Books World & Monographs (Birds)
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Albatross: Their World, Their Ways Tui de Roy, Julian Fitter, Mark Jones An authoritative book covering all the world’s species illustrated with 300 breathtaking colour photos from an award-winning photographer. 240 pages. More details...
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W L N Tickell Pica Press Guide that thoroughly explores all aspects of albatross biology, distribution and behaviour, as well as such topics as identification and taxonomy. Numerous photos and maps. 448 pages. More details...
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Albatrosses and Petrels across the World Michael Brooke OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers 125 species of albatross and petrel. 16 colour plates by John Cox. Liberally illustrated with photographs. 448 pages. More details...
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Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World Paul Scofield & Derek Onley Helm Field Guide. The first comprehensive guide to pelagic birds: the albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, storm-petrels and diving petrels. 46 spectacular colour plates highlight key ID criteria of the birds in flight, with close-ups of diagnostic parts of the plumage. 224 pages. More details...
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Roger Lederer Over 400 illustrations, mainly in colour. This book is a treasury of facts and trivia. More details...
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Colin Shawyer Arlequin Press. The Barn Owl is undoubtedly one of the world's most enchanting birds. With colour plates and text illustrations by Dan Powell. 224 pages. More details...
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Angela Turner This book examines all aspects of the life of this endearing bird and features high-quality stunning photography. 304 pages. More details...
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Eileen Rees The story of the Bewick's Swan told in rich detail. Sections on population & distribution, breeding biology, wintering behaviour, food & feeding ecology, taxonomy & phylogeny, migration, and conservation. 296 pages. More details...
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Jonathan Elphick (Ed.) From cranes and cuckoos to wagtails and woodpeckers, this book reveals the mysteries if their remarkable journeys. 176 pages.
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Edited by Andrew Gosler 384 pages.
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Clifford & Dawn Frith, Eustace Barnes OUP Bird Families of the World series. 8 specially-commissioned colour plates and 77 black-and-white drawings, by Eustace Barnes, illustrating special features and behaviour. 416 pages. More details...
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Steve Madge & Hilary Burn Helm ID Guide covering all the world's species. 30 colour plates. 216 pages. More details...
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Cuckoos, Cowbirds and other Cheats N B Davies Poyser Monograph. The natural histories of all the brood parasites. 8 pages of colour photos, plus 25 black-and-white drawings by David Quinn. 320 pages. More details...
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Robert Payne OUP Bird Families of the World series. 16 colour plates. 560 pages. More details...
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Jean Delacour and Dean Amadon A new edition of the classic and highly acclaimed monograph published 30 years ago, including a comprehensive update chapter. 476 pages. More details...
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Stephanie Tyler & Stephen Ormerod Poyser monograph. 241 pages.
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Janet Kear OUP Bird Families of the World series, covering the world's wildfowl and screamers. 30 colour plates. 832 pages. More details...
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Chris Perrins The most vividly written, thoroughly detailed one volume reference book ever published on birds, with 2000 illustrations of 200 families of birds. 640 pages. More details...
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Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers all of these attractive birds. 8 colour plates. 296 pages.
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Peter Clement, Alan Harris & John Davis Helm ID Guide covering all the world's species. 73 colour plates. 512 pages. More details...
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Jeff Watson Highly readable Poyser monograph. Illustrations by Keith Brockie. "A remarkable achievement. It will become a classic" - Birds 394 pages. More details...
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Robert Kenward An authoritative yet highly readable Poyser Monograph on this large and spectacular bird of prey. 360 pages. More details...
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Jeremy Gaskell The first modern retelling of the extinction of the Great Auk. Attractively illustrated, includes maps, photos and line drawings. 192 pages. More details...
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Alan Johnson & Frank Cezilly A comprehensive overview of these fascinating birds concentrating on one of the best-studied flamingo populations in the world. Summarises current understanding of flamingo biology, population, evolution, migration, feeding, reproductive biology and conservation. 328 pages. More details...
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Jon Fjeldså OUP Bird Families of the World series. 16 colour plates by the author. 320 pages. More details...
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André Konter Lynx Edicions monograph, with 85 colour photographs of 19 of the 22 species. 187 pages. More details...
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Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America K M Olsen & H Larsson Revised edition. Helm Identification Guide covering 43 species, both familiar seabirds and some little-known & globally threatened species. The essential reference to a fascinating and endlessly challenging group of birds. 608 pages. More details...
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Steve Howell & Jon Dunn Available from early November 2008. A detailed reference to all 36 gull species of North and South America. 1,160 colour photos. A must-have for gull ID in Britain & Europe! We ran out of Stock at the recent BirdFair and are expecting more stock in October 2008. 528 pages.
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Gulls: A Guide to Identification Peter Grant 2nd edition. Covers all Western Palearctic and North American species. 541 black-and-white photographs. 352 pages.
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Eugene Potapov & Richard Sale Reprint under consideration. An exhaustively researched and readable biography of the world's largest falcon, illustrated throughout with photos and line drawings. 288 pages. More details...
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Robert Simmons The behaviour and ecology of the world's harriers. Fine original line drawings. 384 pages. More details...
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H Douglas Pratt OUP Bird Families of the World series. The author has produced his own outstanding illustrations of these birds to accompany his text, including 9 colour plates. 336 pages. More details...
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James A Kushlan, James A Hancock OUP Bird Families of the World series. A definitive account of 60 species of heron, egret and bittern. 12 colour plates by David Thelwell. Numerous colour photos. 400 pages. More details...
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Anthony Chapman Arlequin Press. The first complete account in English of this popular but secretive species. With illustrations by Bruce Pearson. 216 pages. More details...
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Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers Hilary & Kathie Fry, Alan Harris Helm ID Guide covering all species. 40 stunning colour plates. 344 pages. More details...
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Michael Shrubb Poyser Monograph. A concise yet authoritative study of this popular species, including sections on population dynamics, feeding ecology, habitat use, migration and conservation. 232 pages.
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Tim Birkhead The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies The author compares both species, and also the many different races, and reveals that through their remarkably flexible social behaviour magpies are able to exploit a diversity of habitats, from desert to farmland. Illustrations by David Quinn 270 pages.
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Jones, Dekker, Roselaar OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers all the world's species. Eight colour plates. 262 pages.
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Roger Clarke Arlequin Press. Surely no birder can resist this wonderful raptor. Colour plates by Bruce Pearson. 224 pages. More details...
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Robin Restall Pica Press Guide. The standard reference work, covering all the world's species. 80 colour plates. 264 pages. More details...
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New World Blackbirds - The Icterids Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke Pica Press Guide covering 103 species. 39 colour plates. 432 pages. More details...
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Nigel Cleere Pica Press Guide to Nightjars and related Nightbirds that covers all the world's species. 36 superb colour plates. 317 pages. More details...
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D T Holyoak OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers all 188 species. 23 colour plates. 794 pages. More details...
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Erik Mattysen Poyser monograph. The ecology and behaviour of the Eurasian Nuthatch plus an overview of the other 23 nuthatch species. 335 pages. More details...
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Claus Konig & Freidhelm Weick Available from 20 September 2008. 2nd edition. Fully describes every known species and subspecies of owl, as well as presenting the latest evidence on owl taxonomy, based on DNA work and vocalisations. Contains 68 colour plates. 512 pages. More details...
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John D Goss-Custard This book reviews what is known about the behaviour and population ecology of this popular shorebird, from a scientific conservation perspective. 452 pages. More details...
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Clifford B Frith, Bruce M Beehler A fine volume in the Bird Families of the World series from OUP. 12 colour plates and numerous line drawings by acclaimed bird artist William T. Cooper. 614 pages. More details...
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Tony Juniper, Mike Parr Pica Press Guide. 88 superb plates illustrate every species and most identifiable subspecies. 584 pages. More details...
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Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide Joseph Forshaw This new large-format book has become the classic parrot identification guide. Covers all 350 species of parrot including the most recent splits. The 121 colour plates by Frank Knight are superb. 400 pages. More details...
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Pelicans, Cormorants and Allies Bryan Nelson OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers pelicans, cormorants, shags, darters, gannets, boobies, frigatebirds and tropicbirds. 12 colour plates by John Busby. 528 pages. More details...
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Brutus Östling & Susanne Akesson A remarkable insight into the life of every species. 192 pages. More details...
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Lloyd Davies Poyser Monograph. Covers aspects of penguin evolution, biology, ecology and sociobiology, as well as conservation issues. 300 pages. More details...
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Wayne Lynch
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Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse Steve Madge & Phil McGowan Helm ID Guide to all the world's pheasants, partridges, quail, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquail and sandgrouse, plus the enigmatic Plains-wanderer; 257 species in all. 72 colour plates. 488 pages. More details...
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David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes, John Cox Pica Press Guide. 76 colour plates and distribution maps. 624 pages. More details...
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Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America Per Alström & Krister Mild Comprehensive Helm ID Guide to the 26 species of pipits and wagtails of the Holarctic. 26 colour plates, by Per Alström & Bill Zetterström, plus over 220 colour photos. 496 pages. More details...
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Pittas, Broadbills and Asities Frank Lambert Pica Press Guide. 24 stunning colour plates by Martin Woodcock. 280 pages. More details...
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Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo Pica Press Guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the World. 40 colour plates. 600 pages. More details...
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Raptors of the World: A Field Guide James Ferguson-Lees & David A Christie Uses all of the plates from the Helm ID Guide Raptors of the World, with concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference book covering all 330 raptor species. 320 pages. More details...
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James Ferguson-Lees & David A Christie Helm ID Guide to all 313 of the world's species. Illustrated by adult, juvenile and selected immature plumages, as well as main geographical races and colour morphs; in all, over 2,000 perched and flying birds on 112 colour plates. 992 pages. More details...
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Stephen Davies OUP Bird Families of the World series. The evolution, biology and natural history of the group of flightless birds that includes ostriches, emus, cassowaries and kiwis - the ratites and their relatives, the tinamous. 12 colour plates. 336 pages. More details...
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Derek Ratcliffe Illustrations by Chris Rose. 350 pages.
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Ian Carter 187 pages. More details...
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Seabirds: An Identification Guide Peter Harrison Helm Identification Guide. Second edition. Covers all the world's species. 88 colour plates. 448 pages. More details...
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Tony Gaston Poyser monograph that takes an in-depth look at the lives of the world’s true seabirds - the penguins, tubenoses, pelecanids, gulls, terns, skuas and auks. 16 pages of colour photos. 222 pages. More details...
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Tony Harris & Kim Franklin Helm ID Guide covering all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, flycatcher-shrikes, philentomas, batises and wattle-eyes. 41 colour plates, 114+ colour maps. 392 pages. More details...
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Klaus Malling Olsen Pica Press Identification Guide. 12 colour plates and 156 photos. 192 pages. More details...
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Paul Donald Poyser Monograph on one of Britain's most popular and inspirational birds. 8 page colour section includes photos and 2 plates illustrating all Alauda species and all the principal races of Skylark. 264 pages. More details...
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The Snow Geese of La Perouse Bay Fred Cooke, Robert F Rockwell, David B. Lank With information gathered over 26 years on 40,000 individually marked adult geese, 45,000 nests and more than 110,000 goslings at one colony in northern Manitoba, this work is a landmark in avian biology and population genetics. 312 pages. More details...
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Miguel Ferrer All the available, up-to-date information on the ecology of the Spanish Imperial Eagle, one of the most scarce birds of prey on Earth. Includes photos and black-and-white pictures.
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J Denis Summers-Smith The author sets out to explore the long relationship between sparrows and man. 112 pages.
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Tony Juniper Traces the rare macaw's struggle to survive until, in 1990, only one remained in the wild. 306 pages. More details...
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Chris Feare & Adrian Craig Helm Identification Guide to all 114 species. 32 colour plates. 272 pages. More details...
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Richard Vaughan & Nancy Jennings Comprehensive and detailed information about the Stone Curlew's habitat, feeding, breeding and migration patterns. Includes 19 colour and 9 black-and-white photos. 345 pages. More details...
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Ewan Urquhart & Adam Bowley Helm Identification Guide to the genus Saxicola, comprising, amongst others, the Stonechat and the Whinchat. 12 colour plates and over 100 colour photos. 320 pages. More details...
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Storks, Ibises & Spoonbills of the World Hancock, Kushlan, Kahl Biology and ecology plus beautiful, revealing photographs and stunning paintings. 391 pages.
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Sunbirds - A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World Robert Cheke, Clive Mann & Richard Allen Helm Identification Guide. 48 colour plates by Richard Allen accurately portray all major plumage variations. 384 pages. More details...
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A Handbook to the Swallows and Martins of the World Angela Turner & Chris Rose ID guide plus the biology and ecology of the 74 species of swallows and martins. 272 pages.
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Swifts - A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World Phil Chantler Pica Press Guide. 24 colour plates. This second edition includes significant new text material, plus revisions to the artwork and maps. 272 pages. More details...
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H Shirihai, G Gargallo, A J Helbig ID Guide to all the Sylvia warblers including the African parisomas, with colour illustrations showing age, sex and racial differences plus distribution maps, sonograms, moult and wing diagrams. 20 colour plates by Alan Harris. 540 colour photos. 576 pages. More details...
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Terns of Europe and North America Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson Helm ID Guide. Covers all Western Palearctic species. 44 colour plates. 200 colour photos. 224 pages.
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Peter Clement & Ren Hathway Helm Identification Guide covering 162 species of true thrush. 60 colour plates. 464 pages. More details...
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Christopher Perrins Available from 30 November 2009. OUP Bird Families of the World series. 21 colour plates. 352 pages. More details...
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Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers Simon Harrap & David Quinn Helm Identification Guide covering all 110 of the world's species. 36 colour plates. 464 pages.
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Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides Lester Short & Jennifer Horn OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers 133 species. The colour plates, by Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced. 550 pages. More details...
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Igvar Brykjedal & Des Thompson Poyser monograph covering the Eurasian, American and Pacific Golden Plovers plus Grey Plover. 456 pages.
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Waders of Europe, Asia and North America Stephen Message & Don Taylor ID reference to all the sandpipers, plovers, stints and other waders found in Europe, Asia and North America. 80 colour plates show birds at rest and in flight, in every plumage variant likely to be encountered in the region. 240 pages. More details...
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Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa Kevin Baker Covers 145 species and all their races in detail. 48 colour plates. 360 pages. More details...
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Jon Curson, David Beadle, David Quinn Helm Identification Guide. 36 colour plates. 264 pages. More details...
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James Hancock This is a rewrite of Hancock's earlier book of the same name. It skilfully describes and explains the complicated ecosystems which support the huge breeding populations of herons, storks, ibises, spoonbills, anhingas, cormorants, smaller waders and birds of prey that live within them. It contains some excellent photographs of the birds, which are nicely complemented by the concise descriptions. 176 pages. More details...
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Mark Brazil A fascinating and wonderfully readable monograph in the highly collectable Poyser series. 512 pages. More details...
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Steve Madge, Hilary Burn Out of stock. Reprint under consideration. Helm Identification Guide to ducks, geese and swans. 47 colour plates. 352 pages.
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Wrens, Dippers & Thrashers of the World David Brewer Helm ID Guide. The first comprehensive guide to these three closely related families. Covers 75 wrens, 34 thrashers and 5 dippers on 32 colour plates. 272 pages. More details...
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World Checklists & Handbooks (Birds)
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Bird - The Definitive Visual Guide Edited by Peter Frances et al, in association with Birdlife International Certainly the best single volume 'Birds of the World' we've seen. From the tiny Bee Hummingbird to the huge Wandering Albatross, BIRD brings the diversity and drama of the bird world to life. 3500 magnificent photos, 2000 maps & artwork. 512 pages. More details...
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Les Beletsky 513 pages.
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The Clements Checklist: Birds of the World James F Clements This completely revised sixth edition is current as of January 1, 2007, and incorporates hundreds of updates. 760 pages. More details...
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Endemic Bird Areas of the World A J Stattersfield et al Priorities for conservation.
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Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World Richard Howard & Edward Dickinson 3rd edition of the standard list, in revised order, including all subspecies. Very well indexed. 1040 pages. More details...
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BirdLife International Details the 1200 bird species now threatened with global extinction. Colour photographs, illustrations and maps throughout. 850 pages. More details...
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Birds of the World, Recommended English Names Eds: Frank B Gill & Minturn T Wright III The International Ornithological Congress recommended standardised English names of the birds of the world: the product of more than 15 years of discussion. Includes a fully searchable CD-ROM. 272 pages.
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Handbook of Birds of the World (HBW) Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal & David Christie HBW has been hailed as THE definitive handbook on all the world's 9,000+ species of birds. Twelve of the planned 16 volumes have now been published. Volume 13 is due late October 2008. More details...
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Handbook of Birds of the World Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees More details...
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Handbook of Birds of the World Volume 13: Nuthatches to True shrikes Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie Available from 30 September 2008. Covers nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, Philippine creepers, penduline tits, painted berrypeckers, berrypeckers and longbills, sunbirds, flowerpeckers, pardalotes, white-eyes, sugarbirds, honeyeaters, Old World orioles, and true shrikes. This volume will probably only get to WildSounds in late October. Orders will dispatched on the same working day that books are received. More details...
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100 Birds to See Before You Die David Chandler & Dominic Couzens A must-have book for anyone interested in birds, with entries on 100 of the most incredible avian species from around the world, illustrated with stunning photos of each. "In fact you should buy two copies, one for the book shelf and the other for next to your favourite chair so you can tick the Ticklist and plan the next few birding trips to increase your score." - Duncan Macdonald's Personal Blog 224 pages. More details...
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B & R Mearns Over 100 people are commemorated in the English and Latin names of North American birds. They make a fascinating assembly of travellers, explorers, collectors, taxonomists, wives, daughters and mentors. This book gives an insight and a fascinating snapshot into North American and European history and the lives of the people who gave their names to the birds. 588 pages. More details...
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J Videler Covers all the main aspects of aerial locomotion by birds including sections on the history of bird flight study, aerodynamics, functional morphology, evolution, kinematics, physiology, energetics and the costs of flight. The subject is complex and still not fully understood, and the author argues a convincing case for rethinking and even abandoning some of the old, well established concepts. 258 pages.
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J Matthias Starck Presenting an integrative perspective of organism biology, ecology, and evolution, this book is a case study in evolutionary diversification of life histories. 452 pages. More details...
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D C Deeming Behaviour, Environment and Evolution 436 pages. More details...
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Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Compendium Graeme Gibson A personal selection of the most interesting writing on birds from all cultures and times, matched with an inspired selection of exquisite illustrations, mixing the best bird artists, including Audubon, Morris & Gould. c.284 pages. More details...
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J E Loye This book looks at bird diseases and their epidemiology from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. 422 pages. More details...
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William Sutherland, Ian Newton & Rhys Green An intensely practical handbook describing a wide range of standard methods that can be applied to the study of avian ecology and conservation. Topics range from surveys, tracking and handling, breeding biology, foraging behaviour and migration. 386 pages.
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Peter Berthold Revised second edition of this classic work. 266 pages. More details...
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Dominic Couzens Migration from a birder's perspective. Few types of behaviour are more fascinating than migration. We know that birds can travel vast distances with accuracy, but how they do it is still something of a mystery. 136 pages. More details...
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Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour Mike Hansell This title provides a broad view of the biology of nests, bowers and tools made by birds. 280 pages.
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C M Perrins, J-D Lebreton, G J M Hirons Reviewing our current understanding of avian population dynamics, this book explores ways in which population studies can contribute to effective conservation and management. 700 pages. More details...
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Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey Nigel Collar, Patricio Robles Gil, Jamie Rojo & Adrian Long A celebration and an examination of our relationship with birds and the joy that they bring us. A portfolio drawn from the world's greatest bird photographers drives home the message of this book. 360 pages. More details...
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Edited by Malcolm Tait & Olive Tayler A must have book! From the serious (why vultures are dying out in Asia) to the bizarre (the parrot that can read minds); the informative (why waxwings have waxy wings) to the completely ridiculous (the avian footballing XI, starring Bobby Moorhen and Jimmy Grebes) - a veritable aviary of notes, quotes and stats. 160 pages.
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A Concise History of Ornithology Michael Walters The first modern history of ornithology, tracing its development from the 17th century, concentrating on those figures who have been most influential in the development of this science, including Linnaeus, Darwin and Wallace. A fascinating read. 256 pages. More details...
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The Evolution of Avian Breeding Systems J David Ligon This is the first book to combine the themes of sexual selection, parental care, and mating systems, and to focus exclusively on birds. 526 pages.
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Bird Surveys: Expedition Field Techniques Published by Royal Geographic Society Details all the techniques that might be needed to obtain and analyse good quantitative bird data from the field. 134 pages. More details...
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Peter Bircham New Naturalist Series 104. The history of British ornithology from 1066 to the mid-1970s. Packed full of fascinating stories about birds and the colourful characters who studied them. 320 pages. More details...
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Sir David Attenborough Lavish companion book to the BBC series. See the accompanying video Life of Birds. 318 pages.
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Brutus Östling & Magnus Ullman A wonderful book explaining the extraordinary lifestyles of birds from around the world. Beautiful and dramatic photos accompany fascinating and revealing text. 208 pages.
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Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function Noble Proctor & Patrick Lynch A visual guide to the structure and anatomy of birds, designed to supplement a basic ornithology textbook. It covers systematics and evolution, topography, feathers and flight, the skeleton and musculature, and the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory, reproductive, sensory and nervous systems of birds. Also covered are field study techniques, plus full bibliographies. 340 pages.
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