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6 books about Madeira tagged “field guide”.
A colour-illustrated botanical pocket guide describing 166 typical plants of Madeira, organised by habitat — gardens and parks, the coast, cultivated land and levadas, the laurisilva forest and the mountains.
The first field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of Macaronesia — the Canaries, Madeira, the Azores and Cape Verde — covering over 450 species with colour plates and accounts of identification, status, range and voice.
A photographic identification guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals of European seas, explicitly including the Macaronesian waters around Madeira — ideal for the island’s whale-watching trips.
A practical, pocket-sized worldwide field guide by cetacean expert Mark Carwardine covering all 93 species, with 500+ illustrations and identification tips — a handy companion for the species-rich waters off Madeira.
A comprehensive WILDGuides photographic field guide to the wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands — birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and dragonflies — with distribution maps and key sites. Arguably the best all-round wildlife guide for Madeira.
A field guide illustrating all 573 species and subspecies of birds recorded in Macaronesia, with 150 colour plates and 230 maps — covering Madeira’s endemics such as Zino’s Petrel, the Trocaz Pigeon and the Madeira Firecrest.