--- product_id: 50750397 title: "Field Guide to Birds of Southern India (Helm Field Guides)" price: "$0.01" currency: USD in_stock: false reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/50750397-field-guide-to-birds-of-southern-india-helm-field-guides store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Field Guide to Birds of Southern India (Helm Field Guides) **Price:** $0.01 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Field Guide to Birds of Southern India (Helm Field Guides) - **How much does it cost?** $0.01 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/50750397-field-guide-to-birds-of-southern-india-helm-field-guides) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A comprehensive field guide to the birds of central and southern India. Southern India is one of the great world-birding destinations, and what riches await – from the endemic-rich Western Ghats across the central plains down to the wetlands and woods of Kerala, every part of southern India heaves with birds – often the sheer biodiversity must be seen to be believed. This guide covers the birds of the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, including Pondicherry and the Maldives. Accurate illustrations are accompanied by a concise text highlighting identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status. A code indicates the states in which the birds occur. Portable and pocket-friendly for field use yet authoritative, this guide provides the confidence to help you identify any bird you encounter in this magical, bird-rich part of Southern Asia. Review: lovely book - I bought both southern and northern india, great publisher, nice quality info and illustrations Review: The right book to take with you. - Doesn't have distribution maps, but the text has a list of states where each species is found, with a code for whether it is common, winter visitor, etc. I found this good enough (with the brief habitat description) to narrow down what I was likely to be seeing on my trip to Kerala. Moreover, having the limited number of species in Southern India helped to narrow the search when trying to identify a bird, and made the book nice and light to carry in my luggage and in the field. Text is brief, numbers of pictures of each species less than in say Collins Birds of Europe. But both text and pictures are useful and high quality. The unconventional order of the species is extremely annoying, having got used to the usual system, and it doesn't even put things that look like each other close together, if that was supposed to be the idea. I also bought Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, which is a bigger, better, more up-to-date book with distribution maps and more detailed text, but weighs much more and contains many species not found in Southern India. I left it at home, but enjoyed looking things up in it when I got back. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 624,403 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 424 in Wild Birds 1,031 in Birds (Books) 1,126 in Birdwatching (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 Reviews | ## Images ![Field Guide to Birds of Southern India (Helm Field Guides) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81VaieC3slL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ lovely book *by J***E on 4 August 2020* I bought both southern and northern india, great publisher, nice quality info and illustrations ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The right book to take with you. *by N***D on 28 March 2019* Doesn't have distribution maps, but the text has a list of states where each species is found, with a code for whether it is common, winter visitor, etc. I found this good enough (with the brief habitat description) to narrow down what I was likely to be seeing on my trip to Kerala. Moreover, having the limited number of species in Southern India helped to narrow the search when trying to identify a bird, and made the book nice and light to carry in my luggage and in the field. Text is brief, numbers of pictures of each species less than in say Collins Birds of Europe. But both text and pictures are useful and high quality. The unconventional order of the species is extremely annoying, having got used to the usual system, and it doesn't even put things that look like each other close together, if that was supposed to be the idea. I also bought Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, which is a bigger, better, more up-to-date book with distribution maps and more detailed text, but weighs much more and contains many species not found in Southern India. I left it at home, but enjoyed looking things up in it when I got back. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book *by S***W on 19 April 2012* Purchased for a trip to Goa, great book very informative good pictures of the birds. A very good product I would recommend this book for the novice bird watcher. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/50750397-field-guide-to-birds-of-southern-india-helm-field-guides](https://www.desertcart.us/products/50750397-field-guide-to-birds-of-southern-india-helm-field-guides) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-07-16*