A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia (Naturalists' Guides) - Softcover

Yeap, Chin Aik Yeap; Davison, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1913679993 ISBN 13: 9781913679996

Verlag: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

A Naturalist’ s Guide to the Birds of Malaysia is an easy-to-use, introductory photographic guide to 280 bird species commonly seen in Malaysia (including the states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo). It is suitable for all levels of birder and 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. The fully updated 4th edition contains a new 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, following the BirdLife/IUCN Red List for birds 2025.

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Dr Yeap Chin Aik began birdwatching in his early teens and is currently the Co-Founder and Project Manager of the Malaysian Nature Society's (MNS) Hornbill Conservation Project. He has written several scientific papers, and is one of the main compilers of Important Bird Areas in Malaysia: Key Sites for Conservation. Dr Geoffrey Davison spent all his working life in Southeast Asia, as a university lecturer in Malaysia, a conservationist with WWF, and then with the National Parks Board in Singapore. His interests range across ornithology, tropical forest ecology and animal taxonomy. He has written numerous scientific papers, as well as a number of books about birds and wildlife in Southeast Asia, including Photoguide to the Birds of Borneo and Wild Malaysia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1913679993
• ISBN 13: 9781913679996
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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