National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of the United States and Canada 8th edition

This new edition of the trusted National Geographic field guide combines fresh new text, updated taxonomy, expanded art including 240 new illustrations, and authoritative, data-derived maps, organized in the user-friendly format for which our field guides are known.

For the first time including the birds of Hawaii as well as Alaska, Canada, and the continental United States—a total of 1,150 bird species—all these revisions make this new edition the most authoritative birding book on the market, whether you have treasured our previous editions for decades or you are selecting a bird field guide for the first time ever.

Written by Ted Floyd, editor of the American Birding Association’s Birding magazine, this new edition features larger pages and flexible yet durable paperback binding, with thumb tabs and a visual index inside the covers for quick reference.

Combining exciting new features with tried-and-true traditions, this new edition of a beloved field guide will satisfy birders young and old, experienced life-listers and backyard birdwatchers alike.

Its easy-to-read layout includes:

• convenient page layout, with maps and text on the left and matching art on the right
• 240 new illustrations
• up-to-date taxonomic organization
• new maps developed with eBird data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• key statistics in bulleted lists
• new text, emphasizing not only bird IDs but also habitats and evolution
• images by the world’s top bird illustrators, including important details
• annotations on the images, pointing to field marks critical for identification
• newly updated range maps that draw on the latest data.
• New durable cover for added protection against adverse weather, plus informative quick-reference flaps that double as place-markers.
• New reader-friendly features like thumb-tabs that make locating key sections faster and easier, and a quick-find index to direct users straight to the information they need.