This book is the second edition of the "Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" and not the old handbook. Very nicely compiled and improved over the earlier edition. Major and useful improvements being, the text and distribution maps are placed opposite to the plates & the maps have been revised. It is almost a combo of the leading field guides for the subcontinent.
There are 226 plates. Most families are put on many plates with not more than 6-7 species on a single plate owing ...

For amateur birders, the new handbook edition of Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp is going to be a definitive companion to identifying birds in the field. Weighing slightly more than its predecessor,two things that make the tome a winner among the current crop of field guides to Indian birds is the replacement of the somber grey backgrounds with white backgrounds on the plates, bringing the identifying characteristics of the birds to the fore, and well, making the illustrations quite a feast for...

Very nice book regarding birds. Every second page of the book contains detailed images of birds. very helpful book for birdwatchers. I recommend this book over "The Book of Indian Birds" by Salim Ali.

Good book🥰
It is useful😇
Valuble 😍

If you are a beginner...then it's a great book

This is one of the awesomest field guide that is available on birds of India. Well organized information, detailed information on each species, great sketches by Inskipp et al., and well updated distribution maps...the combination makes it a great field guide. Some taxonomic changes have been made in the latest edition (2011) but you don't have to worry about it. The book covers color morphs and sexually dimorphic birds in the nicest possible ways.
Its a great buy.

After purchasing a few similar books on this topic, I found this to be the most comprehensive- All 1295 Birds and all plates are in color. Well categorized and laid out. Its better than the others because of its evenly spread plates,and the trick being you can flip thru pages to stop at a page on which color, size or shape resembles what you have seen. From Ducks to owls this book as been a pleasure to kid and adults. It also makes a wonderful gift and more so to visitors to the subcontinent ...

If you wish to buy a good field guide for your birdwatching and learn it in depth and understand bird life in a better way, there's no other book better than this for beginners and pro's too!
I am a birdwatcher and nature lover and this is my only source of knowledge until now and it has been extremely helpful.

Extremely good book. You can easily trace the birds through the glossary. Illustrations are really good and I am able to identify the different birds. Paper quality is very very good and the book is quite heavy because of the glossy pages.
Bird lovers can buy it without hesitation

having already got to know about this book, took the plunge and ordered it in flipkart. the book is having great information of all the species and subspecies found in indian subcontinent. it has lovely colors photographs for easy identification of birds. also helpful is a brilliant index at the end for quick navigation to the bird i want to have quick info upon.

got it from seller mulliganbooks via flipkart advantage. ordered on a saturday noon and got it delivered on same day evening. supe...