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Title: A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by Richard Ffrench, John P. O'Neill, Don R. Eckelberry ISBN: 0-8014-9792-2 Publisher: Comstock Pub Assoc Pub. Date: October, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Nice plates....Where are the rest?
Comment: I haven't gone to Trinidad yet, but I thought I could go ahead and write this. I was flipping through the guide, planning my trip and daydreaming about birds, when I realized that there weren't very many plates. There are a LOT of plates that should have been included in this book, but were not. I generally expect a field guide to have pictures of the common birds. Yes, I will be able to identify a black vulture, common moorhen, or limpkin without the field guide. But you really have to bring two field guides if you're not familiar with terns, rails, gulls, and some other groups. In other words, only the pretty birds get pictures. I don't really want to bring two field guides, especially since this one is so big. Why is it so big, if it only has a few plates? It includes detailed measurements, banding records, and wordy descriptions. But, the food and behavior notes are excellent, and I believe they will aid in identification. Plus the introduction contains excellent information on the environment of Trinidad and Tobago.
Rating: 5
Summary: T&T birder's bible
Comment: An excellent field guide to Trinidad & Tobago's avifauna, the ffrench has been around long enough, & loved well enough, in its various editions, to be considered a classic of its kind. I've used it everywhere from Port of Spain's Botanical Gardens to the forests of the Northern Range to the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust to my own back garden & never failed to identify the specimen in question (& I am no more than an enthusiatic amateur). This book, for me, is the model of a natural history field guide.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not up to scratch!
Comment: Sadly, this book is a disappointment. Using it was commonly an exercise in frustration and futility.
Unlike other books in the same series, there was a noticeable lack of information - particularly Plates - on even the most common birds. The Plates that were available often showed marked errors e.g. colouring, from the actual birds (eventually) identified.
I found quite quickly that my poor view of this book was widely shared by the local guides - it was universally criticised as below the required standard.
I wished I'd taken my "Birds of Costa Rica" instead - I would have been better off!
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Title: 10-Day Checklist of the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by William L. Murphy ISBN: 0941475034 Publisher: Peregrine Enterprises Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $3.00 |
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Title: Insight Guide Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad & Tobago, 3rd Ed) by Lelsey Gordon, Langenscheidt Publishers ISBN: 0887298087 Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Adventure Guides to Trinidad & Tobago (Adventure Guide to Trinidad & Tabago, 2nd Ed) by Kathleen O'Donnell, Stassi Pefkaros ISBN: 1556508867 Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Birds of Venezuela by Steven L. Hilty ISBN: 0691092508 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: The Rough Guide Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago (Rough Guides)) by Dominuque De Light, Dominique de-Light, Polly Thomas ISBN: 1858287472 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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