The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America by David Allen Sibley

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

Second Edition

David Allen Sibley

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 29, 2016

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED: Perfect for the field!

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Who it’s for
A clean, portable guide for sorting birds without turning the page into a seminar.
Genres
Birdwatching, Bird Biology, Birds
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, March 29, 2016

About this book

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED: Perfect for the field! The most authoritative on-the-go guide to the birds of the East • From renowned birder, illustrator, and New York Times best-selling author David Sibley Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 650 bird species, plus regional populations, found east of the Rocky Mountains. Entries include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,600 in total—with descriptive captions pointing out the most important field marks.

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Each entry has been updated to include the most current information concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Here too are more than 600 updated maps drawn from information contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent, and showing winter, summer, year-round, migration, and rare ranges. This revised edition includes: • Updated habitat, description, behavior, and conservation text for each species account and all family pages. • New and revised illustrations of species and regional forms. • New design featuring species accounts in columns, allowing for better comparison and more illustrations and text. • Current taxonomic order and up-to-date common names. • All maps revised to reflect the most current range information. • More species and rarities included

Field Guide Companion

A clean, portable guide for sorting birds without turning the page into a seminar.

Come here for

  • compact field-guide utility
  • east-of-the-Mississippi birding reference

Expect

  • illustrations and quick comparisons
  • practical, scan-friendly reference

Where it sits

Bird Biology83%
Birdwatching70%
Birds67%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Birdwatching
  • Birds
  • Bird Biology
Authors
David Allen Sibley
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
March 29, 2016
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Birdwatching