
End of the Megafauna: What causes the extinction of the Megafauna in the Pleistocene and the early Holocene. Men, Climate Change or something else? Ross D. E. MacPhee is searching for answers. With excellent artwork by Peter Schouten.
Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth: The most comprehensive book on the fiercest cat that ever lived on this planet. With highly interesting x ray photographes of the skull and the teeth.
Vaquita: Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez: A sad and investigative account on the extinction of the Vaquita.
Walker's Mammals of the World: The first new book of this series after 1999. This time with color photographes but also with detailed accounts.
Monument for the Quagga: Published in 2016. I've bought this book twice. The Dutch print edition with illustrations and photographes and the English text edition without photographes and illustrations as ebook.
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Out of competion because I still have to wait on this book: Grasswrens: Australian Outback Identities.
Birds New to Science: This book includes all newly described bird species from the early 1960s to the 2010s. Very detailed accounts, great photographic material and even some undescribed species are mentioned.
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots: This book was published in 2017. Parrot expert Joseph Michael Forshaw compiled a very comprehensive account on the demise of the Parrots including all recently extinct species and a chapter on subfossil parrots. Frank Knight provided excellent artwork.
Field Guide to the Birds of Indonesia: This book was published in 2016. The authors compiled the most comprehensive field guide of the Indonesian avifauna so far.
Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds (2-Volume Set): The most awaited and also most hyped bird book of 2018. Excellent photographic work and detailed descriptions.
Antpittas and Gnateaters: First photographic and very detailed account of these highly interesting bird families.
Handbook of the Mammals of the World 8: The penultimate volume of the HMW series with great photographic material.
The Night Parrot: The first ever book of the Night Parrot with very detailed texts by the great Penny Olsen and excellent photographic material. Contender of the Whitley Award (Australia) 2019 and for me the best zoological book of the year.
A Bat's End: An investigative book on the demise of the Christmas Island fauna, in particular of the Christmas Island pipistrelle.
Photographers against Wildlife Crime: A coffee-table book with thought-provoking photographes that are nothing for weak nerves.
End of the Megafauna: What causes the extinction of the Megafauna in the Pleistocene and the early Holocene. Men, Climate Change or something else? Ross D. E. MacPhee is searching for answers. With excellent artwork by Peter Schouten.
Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth: The most comprehensive book on the fiercest cat that ever lived on this planet. With highly interesting x ray photographes of the skull and the teeth.
Vaquita: Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez: A sad and investigative account on the extinction of the Vaquita.
Walker's Mammals of the World: The first new book of this series after 1999. This time with color photographes but also with detailed accounts.
Monument for the Quagga: Published in 2016. I've bought this book twice. The Dutch print edition with illustrations and photographes and the English text edition without photographes and illustrations as ebook.
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Out of competion because I still have to wait on this book: Grasswrens: Australian Outback Identities.
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