Hi
I will move to indonesia for 3 years on april.
I have not found a field guide or a book that have all 1600 indonesian species.
Is there one?
As Jim says, not a lot out there. There will be a field guide covering Greater Sundas and Wallacea (the Indonesian archipelago) that would hopefully be published towards the end of 2015 though...
James
There will be a field guide covering Greater Sundas and Wallacea (the Indonesian archipelago) that would hopefully be published towards the end of 2015 though...
James
With that on mind, I think that the printable check lists from HNW alive are very valuable.
Im Not saying they replace a field guide, but at least you have a document with all birds on it.
Although for indonesia the printable check lists are divided in 4 regions........
thanks
How certain is the date James? Is now the time to sell my mint, never been used, copy of Bishop ?
cheers, alan
As Jim says, not a lot out there. There will be a field guide covering Greater Sundas and Wallacea (the Indonesian archipelago) that would hopefully be published towards the end of 2015 though...
James
It seems the preliminary publication date for this book is March 2016. This looks like an impressive book accompanied with very nice artwork
http://www.nhbs.com/title/207077/birds-of-the-indonesian-archipelago
I would like to think so Al, but you never know with the authors - often too busy birding for writing, but edging ever closer.
Alan, when Lynx announced the forthcoming publication of Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago and Birds of New Guinea, I too assumed that they heralded a series of field guides that would rely entirely on recycling the existing (often rather limited) HBW artwork.From I what I see from the cover on Lynx, this is going to use HBW Artwork - I wonder if James or anyone else can advise whether there are any new images, eg for new taxa, splits and so on. I would have preferred some of the other species, eg seabirds, to be repainted.
New illustrations from the field guide Birds of New Guinea, including Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville incorporated into HBW Alive
As we announced in the last newsletter, one of HBW Alive’s main goals is to become a useful source of illustrations of all the bird species of the world, with male and female plumages, and also plumages of adult non-breeding, juvenile and flying birds. Last December we incorporated more than 300 new illustrations from our forthcoming guide Birds of New Guinea, including Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville.
There are new illustrations of subspecies that we did not have in the HBW series, like the saturatior subspecies of Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus), as well as of raptors flying like Imitator Goshawk (Accipiter imitator) and Sanford's Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus sanfordi). Other novelties include adult non-breeding plumages of several shorebirds and seabirds, like Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) and Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), and new juvenile illustrations of several species, like Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) and Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea). ...
Our artists are working on more than 300 new illustrations for our forthcoming guide Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago. As soon as they have finished their work, we will incorporate the new material into HBW Alive as well.
James, does the field guide exactly follow current HBW passerine taxonomy, or will it give us a preview of any of the taxonomic revisions to be adopted in HBW/BirdLife Illustrated Checklist vol 2 (Dec 2016)...?Hundreds of new illustrations have been produced, including raptors, seabirds, shorebirds etc and look great. All obscure, distinct taxa will also be illustrated, along with all the new, dodgy splits.
Alan,
Hundreds of new illustrations have been produced, including raptors, seabirds, shorebirds etc and look great. All obscure, distinct taxa will also be illustrated, along with all the new, dodgy splits.
Cheers,
James