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The Field Guide Compendium

The regional field guides worth packing, continent by continent: what each covers, who it suits and where to find it.

Birds of Brazil K. Zimmer, 2014 Brazil All levels

Birds of Cambodia

Birds of Cambodia Cambodia Bird Guide Association (CBGA), 2019 Cambodia All levels

Birds of Canada DK Publishing, 2022 Canada All levels

Birds of Canada Tyler L. Hoar, 2010 Canada All levels

Birds of Central America Andrew Vallely et al., 2018 Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and more Travelling birders

Birds of Central Asia Raffael Ayé et al., 2012 Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Travelling birders

Birds of Chile

Birds of Chile Steve N. G. Howell et al., 2018 Chile All levels

Birds of Chile (Princeton Field Guides)

Birds of Chile (Princeton Field Guides) Alvaro Jaramillo, 2003 Chile Travelling birders

Birds of China

Birds of China John Mackinnon et al., 2017 China All levels

Birds of China

Birds of China Cizu Zhang et al., 1997 China All levels

Birds of Colombia

Birds of Colombia Steven L. Hilty, 2021 Colombia Travelling birders

Birds of Colombia Otto Pfister, 2022 Colombia All levels

Birds of Costa Rica

Birds of Costa Rica Carrol L. Henderson, 2010 Costa Rica All levels

Birds of Cuba

Birds of Cuba Orlando H. Garrido et al., 2024 Cuba Travelling birders

Birds of Cyprus Colin Richardson et al., 2020 Cyprus All levels

Birds of Cyprus Jane Stylianou, 2009 Cyprus All levels

Birds of East Africa

Birds of East Africa Terry Stevenson et al., 2020 Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi Travelling birders

Birds of Ecuador and Galapagos

Birds of Ecuador and Galapagos Clive Byers, 2017 Ecuador All levels

Birds of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands

Birds of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands Juan Freile et al., 2023 Ecuador All levels

Birds of Egypt

Birds of Egypt Steven M. Goodman et al., 1989 Egypt All levels

Birds of Estonia Heinrich Veromann, 1994 Estonia All levels

Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea J. S. Ash, 2009 Ethiopia All levels

Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Dick Watling, 1983 Fiji, Tonga, Samoa All levels

Birds of France

Birds of France James Lowen et al., 2018 France All levels

Birds of Greece

Birds of Greece George Handrinos et al., 1997 Greece All levels

Birds of Greece Rebecca Nason, 2020 Greece All levels

Birds of Greenland David Boertmann, 2025 Greenland All levels

Birds of Guyana

Birds of Guyana Balram Singh, 2004 Guyana All levels

Birds of Guyana Clifmond Shameerudeen, 2024 Guyana All levels

Birds of Iceland Hjálmar R. Bárðarson, 1987 Iceland All levels

Birds of India and the Indian Subcontinent

Birds of India and the Indian Subcontinent Jan Willem Den Besten, 2008 India All levels

Birds of Ireland

Birds of Ireland Gordon D'Arcy, 2006 Ireland All levels

Birds of Italy

Birds of Italy Marianne Taylor et al., 2018 Italy All levels

Birds of Italy Giuseppe Tavolaro, 2010 Italy All levels

Birds of Jamaica

Birds of Jamaica Audrey Downer, 1990 Jamaica All levels

Birds of Japan

Birds of Japan Otani Chikara, 2019 Japan All levels

Birds of Kenya

Birds of Kenya Dave Richards, 1991 Kenya All levels

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania Dale A. Zimmerman, 1999 Kenya, Tanzania Experts and researchers

Birds of Kenya’s Rift Valley Adam Scott Kennedy, 2014 Kenya All levels

Birds of Lesotho Kurt Bonde, 1994 Lesotho All levels

Birds of Liberia

Birds of Liberia Wulf Gatter, 1997 Liberia All levels

Birds of Madagascar

Birds of Madagascar Pete Morris, 1998 Madagascar All levels

Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands

Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Roger Safford et al., 2016 Madagascar All levels

Birds of Malawi

Birds of Malawi Kenneth B. Newman et al., 1999 Malawi All levels

Birds of Malaysia

Birds of Malaysia Chong Leong Puan et al., 2020 Malaysia All levels

Birds of Malaysia and Singapore

Birds of Malaysia and Singapore Lim Kim Seng et al., 2020 Malaysia All levels

Birds of Mauritius Claude Michel, 1996 Mauritius All levels

Birds of Melanesia

Birds of Melanesia Guy C. L. Dutson, 2011 Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea Travelling birders