Product Description

This new field guide describes each of the 640 species of birds known to occur or to have occurred in West Malaysia and in Singapore. The main author is based in Malaysia, and he and the artist have extensive first-hand field experience of the birds of the region. Every species, including major plumage variations, is illustrated in 72 stunning full-colour plates, especially painted for this volume. The comprehensive text includes data on calls and song, range, distribution, habitat, status, and behaviour. Introductory chapters provide useful and interesting information on migration, breeding, and conservation. A section on birdwatching in the region includes information on key birdwatching sites, and what to look for there. Easy to use for beginners, and comprehensive enough to satisfy experienced birdwatchers, this is by far the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to the exciting and abundant avifauna of this increasingly popular holiday region.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2030427 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 628 pages

Review
"...an ideal guide both for the holiday traveller and the dedicated bird watcher as it fills both niches admirably." BTO News, September - October 1999

'...Comprehensive, up-to-date field guide' BBC Wildlife

'...this is the best field guide to deal exclusively with the birds of peninsular Maylaysia and Singapore...Despite its 460 pages, the book is light to carry...I like Alan Pearson's clean and bright depictions of birds' Tim harris

"...an ideal guide both for the holiday traveller and the dedicated bird watcher as it fills both niches admirably." BTO News,

'an attractive and accessible guide which I am sure will stimulate many in Malaysia and Singapore to take up birding' British Ornithologists Union, ibis

From the Publisher
72 colour plates, 16 maps, 7 line drawings

About the Author
Allen Jeyarajasingam is a teacher and well- known ornithologist based in Kuala Lumpur. He has previously published a photographic guide to the birds of Malaysia and Singapore, as well as being the author of many numerous articles for other bird magazines and books. A keen birdwatcher for some 30 years, he has extensive first-hand experience of birds and birdwatching throughout the region. Alan Pearson is an ornithological artist with a keen interest in the avifauna of Malaysia, of which hehas considerable first-hand experience. He has illustrated six field guides, and contributes regularly to bird magazines.