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Title: A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines by Robert S. Kennedy, Pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C. Dickinson, Hector Miranda, Timothy H. Fisher ISBN: 0-19-854668-8 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Birds of the Philippines - maybe
Comment: I'm using this book in the Philippines and found it to be somewhat unreliable. Many species are listed as uncommon or rare and not really specific to the Philippines but to more of Asia in general. I've seen many birds that are not included in the book and find it fustrating.
The most use I've used the book for is to show children the pictures and make friends when language difference is an obstacle.
I realize that maybe the Philippines is not as bird friendly has other countries, but expected more out of this book. Maybe this is as good as it gets and there is room for much improvement.
I'm still glad I brought it, but just somewhat disappointed in the contents.
Al Menk
Rating: 4
Summary: Thumbs up for this book
Comment: This book is definitely the best field guide yet that came out of press. The plates are good and rendered better. Although, what is lacking is the description of the different races of each bird. Only the nominate race is described and I still have to refer to the book "Philippine Birds" by DuPont for the info lacking in this book. Still waiting for a better one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally, an excellent guide to the birds of the Philippines!
Comment: Although I agree with Mike Ramos on the quality of the text of this book, I disagree with him concerning plate quality. Often multiple artists can lead to varying quality and lack of uniformity, however in this Philippine guide, which has 12 artists, the plates are surprisingly uniform in layout and generally of very high quality. This book has a winning combination of excellent plates accompanied by clear, concise distributional maps and useful, abbreviated texts all at the users fingertips when the book is opened to a particular plate. There are a few problems with the order and names of authors on the Amazon listing. Robert S. Kennedy is the first author, followed by Pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C. Dickenson Hector C. Miranda, Jr. (his name is incorrect in the Amazon book listing) and Timothy H. Fisher.
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Title: A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson ISBN: 0691050120 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 10 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Birds of Western and Central Africa by Ber van Perlo ISBN: 0691007144 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 06 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Birds of Thailand by Craig Robson ISBN: 0691007012 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi by Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe ISBN: 0856610798 Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Birds of New Guinea by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, Dale A. Zimmerman ISBN: 0691023948 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 1986 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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