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The Book of Indian Birds
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (February, 1997)
Authors: Salim Ali, J.C. Daniel, and Carl D'Silva
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A fantastic book
This is really the definitive book for novice birdwatchers in India, and remains very useful even as you grow more experienced. Its small size makes it much more portable and thus useful for field trips. The illustrations in the new edition are simply lovely and improve tremendously over those in the earlier editions. A must buy.

An absolute must for all bird watchers in India.
Beautiful hand drawn illustrations, detailed characteristics, habitat, calls and everything else you need to know to identify a bird. A real work of art.


Indian Hill Birds.
Published in Hardcover by Oxford Univ Pr (October, 1990)
Author: Salim A Ali
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Well Done Field Guide
Another edition of this famous book. The original was wonderful and this edition continues in the same vein. The keys are well done and easy to follow as are the illustrations. This book makes birding in the Indian hills a pleasure. If one can't make the trip this book is enjoyable just for reading and dreaming of such a birding adventure.


A Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Published in Hardcover by Oxford Univ Pr (September, 1996)
Authors: Salim Ali, Dillon Ripley, John Henry Dick, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Bombay Natural History Society, and Ripley Ali
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The only complete field guide for the birds of India.
I used this book for three years while living in India. While its illustrations are not as robust or detailed as those of western field guides, they are usually adequate. First, and foremost, though, is that this volume is currently the ONLY book that contains all the species. Others contain a mere fraction. For that reason alone, this is the one book you should get for IDing birds in India. The rest lead only to disappointment, unless used in conjunction with this one.

This book is the illustration subset of the much larger Handbook, which comes in a 10-volume set (or in one tiny-print "compact" volume). The two work well together: one for your field forays, and one for the bookshelf back home. Be warned, though: the compact Handbook, while an exhaustive study of each species (including migration maps and exhumed stomach contents, etc.) is expensive when you can find it.


Birds of Kerala
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (25 April, 1985)
Author: Salim Ali
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A Bundle of Feathers. Proffered to Salim Ali for His Seventy-Fifth Birthday
Published in Hardcover by Oxford Univ Pr (April, 1985)
Authors: Sidney Dillion, II Ripley and Ali
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Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (September, 1988)
Authors: Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley
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Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan: Together With Those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka
Published in Hardcover by Oxford Univ Pr (September, 1994)
Authors: Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley
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Concise Handbook of the Birds of India, Pakistan, Burma, and Sri Lanka
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (August, 1993)
Author: Salim Ali
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The Fall of a Sparrow
Published in Paperback by Oxford University Press (June, 1988)
Author: Salim Ali
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Field Guide to the Birds of the Eastern Himalayas
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (November, 1993)
Author: Salim Ali
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