Field Guide to Digiscoping

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This field guide describes each of the 640 species of birds known to occur or to have occurred in West Malaysia and in Singapore. The comprehensive text includes data on calls and song, range, distribution, habitat, status and behaviour. It includes chapters on migration, breeding and conservation.

From the Publisher

This is the first fully comprehensive field guide to the birds of West Malaysia and Singapore. Every species of bird known to occur or to have occurred in West Malaysia or Singapore has been included. The birds are illustrated in a series of 72 stunning full-colour plates, especially painted for this volume by Alan Pearson, an artist with considerable first-hand experience of the region. All major plumage variations and key identificatory features are included. The text, written by well-known Malaysian ornithologist Allen Jeyarajasingam, is up to date and informative. It includes information on range, distribution, habitat, status, and behaviour for every bird. Easy to use for beginners, and comprehensive enough to satisfy more experienced birdwatchers, this is by far the most current and authoritative guide to the exciting and abundant avifauna of the region to be published to date.

From the Book: Table of Contents

Section	Chapter	Page
	List of colour plates
	Anatomy and plumage of a bird
	Glossary
	Background	1
	Introduction to West Malaysia and Singapore	13
	Conservation	30
	The Avifauna	36
	Migration	43
	Breeding	50
	Birdwatching in West Malaysia and Singapore	57
	Family and Species Descriptions	73
App. 1	Table of night-bird calls	426
App. 2	Table of barbet calls	428
App. 3	Hills, peaks, hill-stations, and passes cited in the text	429
App. 4	Islets and islands cited in the text	431
App. 5	Globally endangered and potentially endangered birds occurring in West Malaysia and Singapore	434
App. 6	Conservation bodies, ornithological clubs, publications, and museums	436
	Bibliography	438
	Index	445