A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific

For a person who loves science, theory, and information, this book is unparalleled in the field. It's fascinating reading whether you are interested in it as a field guide or not. There are a lot of islands covered so there is much information not needed if you visit only one of them. But it may be the only place to find bird information on some obscure places. I didn't take this with me in the field in Hawai'i because I think there are better field guide books for that area.

This book has it all - color drawings of key species, detailed species descriptions, and the locations where the birds are found - critical since some species are unique to particular islands while others are ubiquitous. The book is organized well, with the pictures all together, and a good index. Essential if you are birding in the Pacific.

Not a bad book. Decent illustrations.

I wish there were a newer, more comprehensive guide to this part of the world. I bought the book because I want to be able to identify birds in French Polynesia. I've spent some time looking through it, trying to identify some of the birds I photographed, and found the book to be less than user friendly. That said, it's better than having no guide.

Comprehensive and complete for tropical pacific birds. I like the drawings and field mark notations. Only negative is that there is so much material, in the filed you can get bogged down in minor species from far away (from Hawaii).

This looks to be a great book but I am yet to use it. It would be nice if the plates were alongside the descriptions along with a map, as you can't quickly see which bird can be found on what island.

As advertised

I have no idea why some publishers continue to produce books that have the color "plates" on one page and the discription on another (usually a few hundred pages away). The discriptions in this book are very good and the pictures are limited but good.Would I buy this book again?Yes, I just wish it was more user friendly.

I love this book. It's a bit old.But I can consider and imagine about thebirds. More than all I can get freindlierwith the birds I feel.

Still the most comprehensive guide on the region. Have been waiting eagerly for the upgraded version to be published, but since the projected date has come and gone last year, it might be assumed that the plans encountered some unforeseen obstacles. A shame really! Whichever funding body let Pratt down in financing the new publication should seriously reconsider. His work is a definite treasure towards ornithological studies in the Pacific region.

Very much what I wanted but I prefer to have the illustrations either at the beginning or opposit the text for a particular bird.

地域ごと、島ごとに異なる種がいる太平洋の島々。本書はそれぞれの地域ごとに記載されていて、固有種・準固有種が多いこの地域でとても利用しやすい。分布も判りやすく表現されており、島ごとのチェックリストもあって、便利である。図版はカラーで、種によっては雌雄・幼鳥・島による亜種まで記載されているので野外で使う時に便利である。ただし、特に海鳥の場合は従来記録されてなくて記載がなくても、新たに現れる可能性が常にあるので、それを念頭に利用すべきである。

Item arrived promptly and was exactly what I wanted