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  1. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Definitely very flashy. :p
  2. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Many illustrations suffer from too much color, I'm afraid.
  3. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    I have posted a short comparison of the two editions Does anyone have the updated Guide to the Birds of China by MacKinnon? . Check post #5.
  4. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    The wording would mean it is in the book. But that also precludes a very detailed part, as they emphasize the book's portability.
  5. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Hi Bruce, looks like another attempt to finally catch up with the rest of the world regarding convenience of measuring units. ;) o:) I know it's a pain both ways! I lived in the US for 5 years when there were no convenient computers.
  6. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    I have been unable to find anything that would support the claim.
  7. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    FG for Indonesia is available now This book , published by Lynx has just become available now. So I thought it might make sense to mention it here in this "sticky" thread as well. The book has been discussed here: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=298765&page=3
  8. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

  9. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    I have the larger book from 2000 and the smaller one from 2005. I have only used the smaller one in the field, and it is definitely more practical. Both books lack range maps, the major drawback in my opinion. So there is still room for competition. :-O But the small book has excellent plates...
  10. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Sorry, I meant the SE-Asia book. I just corrected my post. Thanks for pointing this out.
  11. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Yes, the compact SE-Asia FG edition is fine. No range maps, unfortunately, only range descriptions.
  12. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    My Princeton version weighs 955 grams. The two editions are likely the same, except for the cover.
  13. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Nobody commented on this so far. Georgia is not included in the Central Asia FG. The book's range is delimited by the Caspian Sea in the west. Further countries outside the range of the book are (clockwise) Russia, China, Pakistan (as the only -stan country not included), Iran. But as Edward...
  14. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    There is a specific FG for Hong Kong: The Birds of Hong Kong and South China, by Clive Viney, Karen Phillipps and Lam Chiu Ying. I have the 8th edition of 2005, but would think that there might be a new one. Though that 8th ed. had been fully revised, so maybe just a reprint in the meantime?
  15. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    The other downside is you have a series of loose sheets, not a true FG. At least it's not very convenient in the field. Well worth, however, as a supplement to a FG, I would presume.
  16. Swissboy

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Birds of Borneo, which is better? I notice there are two non-photographic FGs for Borneo (Myers and Philipps). Which one should be on the list here?
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