Birds of Borneo (Pocket Guide)

This is a condensed version of Bertram E. Smythies’ Birds of Borneo which at present is the only comprehensive guide to Bornean birds. This pocketbook guide, a great help in the field, contains the original plates painted by Commander A.M. Hughes using new transparencies and colour separations giving a more faithful representation of the originals. Most of the information is from the third edition of The Birds of Borneowith some additional material drawn from other published sources. Many bird observers will find this book extremely useful.

• Foreword 5
• Introduction 6
• Acknowledgements 7
• Boobies 8
• Grebe and Petrels 8
• Frigatebirds 10
• Cormorants, Darter, Herons and Storks 12
• Ibises and Spoonbill 12
• Egrets, Bitterns and Herons 14
• Ducks 16
• Birds of Prey 18
• Megapode, Partridges and Pheasants 22
• Partridges and Bulwer’s Pheasant 24
• Pheasants 26
• Quails and Crakes 28
• Jacanas 28
• Waders 30
• Waders 34
• Gull and Terns 38
• Skuas & Noddies 38
• Green pigeons 42
• Doves and Pigeons 44
• Doves 46
• Parrots, Bee-eaters and Roller 48
• Hoopoe 48
• Cuckoos 50
• Malkohas, Coucals and Ground Cuckoo 52
• Owls 54
• Frogmouths and Nightjars 56
• Swifts and Swallows 58
• Trogons 60
• Kingfishers 62
• Hornbills 64
• Barbets 66
• Woodpeckers 68
• Woodpeckers 70
• Broadbills 72
• Pittas 74
• Greybirds, Triller and Shrikes 76
• Wagtails and Pipits 78
• Larks 78
• Minivets and Wood-swallow 80
• Ioras, Leafbirds and Bluebird 82
• Bulbuls 84
• Bulbuls 86
• Thrushes, Forktails and Laughingtrushes 88
• Chats 88
• Some birds of Mt. Kinabalu 90
• Babblers 92
• Babblers 94
• Babblers 96
• Warblers 98
• Flycatchers 100
• Flycatchers, Whistler and Nuthatch 104
• Flowerpeckers 106
• Sunbirds 108
• Spiderhunters 110
• White-eyes and Munias 112
• Buntings 112
• Drongos and Orioles 113
• Starlings, Pies and Crows 116
• Some Rare Birds of Borneo 118
• Index to Common Names 120
• Index to Genera 122