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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia covers the native birds from the rainforests of Sumatra and Kalimantan to the arid regions of Timor. This beautiful guide depicts over 600 species in almost 700 color photographs, offering detailed descriptions of each bird's voice and habits. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the rarest species. In addition:

Of the 686 birds covered in A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia, an astonishing 127 are endemic species found in no other country.

The distribution maps that accompany each species are accurate for all the 47 major Indonesian islands.

Apart from the author 30 other photographers provided their best pictures for this book, including well-known professionals like Alain Compost, Brian Coates and Clifford Frith.

All scientific editing was done by Dr. Bas van Balen a well respected authority on Indonesian avifauna.