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6 books about Madeira tagged “Macaronesia”.
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 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.
A waterproof pocket dive/snorkel identification guide to 247 marine species around the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries and Cape Verde, each shown with pictograms for habitat, diet and behaviour, named in five languages.
A diver’s fish identification guide by marine biologist Peter Wirtz, covering about 150 fish species around Madeira, the Canaries and the Azores with 200+ colour photographs (German text).
A classic scholarly study of the Portuguese Atlantic islands’ role in 17th-century commerce and maritime navigation — a foundational academic reference for Madeira and wider Macaronesia.