Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo

Quentin Phillipps

ISBN 10: 1909612154 / ISBN 13: 9781909612150

Published by John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd, GB, 2018

About this Item

Published to great critical acclaim in 2009 and with a 2nd edition in 2011, this is a fully revised and updated edition of the most user-friendly field guide to the birds of Borneo, covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and the Indonesian states of Kalimantan. The book gives descriptions of 669 species living or reported on the island, including 51 endemic species. These are superbly illustrated in 141 colour plates with more than 2,000 full colour bird images, including most of the sexual variants and immature forms of polymorphic species. Each plate is accompanied by species descriptions covering taxonomy, size, call, range, distribution, habits and status. Distribution is shown by detailed thumbnail maps. There are 7 habitat plates, 12 regional maps showing Borneo's top 130 birdwatching sites, fast-find graphic indexes to the birds of Kinabalu, and a full overview of vegetation, climate and ecology.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo
• Publisher: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909612154
• ISBN 13: 9781909612150
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Phillipps Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo

About the Author

Quentin Phillipps was born in Sandakan, Sabah and has been interested in the wildlife and natural history of Sabah all his life. Educated at Sabah College, Bedales and Kings College Cambridge, at age 17 he won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year (junior section) for the first-ever photograph of a nesting Chestnut-headed Thrush (taken at Poring).