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Birds of Central Asia (Helm Field Guides)
£30.90£33.30 (-7%)
Birds of Central Asia is the first field guide to include the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, along with neighbouring Afghanistan. This vast area includes a diverse variety of habitats, and the avifauna is similarly broad, from sandgrouse, ground jays and larks on the vast steppe and semi-desert to a broad range of raptors, and from woodland species such as warblers and nuthatches to a suite of montane species, such as snowcocks, accentors and snowfinches.
This book includes 141 high-quality plates covering every species (and all distinctive races) that occur in the region, along with concise text focusing on identification and accurate colour maps. Important introductory sections introduce the land and its birds. Birds of Central Asia is a must-read for any birder or traveller visting this remote region.
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by VAUGHAN ASHBY – BIRDFINDERS
With the exception of the excellent but long out of date Birds of the Soviet Union (in some editions known as the Birds of the USSR), there have been no dedicated books to Central Asia up until now, with birders visiting the popular birding destination of Kazakhstan having to rely on a combination of a European field guide and the Birds of the Indian Sub-continent. I recently did a review for Birding World on this book and I will re-iterate here that for anyone visiting any of the Central Asian countries (except Mongolia for which a field guide has been in progress for many years), this is the essential book. The plates and texts are excellent (although the illustrations of some species such as Eurasian Wryneck which is far too pale and some of the finches which aren’t wholly accurate) and this book is recommended to all our clients on BIRDFINDERS tours to Kazakhstan.
by Bobcat
Item arrived promptly and was exactly whet I was looking for
by Rob
Top quality bird plates and informative.
by H. W. Schoot
There are not a lot of books for this area. This one and a very complete one!
by Julian Thomas
A good, well-produced book which I recently bought and used in the field in E Kazakhstan. The text and range maps are a little small, and it’s out of date taxonomically in a few places (e.g. heinei larks now considered race of Lesser Short-toed not Asian Short-toed) but this is almost inevitable given the pace of change in this field. The plates are very good, though, and it is an invaluable companion to any birding visit to this area.
by A. C. Bennett
Got this as second hand at a great price. But the book was like new !. Amazing service I thought I had received a new book. Typical good standard Helm Field Guide.
by fiona Forrest
I brought this book for my partner, who is a professional bird watcher in work and hobby and thought this book was very good
by Carole Bentley
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