Book Description
This comprehensive sourcebook and field guide is designed for expert and amateur birdwatchers alike, as well as students and nature lovers. Presented is scientific and field information based on years of bird-watching experience and conscientious study of birds and their behavior, all lavishly illustrated. Also discussed are issues such as climate, habitat, and conservation, which are essential to the discussion of birds in an urban environment like Singapore.
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This book is a comprehensive sourcebook and field guide for expert and amateur birdwatchers, students and nature lovers. Author Lim Kim Seng has assembled scientific and field information based on years of birdwatching experience and conscientious study of birds and their behaviour. To illustrate the wealth of information, Dana Gardner, a serious birdwatcher himself, and a painter, has captured exquisite and accurate details of 350 birds in 40 main plates.
Detailed Systematic Section
Lists of Extinct Species, Probable Additions, Escapees, Threatened =
Species
Common and Scientific Name Index
Foreword by Director and Chief Executive, Bird Life International