Many birdwatchers are not only interested in birds, so we have added the most useful books for other taxa where possible.
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Field Guides |
Avifaunas and Monographs |
Bird Sounds |
Mammals |
General Titles |
Diving Fishes & Corals |
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Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands
Ian Sinclair & Oliver Langrand
New Holland - Softback
Guide Price: £17.99
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A new edition of the first field guide illustrating all the 359 regularly encountered species of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, the Seychelles and the Comoros, many of them endemic to the area. Colour plates by leading bird artists; Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, Peter Hayman and Ian Lewington. 359 distribution maps. 184 pages.
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Birds of Madagascar
Pete Morris & Frank Hawkins
A&C Black - Hardback
Guide Price: £29.99
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A photographic field guide to the avifauna of Madagascar. Of 265 species of bird present on the island, no fewer than 108 are endemic and a further 25 are endemic to the Malagasy region. For convenience, text and photographs are arranged on facing pages, and with only two species per page the text is able to deal with all aspects of identification, vocalisations (many of which have not previously been described), habitat and behaviour, range, status and where to locate the species in Madagascar. 328 pages.
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Photographic Guide to Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands
Ian Sinclair, Oliver Langrand & Fanja Andriamialisoa
New Holland - Softback
Guide Price: £14.99
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A selection of the most commonly encountered and striking bird species of Madagascar, the Seychelles, the Comoros, and the Mascarenes. The species accounts cover the bird's appearance, basic behaviour, preferred habitats, and geographical distribution. Each species account enjoys a full page which features a colour photo, distribution map, and text in English and French. 128 pages.
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Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands
L D C Fishpool & M I Evans (Eds)
BirdLife International - Hardback.
Guide Price: £55
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This book is great. Need to know something about important sites in Africa? This book should be your first port of call and is ideal for background reading or planning a trip. This is the first regional analysis of its kind for the African continent including Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, giving a clear understanding of the conservation status of the most significant sites for birds in Africa. 1144 pages.
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Bird Sounds of Madagascar, Mayotte, Comoros, Seychelles, Reunion, Mauritius
Pierre Huguet and Claude Chappuis
Société d'Études Ornithologiques de France - 4 CD set
Guide Price: £69.99
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Voices of 327 bird species. All recordings are extensively documented in the 115-page booklet (in French and English). If you're after a comprehensive guide, this is it!
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Bird song and Lemur Calls in Madagascar
John Hammick
Mandarin Productions - CD
Guide Price: £10.99
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58 bird species, 6 lemurs, 1 flying fox and 1 frog. Also includes an ambient early morning from Berenty.
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Guide to Mammals of Madagascar
Nick Garbutt
A&C Black - Softback
Guide Price: £24.99
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This guide is an adaptation of the Mammals of Madagascar, for use in the field. Featuring detailed, authoritative text illustrated by superb colour photographs and line drawings, it covers all 123 mammal species found on the island. Madagascar has a unique mammal fauna. It is well known for its 33 lemur species but its diverse fauna also encompasses a great variety of tenrecs, bats, rodents, viverids and mongooses. As the only taxa present on Madagascar, these groups have demonstrated remarkable adaptive radiation, giving rise to some of the most remarkable species in the world, such as the witch-like Aye-aye, the elegant Fosa and the bizarre Hedgehog Tenrecs. This is the perfect identification guide for the island. 304 pages.
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Madagascar Wildlife
Bradt, Schuurman, Garbutt
Bradt - Softback
Guide Price: £14.95
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This is a celebration of the unique fauna of this remarkable island. The authors are tour leaders who have visited Madagascar numerous times, introducing visitors to the amazing, beautiful and rare creatures, from lemurs to millipedes, which live in habitats ranging from rainforest to desert. Some 250 species are described and illustrated with over 200 colour photographs, making this book valuable both as a field guide and as a holiday souvenir.
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Reef Fishes and Corals
Dennis King
New Holland - Softback
Guide Price: £14.99
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A fantastic guide. Applicable to the entire east coast of Southern Africa and to the islands of the western Indian Ocean - Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles and the Comoros. 294 colour photos. 128 pages.
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