A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

By Krys Kazmierczak

Book Overview

This up-to-date pocket-sized guide is essential for anyone interested in the birds of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka. The book includes information on field identification,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300079214
• ISBN13: 9780300079210
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Handy Field Guide

Of the several field guides to Indian birds, this is certainly one of the best researched, illustrated and sleekly designed books. The pictorial index in the inside cover page is brilliant and a great help for birders out in the field. Distribution maps are easy to locate and acurate. One would have liked to have a little more descriptive write ups on each bird, but the need to keep the size of the book manageable might perhaps have prompted the authers keep them short and sweet. However, due to the criptic and short descriptions in the book I find myself carrying two instead of one book in my backpack, Kazmierczak as a ready reference and Salim Ali for details. Illustrations are the best among all field guides available to date. Overall, a good and necessary addition to one's collection of bird books of Indian Region.

The Excellent work on Indian Ornethology

It's an outstanding book for the birds of indian sub continent, I found it great in field especially. The illustaration by Ber van Perlo are excellent. And the text is so brief and informative for the use in field identification.