--- product_id: 256035 title: "The Warbler Guide" price: "£22.45" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/256035-the-warbler-guide store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Warbler Guide **Price:** £22.45 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Warbler Guide - **How much does it cost?** £22.45 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/256035-the-warbler-guide) ## 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 field guide that revolutionizes warbler identification Warblers are among the most challenging birds to identify. They exhibit an array of seasonal plumages and have distinctive yet oft-confused calls and songs. The Warbler Guide enables you to quickly identify any of the 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada. This groundbreaking guide features more than 1,000 stunning color photos, extensive species accounts with multiple viewing angles, and an entirely new system of vocalization analysis that helps you distinguish songs and calls. The Warbler Guide revolutionizes birdwatching, making warbler identification easier than ever before. For more information, please see the author videos on the Princeton University Press website. Covers all 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada Visual quick finders help you identify warblers from any angle Song and call finders make identification easy using a few simple questions Uses sonograms to teach a new system of song identification that makes it easier to understand and hear differences between similar species Detailed species accounts show multiple views with diagnostic points, direct comparisons of plumage and vocalizations with similar species, and complete aging and sexing descriptions New aids to identification include song mnemonics and icons for undertail pattern, color impression, habitat, and behavior Includes field exercises, flight shots, general identification strategies, and quizzes More information is available at www.TheWarblerGuide.com Review: A must for all Warbler aficionados - Good points: This book covers all the new world warblers found in the US. The Topographical description on pages 12-15 is excellent. The specie and photo chosen perfectly illustrate all the various features of the bird. The pointers all accurately terminate exactly on the feature being labeled. And, the way the wing feathers have been outlined with colored lines gives unmistaken clarity to the 3 zones of the wing. Pages 15 through 55 list the important characteristics to which a birder should pay attention. Though most of these are probably well known to advanced birders with experience, this book brings them front-and-center with good descriptions and usually great photo examples. There is a section that does a great job of de-mystifying sonograms. It is a great segway into the section on vocalizations which is quite thorough. Most vocalizations are supplemented with sonograms. The Quick Finder concept is done quite well. For easy comparison (and usually on just 1 or 2 pages) a specific characteristic is portrayed (i.e. face patterns, undertail views, etc.) The photos in these quick guides are grouped together in an intelligently ordered array with similar looking birds being adjacent to each other. Though I'm puzzled as to why these quick photo guides were placed in between the sections on flight calls and song finder charts. I think they would be better situated (and more easily found) as a stand-alone section either at the beginning or the end of the book. The species accounts are very thorough and are similarly structured for consistency for each specie. They are arranged in alphabetical order, not taxonomic. Though a scientist might find this disturbing, it is quite logical for a guide book of this nature. Each specie account includes basic descriptions in all plumages, comparisons to similar species, aging/sexing tips and vocalizations (with sonograms). Pertinent points are generally made quite well and are amply supported with good photos. Superfluous info is absent. There are other miscellaneous sections near the end of the book that could prove useful to some including accounts of a few similar (but non-warbler birds), summary lists on measurements, habitat, behavior, perching profiles and a review/quiz. Room for improvement: I was sensitive to the choice of some of the photos that were used to illustrate specific characteristics. In a few cases, the photos chosen did not overtly depict the characteristic being described. Examples: p. 34 N. Waterthrush and Swainson's photos are confusing with regard to bill shape. In the photo, the Waterthrush bill actually appears pointier than the Swainson's - which is contrary to their captions. p. 41 Tennessee and Orange-crowned photos do not portray the captions as well as they could. Author could've used other photos (available elsewhere in the book) to better illustrate his point about head/back contrast. P. 46 Author's point about primary wing projection is not obvious from the Pine/Blackpoll photos that were used. A few items may just be simple publication or printing challenges. For example, the 2 colors chosen for the Quick range icon and the Preferred Habitat icon are black upon dark green. These 2 colors do not have enough contrast. I believe many readers would have difficulty discerning the two. p. 50 The red marker used to bracket the tail extension of the Blackpoll is not positioned correctly for the point the author is trying to make. Personal preferences: The instructional section on sonograms is probably quite accurate and it is certainly interesting to a nerdy engineer like myself. However, I personally will never use the sonograms to ID a warbler. It is so much easier to use any the several widely available recordings. My ears can hear a recording much easier than my eyes can discern a sonogram. The quick guide photo array on Warblers in Fight will be of limited use to me. Warblers are seldom, if ever, viewed in flight long enough or in ways that would allow this chart to be useful. Recommendation: Congratulations to the authors. Well done! A great addition to any birder's library and a "must-have" for warbler aficionados. It's large size makes it "iffy" for carrying in the field but, it would be OK in a backpack and ideal in the car. A great value for the price. Len Kopka Review: An Encyclopedic Labor of Love - What an incredible book. It has taken years to produce what can only be the ultimate guide to Parulidae, the Wood Warblers we all love to see in their glorious spring plumage. At more than 500 pages for 81 species, the coverage is amazing. Generally, I am not a fan of photographic field guides: it is almost impossible to capture all the relevant details in a photograph. However, this book is the exception. Instead of a single photo for each species, the book contains photos of every important feature of the birds. Choosing a page at random, I found myself on the account for Black-throated Gray. Icons at the top of the page provide a silhouette, a "quick impression" sketch, a picture of the tail, a small range map, and a sketch of the preferred habitat. That is followed by three photos showing the bird in profile, the underparts, and the "tail in your face" view that is all too typical of warblers. The following page first shows four distinctive views of the main field marks for the bird, including an extreme close-up of the yellow lore spot that is the "killer field mark" for this species. The rest of that page contains 12 more photos. Next, we are presented with a page showing similar species that might confuse a birder. A section on Aging and Sexing reveals the many different plumage variations that you may encounter in the field, followed by range maps showing the species's permanent range as well as spring and fall migration routes. Finally, we have spectrograms for the many vocalizations. Frankly, I know that I should learn to read these, but I prefer to listen to actual sound recordings. This book is not really useful as a field guide. It is too large and specialized to carry into the field. It will join "Big Sibley" ( The Sibley Guide to Birds ) as one of the references I carry in the car to consult when I have a difficult ID to work out. A very valuable book that belongs in every serious birder's library. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #47,347 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #124 in Bird Field Guides | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 563 Reviews | ## Images ![The Warbler Guide - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81aw6m0fwgL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must for all Warbler aficionados *by L***A on August 10, 2013* Good points: This book covers all the new world warblers found in the US. The Topographical description on pages 12-15 is excellent. The specie and photo chosen perfectly illustrate all the various features of the bird. The pointers all accurately terminate exactly on the feature being labeled. And, the way the wing feathers have been outlined with colored lines gives unmistaken clarity to the 3 zones of the wing. Pages 15 through 55 list the important characteristics to which a birder should pay attention. Though most of these are probably well known to advanced birders with experience, this book brings them front-and-center with good descriptions and usually great photo examples. There is a section that does a great job of de-mystifying sonograms. It is a great segway into the section on vocalizations which is quite thorough. Most vocalizations are supplemented with sonograms. The Quick Finder concept is done quite well. For easy comparison (and usually on just 1 or 2 pages) a specific characteristic is portrayed (i.e. face patterns, undertail views, etc.) The photos in these quick guides are grouped together in an intelligently ordered array with similar looking birds being adjacent to each other. Though I'm puzzled as to why these quick photo guides were placed in between the sections on flight calls and song finder charts. I think they would be better situated (and more easily found) as a stand-alone section either at the beginning or the end of the book. The species accounts are very thorough and are similarly structured for consistency for each specie. They are arranged in alphabetical order, not taxonomic. Though a scientist might find this disturbing, it is quite logical for a guide book of this nature. Each specie account includes basic descriptions in all plumages, comparisons to similar species, aging/sexing tips and vocalizations (with sonograms). Pertinent points are generally made quite well and are amply supported with good photos. Superfluous info is absent. There are other miscellaneous sections near the end of the book that could prove useful to some including accounts of a few similar (but non-warbler birds), summary lists on measurements, habitat, behavior, perching profiles and a review/quiz. Room for improvement: I was sensitive to the choice of some of the photos that were used to illustrate specific characteristics. In a few cases, the photos chosen did not overtly depict the characteristic being described. Examples: p. 34 N. Waterthrush and Swainson's photos are confusing with regard to bill shape. In the photo, the Waterthrush bill actually appears pointier than the Swainson's - which is contrary to their captions. p. 41 Tennessee and Orange-crowned photos do not portray the captions as well as they could. Author could've used other photos (available elsewhere in the book) to better illustrate his point about head/back contrast. P. 46 Author's point about primary wing projection is not obvious from the Pine/Blackpoll photos that were used. A few items may just be simple publication or printing challenges. For example, the 2 colors chosen for the Quick range icon and the Preferred Habitat icon are black upon dark green. These 2 colors do not have enough contrast. I believe many readers would have difficulty discerning the two. p. 50 The red marker used to bracket the tail extension of the Blackpoll is not positioned correctly for the point the author is trying to make. Personal preferences: The instructional section on sonograms is probably quite accurate and it is certainly interesting to a nerdy engineer like myself. However, I personally will never use the sonograms to ID a warbler. It is so much easier to use any the several widely available recordings. My ears can hear a recording much easier than my eyes can discern a sonogram. The quick guide photo array on Warblers in Fight will be of limited use to me. Warblers are seldom, if ever, viewed in flight long enough or in ways that would allow this chart to be useful. Recommendation: Congratulations to the authors. Well done! A great addition to any birder's library and a "must-have" for warbler aficionados. It's large size makes it "iffy" for carrying in the field but, it would be OK in a backpack and ideal in the car. A great value for the price. Len Kopka ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Encyclopedic Labor of Love *by T***E on September 26, 2013* What an incredible book. It has taken years to produce what can only be the ultimate guide to Parulidae, the Wood Warblers we all love to see in their glorious spring plumage. At more than 500 pages for 81 species, the coverage is amazing. Generally, I am not a fan of photographic field guides: it is almost impossible to capture all the relevant details in a photograph. However, this book is the exception. Instead of a single photo for each species, the book contains photos of every important feature of the birds. Choosing a page at random, I found myself on the account for Black-throated Gray. Icons at the top of the page provide a silhouette, a "quick impression" sketch, a picture of the tail, a small range map, and a sketch of the preferred habitat. That is followed by three photos showing the bird in profile, the underparts, and the "tail in your face" view that is all too typical of warblers. The following page first shows four distinctive views of the main field marks for the bird, including an extreme close-up of the yellow lore spot that is the "killer field mark" for this species. The rest of that page contains 12 more photos. Next, we are presented with a page showing similar species that might confuse a birder. A section on Aging and Sexing reveals the many different plumage variations that you may encounter in the field, followed by range maps showing the species's permanent range as well as spring and fall migration routes. Finally, we have spectrograms for the many vocalizations. Frankly, I know that I should learn to read these, but I prefer to listen to actual sound recordings. This book is not really useful as a field guide. It is too large and specialized to carry into the field. It will join "Big Sibley" ( The Sibley Guide to Birds ) as one of the references I carry in the car to consult when I have a difficult ID to work out. A very valuable book that belongs in every serious birder's library. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yes, you should buy it! *by R***Y on November 2, 2025* Definitely the best warbler book out there. LOVE all the photos and quick guides. --- ## 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.co.uk/products/256035-the-warbler-guide](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/256035-the-warbler-guide) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*