Maps & Distribution of the Birds of the Western Palearctic                   -BOOKS

• Birdwatching Guide
• General Ornithology
• Published in the last 20 years

. ADAMIAN, Martin S. and Daniel KLEM, Jr. A Field Guide to Birds of Armenia. American University of Armenia, 1997. 221 pp.

. ADAMIAN, Martin S. and Daniel KLEM, Jr. Handbook of the Birds of Armenia. American University of Armenia, 1999. 649 pp.

. ALSTRÖM Per and Peter COLSTON. A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins, 1991. Illus. by Ian LEWINGTON. 448 pp.

. ANDREWS, Ian J. The Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Midlothian, Scotland: By the author, 1995. 185 pp.

. AUSTIN, Oliver L., Jr. The Birds of Korea. Harvard, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1948 (1972 reprint). 301 pp,

. AUSTIN, Oliver L., Jr. and Nagahisa KURODA. The Birds of Japan: Their Status and Distribution. Harvard, MCZ, 1953 (1972 reprint).

. BAKER, Jeff. Warblers of Europe and Asia. Princeton, 1997. 360 pp.

. BAKER, Kevin. Identification Guide to European Non-Passerines. BTO Field Guide No. 24, 1993. 332 pp.

. BATTEN, L.A., C.J. BOBBY, P. CLEMENT, G.D. ELLIOTT and R.F. PORTER, editors. Red Data Birds in Britain. Poyser, 1990. 349 pp.

. BEAMAN, Mark and Steve MADGE. The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic. Princeton, 1998. 784 pp.

. BEAMAN, Mark. Palearctic Birds: A Checklist of the Birds of Europe, North Africa and Asia North of the Foothills of the Himalayas, Harrier/NHBS, 1994. 168 pp.

. BERGIER, Patrick and Fedora. A Birdwatchers' Guide to Morocco. Prion Ltd., 1990. 72 pp.

. BHUSHAN, Bharat, et al. A Field Guide to the Waterbirds of Asia. Kodansha/Wild Bird Society of Japan, 1993.
224 pp.

. BOERTMANN, David. An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Greenland. Copenhagen: Bioscience 38, 1994. 63 pp.

. BRAZIL, Mark. The Birds of Japan. Smithsonian, 1991. Illus. by Masayuki Yabuuchi. 466 pp.

. BRAZIL, Mark. A Birdwatcher's Guide to Japan. Kodansha, 1988. 219 pp., (checklist with scientific and Japanese names).

 BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. Checklist of the Birds of Britain and Ireland. Sixth edition. 50 pp. 1992.

. BROWN, Roy, et al. Tracks & Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe: An Identification Guide. Helm, 1987 (1992). 232 pp.

. BRUUN, Bertel. Common Birds of Egypt. (In English and Arabic.) Columbia, 1985. 50 pp.

. BRUUN, Bertel, Hakan DELIN, and Lars SVENSSON. The Hamlyn Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe. Hamlyn, 1992. Illus. by Arthur SINGER. 320 pp.

. BUNDY, G., R.J. CONNOR and C.J.O. HARRISON. Birds of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Witherby, 1989. 224 pp.

. BUSBY, John. Birds in Mallorca. Helm, 1988. 120 pp.

. CHENG, Tso-hsin. A Synopsis of the Avifauna of China. Beijing: Science Press, 1987. 1223 pp. (828 maps).

. CLARK, Tony and David COLLINS. A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands. Prion, 1996.
Drawings by Phil JONES. 110 pp.

. CRAMP, the late Stanley, Chief Editor, and C.M. PERRINS, Senior Editor. The Birds of the Western Palearctic: Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Oxford University Press, 1977-1994.

Volume I - Ostrich to Ducks. 1977 (1986) 722 pp.

Volume II - Hawks to Bustards. 1980 (1987). 695 pp.

Volume III - Waders to Gulls. 1983. 913 pp.

Volume IV - Terns to Woodpeckers. 1985 (1989). 960 pp.

Volume V - Tyrant Flycatchers to Thrushes. 1988. 1063 pp.

Volume VI - Warblers. 1992. 728 pp.

Volume VII - Flycatchers to Shrikes. 1993. 577 pp.

Volume VIII - Crows to Finches. 1994. 899 pp.

Volume IX - Buntings and New World Warblers. 1994. 488 pp.

. CRICK, Humphrey Q.P. & Peter J. JONES, Editors. The Ecology and Conservation of Palaearctic-African Migrants. BOU. Ibis, Vol. 134, Supplement 1, 1992. 132 pp.

. CRIVELLI, Alain J., et al. Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Colonial Waterbirds in the Mediterranean Region. Colonial Waterbirds Volume 19 (Special Publication 1), 1996. 227 pp.

. de JUANA A., Eduardo, Editor. Where to Watch Birds in Spain. SEO/BirdLife. Barcelona: Lynx, 1994. 546 pp.

. DUDLEY, Steve, Tim BENTON, Peter FRASER and John RYAN. Rare Birds: Day by Day. Poyser, 1996. Illus by Dave NURNEY. 392 pp.

. DYMOND, J.N., P.A. FRASER and S.J.M. GANTLETT. Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland. Poyser, 1989. 366 pp.

. EHRLICH, Paul R., David S. DOBKIN, Darryl WHEYE, and Stuart L. PIMM. The Birdwatcher's Handbook:
 A Guide to the Natural History of the Birds of Britain and Europe. Oxford University Press, 1994. 660 pp.

. EVANS, M.I. Important Bird Areas in the Middle East. BirdLife International/Smithsonian, 1994. 335 pp.

. FINLAYSON, Clive. Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar. Poyser, 1992. 534 pp.

. FINLAYSON, Clive. A Birdwatcher's Guide to Southern Spain and Gibraltar. Prion, 1993. Checklists. 89 pp.

. FLEGG, Jim. Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. NH, 1990. 256 pp.

. FLINT, P. R., and P. F. STEWART. The Birds of Cyprus. (Revised Edition) 1992. BOU Checklist No. 6. 224 pp.

. FLINT, V.E. et al. A Field Guide to the Birds of the Russia and Adjacent Territories. Princeton, 1984.353 pp.

. FULLER, R.H. Bird Habitats in Britain. Poyser, 1982. 320 pp.

. FULLER, Robert J. Bird Life of Woodland and Forest. Cambridge University Press, 1995.

. GIBBONS, David Wingfield, James B. REID, and Robert A. CHAPMAN. The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991. T&AD Poyser, 1993. 520 pp.

. GOODERS, John. Birds That Came Back. Deutsch, 1983. 180 pp.

. GOODMAN, Steven M. and Peter L. MEININGER, Editors. The Birds of Egypt. Oxford, 1989. 551 pp.

. GOODMAN, Steven M., et al. The Birds of the Egyptian Western Desert. Misc. Publ. No. 172. Ann Arbor: Museum of Zoology, Michigan, 1986. 91 pp.

. GORMAN, Gerard. The Birds of Hungary. Christopher Helm, 1996.192 pp.

. GRANT, P.J., J.T.R. SHARROCK, S. TAGGAR, and H. SHIRIHAI, Editors. 'International Bird Identification'.
Eilat: International Birdwatching Center, 1987. 64 pp.

. GREEN, Ian and Nigel MOORHOUSE. A Birdwatchers' Guide to Turkey. Huntingdon: Prion Ltd, 1995.
 (complete checklist) 122 pp.

. GRIMMETT, R.F.A. and T.A. JONES, Compilers. Important Bird Areas in Europe. ICBP, 1989. 888 pp.

. HAGEMEIJER, Ward J.M. and Michael BLAIR. The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds: Their Distribution and Abundance. Poyser, 1997. 903 pp.
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. AULÉN, Gustav. Where to Watch Birds in Scandinavia. 1996. Eight color plates by Johan STENLUND.  216 pp.

. GOODERS, John. Where to Watch Birds in Britain and Europe. 1994. 262 pp.

. GORMAN, Gerard. Where to Watch Birds in Eastern Europe. 1994. Eight color plates by Mark ANDREWS. 214 pp.

. ROSE, Laurence. Where to Watch Birds in Spain and Portugal. 1995. Eight color plates by Juan m. VARELA. 214 pp.

. VAN DEN BERG, Arnoud and Dominique LAFONTAINE. Where to Watch Birds in Holland, Belgium & Northern France. Stackpole, 1996.  216 pp.

. WELCH, Hilary, Laurence ROSE, Derek MOORE, Bill ODDIE and Harry SIGG. Where to Watch Birds in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus. 1996. 216 pp.

. HANDRINOS, George and Triantaphyllos AKRIOTIS. The Birds of Greece. London: A&C Black, 336 pp.

. HARRIS, Alan, Laurel TUCKER & Keith VINICOMBE. The Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification. Macmillan, 1989. 224 pp.

. HARRIS, M.P. & S. MURRAY. Birds of St. Kilda. London: HMSO (Unipub), 1978 (1989). 41 pp.

. HARRISON, Colin. An Atlas of the Birds of the Western Palaearctic. Princeton, 1982. 322 pp.

. HARRISON, Colin and Peter CASTELL. Bird Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. HarperCollins, 1998 (revised edition). 462 pp.

. HEINZEL, H., R.S.R. FITTER, and J. PARSLOW. Collins Pocket Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. Collins, 1995. 384 pp.

. HOLDEN, Peter & J.T.R. SHARROCK. The RSPB Book of British Birds. Macmillan, 1995. 224 pp.

. HOLLOM, P.A.D., R. PORTER, S. CHRISTENSEN & I. WILLIS. Birds of the Middle East and North Africa. Buteo, 1988. 320 pp.

. HOLLOWAY, Simon, Compiler. The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1875-1900. Poyser, 1996. 476 pp.

. HOULIHAN, Patrick and Steven GOODMAN. The Birds of Ancient Egypt. Volume I of the Natural History of Egypt.Jersey, 1986. Checklist. 224 pp.

. HUTCHINSON, Clive. Birds in Ireland. Poyser, 1989. 215 pp.

. HUTCHINSON, Clive. Watching Birds in Ireland. Irish Wildbird Conservancy/Country House, 1986. 44 pp.

. IAPICHINO, Carmelo & B. MASSA. The Birds of Sicily. BOU Check-list No. 11, 1989. 172 pp.

. JENNI, Lukas and Raffael WINKLER. Moult and Ageing of European Passerines. Academic Press, 1994.225 pp.

. JENNINGS, Michael C. The Birds of Saudi Arabia: A Check-List. 1981. Illus, 112 pp.

. JONSSON, Lars. Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. Princeton, 1993. 559 pp.

. KNIGHTLEY, Chris and Steve MADGE. Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and North-West Europe. Yale/Pica Press, 1998. 300 pp.

. KNYSTAUTAS, Algirdas. Collins Guide Birds of Russia. Harper/Collins, 1993.256 pp.

. LACK, Peter (Compiler) The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland. Poyser, 1986. 447 pp.

. LeFEVRE, Rufus H. The Birds of Northern Shantung Province, China. York, Pennsylvania. By the Author. 1962.
151 pp.

. MARCHANT, John H. Roger HUDSON, Steve P. CARTER & Phil WHITTINGTON. Population Trends in British Breeding Birds. BTO, 1991. 300 pp.

. MILES, John. Pharaoh's Birds: A Guide to Ancient and Present-Day Birds in Egypt. Published by the author, 1998. 210 pp.

. MITCHELL, Dominic and Steve YOUNG. Photographic Handbook of the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe. London: New Holland, 1999. 191 pp.

. MORGAN, John H. and Hadoram SHIRIHAI. Passerines and Passerine Migration in Eilat 1984-1993. International Birdwatching Centre Eilat, 1997. 50 pp.

. MOORE, C.C., G. ELIAS, & H. COSTA. A Birdwatchers' Guide to Portugal and Madeira. Prion, 1997. 144 pp.

. PARMENTER, Tim and Clive BEYERS. A Guide to the Warblers of the Western Palaearctic. Bruce Coleman Books, 1991. 143 pp.

. PATERSON, Andrew M. Las Aves Marinas de España y Portugal/Seabirds in Spain and Portugal. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1997. 444 pp.

. PERRINS, Christopher. New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. Texas, 1987. 320 pp.

. PETERSON, Roger Tory, Guy MOUNTFORT, & P.A.D. HOLLOM. Field Guide to the Birds of Britain & Europe, Fifth Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 488 pp.

. PORTER, R.F., S. CHRISTENSEN, and P. SCHIERMACKER-HANSEN. Birds of the Middle East. Academic Press, 1996.  460 pp.

. PURROY, Francisco J.,  Atlas de las Aves de España (1975-1995). Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1997.

. QIAN Yan-wen. Atlas of Birds of China. 1995. 592 pp.

. RATCLIFFE, Derek. Bird Life of Mountain and Upland. Cambridge, 1990. 256 pp.

. RICHARDSON, Colin. The Birds of the United Arab Emirates. Hobby (Subbuteo), 1990. 180 pp.

. ROBINSON, Jane W. A Birder's Guide to Japan. Ibis, 1987. 358 pp.

. ROSELAAR, C.S. Songbirds of Turkey: An Atlas of Biodiversity of Turkish Passerine Birds: Taxonomy - Morphology - Distribution. Pica Press, 1995. 240 pp.

. SHARROCK, J.T.R., compiler. Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. Poyser, 1977. 480 pp.

. SHARROCK, J.T.R. & P.J. GRANT. Birds New to Britain and Ireland. Poyser, 1982. 263 pp.

. SHIRIHAI, Hadoram. The Birds of Israel. Academic, 1996. 692 pp.

. SHIRIHAI, Hadoram and David CHRISTIE. The Macmillan Birder's Guide to European and Middle Eastern Birds, Including North Africa. Macmillan, 1996. 248 pp.

. SNOW, D.W. and C.M. PERRINS. The Birds of the Western Palearctic: Concise Edition.
Volume 1: Non-Passerines;
Volume 2: Passerines. Oxford University Press, 1998. 1697 pp.

. STAGG, Arthur. Birds of the Riyadh Region. 1987. 68 pp.

. SVENSSON, Lars. Collins Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins, 1999. 392 pp.

. SVENSSON, Lars. Identification Guide to European Passerines. Stockholm, 1992. Fourth edition. 368 pp.

. THIBAULT, Jean-Claude and Gilles BONACCORSI. The Birds of Corsica. British Ornithologists' Union Checklist No. 17. 171 pp.

. THOM, Valerie M. Birds in Scotland. Poyser, 1986. 390 pp.

. THOMSEN, Peter & Peder JACOBSEN. The Birds of Tunisia: An Annotated Check-List and a Field-Guide to Birdwatching. Copenhagen, 1979. 170 pp.

. THORBURN, Archibald & Georges THALMANN. Thorburn's Atlas of European Birds. Blandford, 1994. 168 pp.

. TIPLING, David. Top Birding Spots in Britain and Ireland: The 130 Best Places to Go Birdwatching. HarperCollins, 1996. 320 pp.

. TUCKER, G., M. HEATH, L. TOMIALOJC, and R. GRIMMETT. Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status. BirdLife International/Smithsonian, 1994. 625 pp.

. TUCKER, Graham M. and Micahel I. EVANS, Compilers. Habitats for Birds in Europe: A Conservation Strategy for the Wider Environment. BirdLife Conservation Series No. 6, 1997. 464 pp.

. TYRBERG, Tommy. Pleistocene Birds of the Palearctic: A Catalogue. Nuttall Ornithological Club No. 27, 1998. 720 pp.

. Don VENTANA DE LOS REYES Y PROSPER. Catálogo de las Aves de España, Portugal e Islas Baleares. 1885.

. VOOUS, K.H. List of Recent Holarctic Bird Species. B.O.U., 1977. 85 pp.

. YOSEF, Reuven. Birdwatching in Eilat. Second edition. Eilat: International Birdwatching Center, 1995. 33 pp.
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BERTHOLD, Peter. Bird Migration: A General Survey. Oxford University Press, 1993.
First published in German as Vogelzug-Eine Kurze, Aktuelle Gesamtübersicht (1990). 239 pp.

. BIRKHEAD, T.R. and A.P. MØLLER, Editors. Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection. Academic Press, 1998. 826 pp.

. BIRKHEAD, T.R. and A.P. MØLLER. Sperm Competition in Birds: Evolutionary Causes and Consequences. Academic, 1992. 282 pp.

. BURTON, John F. Birds and Climate Change. London: Christopher Helm, 1995. 376 pp.

. CATCHPOLE, C.K. and P.J.B. SLATER. Bird Song: Biological Themes and Variations. Cambridge University Press, 1995. 248 pp.

. CODY, Martin L., Editor. Habitat Selection in Birds. Academic. 1985. 558 pp.

. COOKE, F. and P.A. BUCKLEY. Avian Genetics. Academic, 1987. 488 pp

. DIAMOND, A.W. and F. FILION, Editors. The Value of Birds. ICBP, 1987.
from the XIX World Conference. 267 pp.

. DORST, Jean. The Life of Birds. (Two volumes) Columbia, 1974 (1982). 718 pp.

. FEDUCCIA, Alan. The Age of Birds. Harvard, 1980. 208 pp.

. FEDUCCIA, Alan. The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press, 1996. 420 pp.

. FOWLER, Jim & L. COHEN. Statistics for Ornithologists. BTO Guide # 22, 1996.

. GILL, Frank B. Ornithology. Second Edition. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1994. 763 pp.

. GREENWAY, James C., Jr. Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History. 1-2-3-4

. JOBLING, James A. A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press (UK), 1991. 272 pp.

. KROODSMA, D.E., E.H. MILLER and H. OUELLET. Acoustic Communication in Birds. Academic, 1982.

. McLELLAND, John. A Color Atlas of Avian Anatomy. Saunders, 1990. 127 pp.

. PASQUIER, Roger F. Watching Birds: An Introduction to Ornithology. Houghton Mifflin, 1977. 301 pp.

. PERRINS, Christopher. Consultant-in-Chief. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds. S & S, 1991. Endorsed by ICBP, 420 pp.

. PERRINS, Christopher, J.D. LEBRETON & G.J.M. HIRONS, eds. Bird Population Studies: Relevance to Conservation and Management. Oxford, 1991. 683 pp.

. PROCTOR, Noble S. and Patrick J. LYNCH. Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure & Function. New Haven: Yale, 1993. 340 pp.

. SIBLEY, Charles G. A Comparative Study of the Egg-White Proteins. Peabody.

                                 -  Passerine Birds. 1970. 131 pp.

                                -  Non-Passerine Birds. 1972. 276 pp.

. SIBLEY, Charles G. & Jon AHLQUIST. Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: A Study in Molecular Evolution. Yale, 1990. 976 pp.

. STOKES, Donald & Lillian. A Guide to Bird Behavior. Little Brown.

Volume 1. 1979. 336 pp.

Volume 2. 1983. 334 pp.

Volume 3. 1989. 397 pp.

. TERRES, John K. How Birds Fly. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 1994.162 pp.

. WALTERS, Michael. Birds' Eggs:Dorling Kindersley, 1994. 256 pp.

. WEAVER, Peter. The Birdwatcher's Dictionary. Poyser, 1981. 155 pp.

. WELTY, Joel Carl & Luis BAPTISTA. The Life of Birds. 4th Ed. Saunders, 1988. 698 pp.