Bird Books

The best selection of birding publications available.

Mai Veikau – Tales of Fijian Wildlife

By Dick Watling Mai Veikau
Illustrated by Ian Rolls
Soft Cover, Colour & B&W illustrations, 160 pages

An immensely popular introduction to Fiji’s varied wildlife. 30 short stories written in a popular style but factual and informative. There is no better reference for learning about Fiji’s snakes or why Banded Sea Krait’s should be treated with respect (Fiji’s Snakes: Fact and Fiction). Why Taveuni’s stick insect shocked the scientific world (Taveuni’s Mythical Mimimata); some of the most successful biological control work in the world (A Coconut Trilogy) and others Fiddlers on the Reef; Tombs of the Living Dead; When the Vunivalu was bitten.

Fiji’s Natural Heritage By Paddy Ryan

First published in 1988 to critical acclaim, the second edition is now out.

This time in a hard cover with a staggering 500 color photos and an enormous compendium of useful information packed into 288 pages.

You cannot get a better introduction to the breadth of Fiji’s wildlife – a masterpiece and labour of love for Paddy.

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji: 2 - Sea and Shore Birds.

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji: 2 - Sea and Shore Birds.

Bird poster SEA

By Dick Watling

Reluctant to take your valued field guide into Fiji’s wet and humid forests or out to sea ? We certainly know the problem !

These could be the answer – a two part, pocket-sized (10x14cm) guide with a tough, laminated cover, cleverly designed and folded to be read as a book and opening out to the desired habitat.

Every breeding bird and regular migrant is illustrated in full colour and each bird has a paragraph of text with local names and identification and size information.

Otherwise fold out these posters to their full AO size for an informative wall chart or interpretive display.

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji: 1 - Landbirds.

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji: 1 - Landbirds.

Bird poster LAND

By Dick Watling

Reluctant to take your valued field guide into Fiji’s wet and humid forests or out to sea ? We certainly know the problem !

These could be the answer – a two part, pocket-sized (10x14cm) guide with a tough, laminated cover, cleverly designed and folded to be read as a book and opening out to the desired habitat.

Every breeding bird and regular migrant is illustrated in full colour and each bird has a paragraph of text with local names and identification and size information.

Otherwise fold out these posters to their full AO size for an informative wall chart or interpretive display.

A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia: Including American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Wallis and Futuna

by Dick Watling

‘A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia’ is a completely revised and reformatted edition of the widely acclaimed ‘Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa’ and includes, in addition, the atoll nations of Tuvalu and Tokelau. A5-sized, the guide is handy for field use with detailed species accounts for the 173 species with confirmed records in the region and notes on a further 22 species with unconfirmed records.

Every breeding bird and regular migrant is illustrated on sixteen full-colour plates. The guide has the most detailed and accurate distributional coverage of the region’s birds and an up-to-date checklist for each of the countries covered. Included too is a comprehensive listing of local bird names to assist birders at the community level.