Alessandro G.
Reviewer
9 months ago
Estrildid Finches of the World [English Edition]
Geert Houweling
Reviewer
Een super mooi en educatief boek en echt geweldig voor mensen die nog dieper en meer willen weten over prachtvinken, je leest er zo doorheen en voor iedereen wat.
12 months ago
Prachtvinken van de wereld (Nederlandse editie)
Marcel Peters
Reviewer
Ronduit indrukwekkend boek, je kan zien dat het met kennis en liefde is gemaakt.
2 years ago
Prachtvinken van de wereld (Nederlandse editie)
Ahmad Fitroh
Reviewer
Bukunya Mantap, bagus šš»šš»šš»šš» nice
2 years ago
Estrildid Finches of the World [English Edition]
Enrique FernƔndez JimƩnez
Reviewer
2 years ago
Estrildid Finches of the World [English Edition]
Een super mooi en educatief boek en echt geweldig voor mensen die nog dieper en meer willen weten over prachtvinken, je leest er zo doorheen en voor iedereen wat.
Ronduit indrukwekkend boek, je kan zien dat het met kennis en liefde is gemaakt.
Bukunya Mantap, bagus šš»šš»šš»šš» nice
High quality information. Shipped very quickly.
A great book, to continue learning, and edited with an amazing quality. Many photographs and maps, to enjoy reading. Without a doubt, a jewel of the World Ornithological Library. Thank you G.J. Huisman
In Spanish:
Un grandĆsimo libro, para seguir aprendiendo, y editado con una asombrosa calidad. Muchas fotografĆas y mapas, para disfrutar de su lectura. Sin duda, una joya de la Biblioteca OrnitolĆ³gica Mundial. Gracias G. J. Huisman
Excellent service, amazing book
Its very complete. I Loved it.
At first, I do have to congratulate Jelmer Huisman with his book. It took years in the making, and he published it by himself. It contains as the title implies, data on all Estrildid Finches of the World. It is lavish illustrated with photographs of this fantastic birdgroup. In special the beaks of the Estrildids are unique. After a brief introduction of the species group, the author gets into the species texts.
The information supplied in the species text, is clear, and no less than six languages can be found for each species (as off course the scientific name). The distribution maps are splendid and in combination with the subspecies in the text give a clear view where these taxa can be found. The photographs are of the highest standard you could expect, it must be a monstrous project to get them all together! And the mouth markings of the juveniles are out of this world! Diet, reproduction, and behavior might fill a gap in knowledge for the avicultural sector.
Some remarks for a second addition would be.
ā¢ The taxonomy follows HBW 2019 but has some authorās additions (p. 14). One source would help to understand taxonomy better, then some exceptions.
ā¢ Also, it would be good to know how (source, for example e-bird) the author establishes the distribution maps in the books (p. 19).
ā¢ The subchapter in the species text āgeneralā varies within all taxa, sometimes the author dives into of the Latin name, sometimes the English name and sometimes discusses the author of the taxon discussed. A vast format in this subchapter would help very much to have a uniform discussion in each of the texts.
ā¢ Within distribution the author already explained on page 19 what abbreviations are used, but when reading the text under āDistributionā we still find the whole names (see pages 26, 28 for example). For the description for āidentificationā only male, female and juvenile exist, other plumage states are not discussed (for example post-juvenile / immature, 1st-autumn). Also, the general terminology used, doesnāt follow the terminology as discussed in for example Clement et al (Finches & Sparrow, pp 14-15).