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Oxford University Press Nature Books
Birds & Ornithology |
Mammals |
Insects |
Other Natural History
| Christopher Perrins. Tits and Related
Species. 352 pages. 21 color plates. Oxford University
Press. Forthcoming 2006? |
 J.
Bryan Nelson. Pelicans, Cormorants, and their Allies. 528
pages. 12 color plates by Andrew Mackay. Oxford University Press
2006.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Janet
Kear (ed.) and the
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Illustrated by Mark Hulme.
Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 2 volumes. 932 pages. 30 color
plates. Oxford University Press 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Robert
B. Payne. The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press 2005. 16
color plates. 352 pages.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 James
A. Kushlan & James A. Hancock. Herons. 456 pages.
Illustrated by Mike Bamford. 8 color plates by David Thelwell.
Oxford University Press 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 H.
Douglas Pratt. The Hawaiian Honeycreepers. Oxford
University Press 2005. 342 pages. 9 color plates.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Jon
Fieldsĺ. Grebes. Oxford University Press 2004. 264 pages.
8 color plates.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Michael
Brooke. Albatrosses and Petrels across the World. 499
pages. 16 color plates by John Cox. 10 introductory chapters,
followed by 125 individual species accounts. Includes the New
Zealand Storm Petrel, observed in 2003 for the first time in
about 150 years. Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Clifford
& Dawn Frith. The Bowerbirds. Oxford University Press
2004. 508 pages. 6 color plates by Eustace Barnes plus 2 plates
of color photographs of bowers and nests.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Stephen
Davies. Ratites & Tinamous. 310 pages. 12 color plates by
Michael J. Bamford. Line drawings & maps by Danika Loomes.
Oxford University Press 2002.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Lester
Short & Jennifer Horne. Toucans, Barbets & Honeyguides.
WorldTwitch 2002 Best Bird Families Book Award. 526
pages, 36 fine color plates by Albert Earl Gilbert. 17 color
photographs. Birders will find this to be one of the most
readable of the bird family volumes, as it is based in
substantial part on the authors' own, extensive field
observations. Oxford University Press 2002.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Clifford
B. Frith & Bruce Beehler. Color plates by William Cooper.
Birds of Paradise. 644 pages, 15 plates, numerous halftones
and line figures. Oxford University Press 1998.
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UK |
DE |
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CA |
 Anthony
J. Gaston, Ian L. Jones & Ian Lewington. The Auks. 388
pages. 8 color plates. 102 halftones and linecuts. Oxford
University Press 1998.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Ian
Rowley & Eleanor Russell. Illustrated by Peter Marsack.
Fairy-wrens and Grasswrens. 296 pages. 8 color plates.
Oxford University Press 1997.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Daryl
N. Jones, René W.R.J. Dekker & Cees S. Roselaar. Illustrated by
Ber van Perlo. The Megapodes. 282 pages. 8 color plates.
Oxford University Press 1995.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Alan
Kemp. Illustrated by Martin Woodcock. The Hornbills. 352
pages. 14 color plates. 96 illustrations. Oxford University
Press 1995.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Tony
D. Williams. Illustrated by J.N. Davies and John Busby.
Penguins. 310 pages, 8 color plates. Oxford University Press
1995.
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UK |
DE |
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CA |
| David W. Snow & Christopher M. Perrins (eds.)
The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Concise Edition. 2
vols. I: 1084 pages; II: 748 pages. Oxford University Press
1997. Now available for the price of one volume of the 9-volume
first edition.
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DE |
FR |
CA BWPi - Birds of the Western Palearctic
interactive, a cross-platform DVD version containing
the songs of about 600 species, is available from BirdGuides.
Details. |
Peter J. Higgins & John M. Peter (eds.)
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds.
(HANZAB). 7 volumes.
Details from BirdsAustralia. Oxford University Press.
Essential reference, including considerably more information
than contained in all the leading Australian field guides
combined.
Complete Set (7 volumes):
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DE |
FR
Vol 7 (2006):
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DE |
FR
Vol 6 (2002):
WorldTwitch 2002 Best Bird Book - Australasia:
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UK |
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FR |
CA
Vol 5 (2001):
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UK |
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CA
Vol 4 (1999):
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CA
Vol 3 (1996):
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CA
Vol 2 (1994):
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Vol 1 (1991):
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Bird Field Guides
| Steve N.G. Howell & Sophie Webb. A Guide to
the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford
University Press 1995.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Allen Jeyarajasingam and Alan Pearson. A
Field Guide to the Birds of West Malaysia and Singapore.
Oxford University Press 1999.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| John MacKinnon & Karen Phillipps (illustrator),
in collaboration with Paul Andrew & Frank Rozendaal. A Field
Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java & Bali. 491
pages. 88 color plates. Oxford University Press 1993.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| John Harrison & Tim Worfolk (illustrator). A
Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka. Oxford University
Press 1999.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps & Fen-Qi He.
A Guide to the Birds of China. Oxford University Press 2004
(2000).
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Hugh A. Robertson & Barrie Heather. Hand
Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. 176 pages. Oxford
University Press 2001.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Thomas C. Grubb. Ptilochronology: Feather
Time and the Biology of Birds. 192 pages. Oxford University
Press 2006?
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| John J. Videler. Avian Flight. 288
pages. Oxford University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| D.C. Deeming (ed.) Avian Incubation:
Behaviour, Environment, and Evolution. 436 pages.
Details. Oxford University Press 2002.
US |
UK |
| Peter Bennett & Ian P.F. Owens. Evolutionary
Ecology of Birds: Life Histories, Mating Systems and Extinction.
272 pages.
Details. Oxford University Press 2002.
US |
UK |
| Peter Berthold. Bird Migration: A General
Survey. 304 pages. Oxford University Press. 2d edition,
2001.
US |
UK |
| Robert E. Simmons & John R. Simmons
(illustrator). Harriers of the World: Their Behaviour and
Ecology. 384 pages, line drawings. Oxford University Press
2000.
US |
UK |
| Robert S. Kennedy, Pedro
C. Gonzales, Edward C. Dickinson, Hector C. Miranda, Jr. &
Timothy H. Fisher. A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines.
528 pages. Oxford University Press 2000. 72 color plates.
US |
UK |
| J. David Ligon. The Evolution of Avian
Breeding Systems. 526 pages. Oxford University Press 1999.
US |
UK |
| J. Matthias Starck & Robert E. Ricklefs (eds.)
Avian Growth and Development : Evolution Within the
Altricial-Precocial Spectrum. 452 pages. Oxford University
Press 1997.
US |
UK |
| John D. Goss-Custard. The Oystercatcher:
From Individuals to Populations. 452 pages. Oxford
University Press 1996.
US |
UK |
| Jeffrey M. Black (ed.) Partnerships in
Birds: The Ecology of Monogamy. 432 pages. Oxford University
Press 1996.
US |
UK |
| Robert A. Zann, Michael Bamford. The Zebra
Finch: A Synthesis of Field & Laboratory Studies. 352 pages.
Oxford University Press 1996.
US |
UK |
| Fred Cooke, Robert F. Rockwell, David B. Lank.
The Snow Geese of La Perouse Bay: Natural Selection in the
Wild. 312 pages. Oxford University Press 1995.
US |
UK |
| Christopher M. Perrins, J.-D. Lebreton, G.J.M.
Hirons (eds.) Bird Population Studies: Relevance to
Conservation & Management. 700 pages. Oxford University
Press 1993 (1991).
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UK |
Other Ornithology Books
| Theodore R. Anderson. Disparate House
Sparrows: Their Biology from Genes to Life History. 624
pages. Oxford University Press 2006?
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| James N.M. Smith, Lukas F. Keller, Amy B. Marr
& Peter Arcese. Conservation and Biology of Small
Populations: The Song Sparrows of Mandarte Island. 256
pages. Oxford University Press 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Eugene M. McCarthy. Handbook of Avian
Hybrids of the World. 608 pages. Oxford University Press
2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| M. Zafar-ul Islam & Asad R. Rahmani (eds.)
Important Bird Areas in India: Priority sites for conservation.
1152 pages. Oxford University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Satish Pande et al. Birds of the Western
Ghats, Kokan and Malabar (including Birds of Goa). 392
pages. Oxford University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| William J. Sutherland, Ian Newton & Rhys Green
(eds.) Bird Ecology and Conservation: A handbook of
techniques. 320 pages. Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Otto Pfister. Birds and Mammals of Ladakh.
450 pages. Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Ernst Mayr & Jared M. Diamond. The Birds of
Northern Melanesia: Speciation, Dispersal & Ecology.
Article from the Harvard Gazette. 9 color plates by
H. Douglas Pratt. 560 pages. Oxford University Press 2001.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| William S. Clark & N. John Schmidt
(illustrator). A Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the
Middle East, and North Africa. 396 pages. 48 color plates.
Oxford University Press 1999.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Barrie Heather, Hugh A. Robertson, Derek J.
Onley (Illustrator). Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand.
Oxford University Press 1999.
US |
| T.J. Roberts. The Birds of Pakistan, Volume
1: Regional Studies and Non-passerines. 640 pages. Oxford
University Press 1991.
US |
UK |
| T.J. Roberts. The Birds of Pakistan, Volume
2: Passerines. 654 pages. Oxford University Press 1992.
US |
UK |
| Steven M. Goodman & Peter L. Meininger.
Illustrated by Sherif M. Baha el Din & Edward Khounganian.
The Birds of Egypt. 572 pages. Oxford University Press 1989.
US |
UK |
| N.B. Davies. David Quinn
(illustrator). Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution.
286 pages. Paperback. Oxford University Press 1992. (The same
team that produced the fine new book on brood parasites.)
US |
| Ronald M. Lanner. Made for Each Other: A
Symbiosis of Birds & Pines. 170 pages. Oxford University
Press 1996.
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