The Avifauna of Taiwan 台灣鳥類誌
The recently released Avifauna of Taiwan 台灣鳥類誌 (Chinese-language version) may be of interest to Hong Kong birders.
The three large tomes (8kg you will not carry in the field unless looking for a workout) are the best academic survey of Taiwan's birds for many years. Published by Taiwan's Council of Agriculture's Forestry Bureau in cooperation with Taiwan's top research institute, Academia Sinica, it is the the result of six years of work led by highly respected ornithologist Dr. Lucia Liu Severinghaus et al.
ISBN 9789860226522, 9789860226539, 9789860226546. Published March 2010.
First printing stocks running low, still available at
http://booksfromtaiwan.com/Bird_Books.html
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