Of course, it is a book to keep in your pocket. I have the “brick” A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand and South East Asia by Craig Robson to keep in my hotel room/ car.
Internet and image search is one of the best way to identify birds. But in order to search ofr a bird you need to know the different names of the body parts. So when you come home and you have seen a bird you don't know the name of.
Just make a description and hit “search” and you willhopefully find the bird.
I searched honeyeater with yellow gape and A lot of pictures came up and I was able to identify the Brown Honeyeater. So this can be of a great help, and I have used the drawings below many times trying to identify the birds.
External anatomy (topography) of a typical bird:
1 Beak |
6 Lesser coverts |
11 Primaries |
16 Feet |
21 Throat |
2 Head |
7 Scapulars |
12 Vent |
17 Tibia |
22 Wattle |
3 Iris |
8 Coverts |
13 Thigh |
18 Belly |
23 Eyestripe |
4 Pupil |
9 Tertials |
14 Tibio-tarsal articulation |
19 Flanks |
5 Mantle |
10 Rump |
15 Tarsus |
20 Breast |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Topography of a typical passerine.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Comparison of bird beaks,
displaying different shapes adapted to different feeding methods.
Not to scale.
Below is links to different bird lists. You find links to pictures and some information I have collected from Wikipedia. All pictures are of course taken by myself. This list willhopefully grew with every bird watching tour I will take.
And below is also a list of bird watching adventures here in Thailand and beyond. So keep an eye out for updates of new birdwatching adventures and pictures!
Please, I have bought the books and I try to confirm that I get the birds right on internet. But there are most likely some mistakes done as I'm a birding beginner. See, below for my lists of observed birds from around the world:
THAILAND - Birds I have seen in Thailand
North Thailand bird watching map HERE
Laem Pak Bia and Pak Thale bird watching map HERE
Chanthaburi bird watching map HERE
- Not ready as I was there during the rainy season
Bang Pra Non-hunting Area bird watching map HERE
- Not ready as I was there during the rainy season
Bird watching maps from Bangkok
Suan Rot Fai bird watching bird watching map HERE
Benjakitti Park and Lumpini Park bird watching map HERE
Moo Baan Pramong bird watching bird watching map HERE
Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park bird watching map HERE
UP NORTH - Birds I have seen on Svalbard and Iceland - Summer 2015
AFRICA - Birds I have seen in Africa
Djibouti bird watching map HERE
Visit Djibouti Nature´s web page: https://djiboutinature.org/
for much information about birding in Djibouti
INDIA, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal - I did Tiger safaris in India and Nepal. Leopard safaris on Sri Lanka, and of course there were plenty birds
Mumbai bird watching map HERE
Kolkata bird watching map HERE