Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia (Princeton Field Guides)
Winner of the 2009 Louis Brownlow Book Award"Finally. The first single-volume guide for eastern Asia, and it's exquisitely illustrated."--Matt Mendenhall,Birder's World"Although northeastern Asia boasts a number of regional endemics and is a source of many actual and potential vagrants to North America, the region has been sorely lacking a modern field guide. . . .Birds of East Asiafinally provides a treatment that meets the standards expected for modern field guides. . . . I will certainly take it with me on any future visits to the region. That's a compliment I cannot offer any other current or past field guide to the region."--Nick Lethaby,Birder"Any birder planning to visit this fascinating part of the world will want to getBirds of East Asiafor their trip."--Federick Brock,Wildlife Activist"Eastern Asia, in a biological sense, represents one of the last great frontiers, even for a group as generally well known as birds. Brazil, a field ornithologist with considerable experience with Asian avifauna, has produced the first comprehensive guide to birds of the region. . . . This is an excellent field guide and reference book. Birders who travel extensively in East Asia (or who want to) will own a copy as will any library with strong ornithological holdings."--Choice"This interesting guide, which covers major islands including Japan and Taiwan, as well as the Asian continent from Kamchatka to the Korean peninsula, is amply illustrated with a plethora of color plates and maps that will provide any traveler with the information necessary to identify any bird of this vast region."--Indiana Audubon Quarterly