Field Guides
A pair of binoculars, a field guide and a notebook are essential for identifying birds. There is no single field guide for Indonesia. A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali by John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps and A Field Guide to the Birds of New Guinea by Bruce Beehler both clearly illustrate and describe all the species of these regions, but neither is available in Indonesia. Wallacea (Celebes, Nusa Tenggara and Maluku) has the frustrating distinction of being one of the last regions on earth without a field guide.
To be continued………………………
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore