National Geographic Birder's Atlas of the World

A bird lover’s book like no other, this illustrated atlas offers maps, photographs, art, and engaging text to portray our abundantly rich and fascinating world of birds. This resplendent large-format atlas, gracefully written and attractively designed, will intrigue everyone curious about the world’s birds-from backyard bird-watchers to global birding adventurers. A decade ago, author Noah Strycker made birding history by spending a year traveling every continent and observing 6,042 species-more than anyone else before him. Now, he invites you to journey with him to every corner of the globe, exploring the beauty and wonder of birds in 111 distinct bioregions, desert to ocean, poles to tropics. Chapter by chapter, we come to know the birds of Earth’s key bioregions-from nocturnal owls deep in the boreal forests to resilient penguins in Antarctica, from colorful parrots in South America to showy birds of paradise in New Guinea.For each region, Strycker identifies the top birds of intere