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State of the World’s Birds

Monday, January 10, 2011

FREE download. This report is a brief summary of the information available on BirdLife’s State of the world’s birds website.

Critically Endangered Birds: A Global Audit

Monday, January 10, 2011

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FREE Download. Critically Endangered Birds is a product of the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme. It presents the science underpinning the programme and the actions needed by other organisations, agencies and governments to complement it.

World Birdwatch Magazine

Monday, January 10, 2011

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Subscription just £30/year. World Birdwatch is BirdLife's international magazine about birds – crammed with recent news and authorative articles about birds, their habitats, and their conservation around the world.

Bird Conservation International

Monday, January 10, 2011

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Access to online archive FREE. Bird Conservation International is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal focusing on the major conservation issues affecting birds and their habitats.

Antarctic Wildlife: A Visitor’s Guide to the Wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula, Drake Passage and Beagle Channel

Monday, January 10, 2011

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240 pages, £17.95, Available to buy. This is a handy-sized photographic field guide that aims to help visitors to this remarkable part of the world.

Feathers

Monday, January 10, 2011

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336 pages, £18.99, Available to buy. In "Feathers", biologist Thor Hanson tells a sweeping natural history of feathers, as they've been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn through time and place.

Nightjars of the World

Monday, January 10, 2011

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464 pages, £44.99, Available to buy. This lavishly illustrated book is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the Caprimulgiformes of the world.

Saving Asia’s Threatened Birds: A Guide for Government and Civil Society

Monday, January 10, 2011

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256 pages, £19, Available to buy. This book documents the major forest, grassland and wetland regions of Asia and the globally threatened bird species which they support.

Threatened Birds of the World

Monday, January 10, 2011

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852 pages, £52.99, Available to buy. This book covers all 1200 species now threatened with global extinction. The threats to each species are described, with an evaluation of conservation measures so far and targets for the future.

Threatened Birds of Asia (2 volume set): The BirdLife International Red Data Book

Monday, January 10, 2011

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3038 pages, £55, Available to buy. Provides incredibly detailed information on the 665 most threatened bird species found in Asia.

A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife: The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean

Monday, January 10, 2011

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544 pages, £40.00, Available to buy. This book is the first complete guide to the natural history and wildlife of this vast region, covering all the sub Antarctic islands, the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Continent.

The Atlas of Birds: Mapping Avian Diversity, Behaviour and Habitats Worldwide

Monday, January 10, 2011

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144 pages, £16.99, Available to buy. Authoritative and concise, this beautifully illustrated atlas captures the dazzling diversity of bird life around the world.

The Jewel Hunter

Monday, January 10, 2011

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424 pages, £17.99, Available to buy. Insightful, compelling and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his mid-life crisis. A travelogue with a difference.