It's out, and it's excellent! If you are thinking of birding Taiwan (or nearby) you need this book. ** May take a couple weeks before on sale overseas ** It's all you need for birding Taiwan. There is comprehensive coverage of the avifauna of the main island, offshore islands (Matsu, Lanyu, Kinmen etc), and surrounding seas. 670 birds are fully illustrated, plus compact double plates for escapees and difficult species comparisons. Eight years in preparation, the wait was wort h it and WBST is to be congratulated for producing such a useful book. The artwork is very good and of a standard meeting, or exceeding, that of international publishers. No other book illustrates the current 27 endemics, 56 endemic subspecies, other resident/migrant species and relevant subspecies better. The 190 annotated painted plates will make it the default guide for foreign birders to Taiwan - and useful for birding other countries nearby. The plates have English species names and key fi...