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A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia


Melanie Colón
  • Including Sabah and Sarawak Davison, Geoffrey W. H.; Aik, Yeap Chin John Beaufoy Publishing 2013 http://johnbeaufoy.com/a-naturalists-guide-to-the-birds-of-malaysia-including-sabah-sarawak/

    About the Author

    Dr Geoffrey Davison has spent all his working life in South-East Asia, as a university lecturer in Malaysia, a conservationist with WWF, and now with the National Parks Board, Singapore. His interests range across ornithology, tropical forest ecology and animal taxonomy. He has written numerous scientific papers as well as books, including the bestselling Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia.

     

    Yeap Chin Aik began birdwatching in his early teens and is currently Head of the Conservation Division at the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS). He has written several scientific papers, and is one of the main compilers of Important Bird Areas in Malaysia: Key Sites for Conservation.

     

    Size 180 x 128mm / 7” x 5” Extent 176 pages.

    Words 40,000 approx. Illustrations c300 colour photographs.

     

    The first edition was titled A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia and Singapore.

    English , Indo-Malay, , Malaysia, Naturalists' Guides 7 No value 09/05/2013 1906780854 9781906780852 No value

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Malaysia (including the state of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo) is perfect for resident and visitor alike.

 

High quality photographs from some of Malaysia’s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, length, plumage, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers climate, vegetation, biogeography, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the birds of Malaysia encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific names as well as Malay names, its status in each state as well as its global status.




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