Winner of Birdwatch magazine's Best Bird Book of the Year award. A completely revised edition of David Sibley's best-selling guide to North American birds, with more than 600 new paintings and 115 rare species added.
David Sibley is both the author and artist of this groundbreaking book, which sealed his reputation as one of North America’s top field birders. He has since written and illustrated a comprehensive field guide to The Trees of North America (2009), as well as a number of other bird books, including The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behaviour (Helm, 2001).
A masterful volume written and illustrated by one of the
continent's most highly respected field ornithologists
*Birdwatch*
Once in a great while, a natural history book changes the way
people look at the world. In 1838, John James Audubon’s Birds of
America was one…In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson produced Field Guide
to the Birds…Now comes The Sibley Guide to Birds.
*The New York Times*
Undoubtedly the finest guide to North American birds.
*Birding*
...combine[s] beautiful artwork...with the kind of knowledge that
can only be gained from extensive field experience.
*BTO News*
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