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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea 2nd edition – A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Still, how many birders visit this region and could be seen as the target group for this, already a second edition? In recent years Indonesia has been competing with the Andes as the region giving rise to the biggest number of undescribed bird species (naturally, all of them endemics).

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“Keep your taxonomy out of my field guide” – revisited

10,000 Birds

My reasons for not liking a strict taxonomic order were essentially twofold: Similar species are not grouped together making identification harder than it should be. The pittas ( Garnet Pitta seen above) are just such a sacred group of birds that even taxonomists dare not screw them over. Phillipps, Q. &

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