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Field guide for whole indonesia (1 Viewer)
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James Eaton
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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)...?
Richard,
Certainly not! The taxonomy is unrelated to the HBW/Birdlife checklist, comparing just the non-passerines there is quite a difference, unfortunately.
Andy - it's citrinocristata, which will be split as a Sumba endemic (a sneak preview there!).
Cheers,
James
Richard Klim
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That sounds good, James – so sharing artwork with HBW, but maintaining taxonomic independence rather than universally following BirdLife's (sometimes controversial) treatment...
So from all I have gathered here, plus consulting Wikipedia, it would seem that we finally get what will essentially be a FG covering all of Indonesia except for Western New Guinea. But that part is in the New Guinea guides anyway. Thus a very major gap will finally be closed. I had originally thought we'd get another book that covers a fraction such as the ones that have appeared during the past decades. So I'm finally getting really excited about this forthcoming book. Particularly so since there will be more than just the HBW illustrations.
Which other major gaps remain after this book will have come out? Personally, I think it's Bolivia only.
Which other major gaps remain after this book will have come out? Personally, I think it's Bolivia only.
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lewis20126
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Well, at least we read about Mark Pearman working on it. I have yet to see info on a Bolivia FG being in the works. But then, I'm always open to be pleasantly surprised. o
I'm a collector of field guides - even of places I've no hope of ever visiting! So, what field guides would you recommend buying in order to cover the whole world (apart from Bolivia)?
I'll start off with the Collins Bird Guide for Europe and Sibley Guide to Birds for N. America.
Roger
For South America, there is a passerines book for the entire continent (Ridgely and Tudor) and a non-passerines book by (in some order, depending on publisher) Erize, Mata, Rumboll.
Some of the illustrated checklists cover larger areas, often with less detail per species.
Niels
Some of the illustrated checklists cover larger areas, often with less detail per species.
Niels
JonasNordin
Jonas Nordin
Robert et al,
Perhaps I can delight you with the information that a field guide to Bolivia has been in the pipeline for many years and has entered the final stretch according to recent information from Sebastian Herzog on the Facebook-group "I love Ornithological & Bird Books".
You can find more info about the project here: http://birds-of-bolivia.org/
and see some plates made by one of the illustrators here: http://carlchristiantofte.blogspot.se/p/field-guide-illustrations-south-america.html.
Regards // Jonas
Hello Jonas,
That is great news indeed! Thanks for letting us know. Seems that some work is being done without much widespread publicity. I notice on the linked page that there is even support by the Swiss government. That's remarkable in itself.
Sounds like Hr. Tofte is doing well, he was also the illustrator of this book: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=312003
Niels
Niels
So there is more in the making, it seems. That's great to learn. Google comes up with lots of fine bird photos apparently by Tobias. And some further search, under Bolivia bird field guide provided this result:
http://armoniabolivia.org/2016/03/08/first-field-guide-to-the-birds-of-bolivia-coming-soon/
It's a very recent website.
Is this the neomorphus work or another one? At any rate, there might be a book coming out soon. Unless it follows Pearman's pattern for Argentina. Sometimes it helps to publish less perfect editions to get some funds for improved second editions. :eat:
EDIT: I just found out that this leads to the same page Jonas has linked to in post #32. So it's the same book.
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YuShan
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It says Oct 2016 now.
I want to have this. I travelled for 2 months in this beautiful country in 2009, but I wasn't a birder then. If they can keep this schedule I might repeat this trip in 2017!
Murray Lord
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Sample pages are now on the Lynx website and Facebook page: http://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-indonesian-archipelago
Andy Adcock
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I think Joe Tobias is more known for his work in in Indonesia, Sumatra isn't he?
Andy
Andy
Look very good. Lot's of info in concise textual descriptions. Don't think I've ever seen maps on the same page as illustrations though. I can see it being helpful for this region, however. Range is going to be a key factor in many IDs; and with the maps underneath the illustrations, you can associate the range and illustration immediately without having to glance back and forth across the page. But it does make the illustrations look rather technical, with no suggestion of the bird's habitat.
I also notice each map has 5 boxes to the left. I've seen that in other guides; I suppose it's some sort of indication of scale, but not conviced it's worth the space it takes up. Would rather have a larger map.
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