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Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Field Guides) [Vinyl Bound]

Jim P. Brock , Kenn Kaufman
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)

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Book Description

September 1, 2006 Kaufman Field Guides
The most user-friendly butterfly guide ever published, still handy and compact, now updated with the very latest information

- Follows the latest classification, recognizing more than forty additional species

- Includes four new color plates of Mexican-border rarities

- More than 2,300 images of butterflies in natural poses

- Pictorial table of contents

- Convenient one-page index

- Range maps on text pages

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

From its durable, flexible cover to its color-coordinated index, this field guide will serve as an excellent identification resource for experienced and novice lepidopterists. Kaufman (Kingbird Highway) provides butterfly watchers with more than 2,200 digitally edited photographs and an easy-to-use species index-a format that defines the Kaufman Focus Guides. The photographs have been gleaned from scores of skilled nature photographers. Co-author Brock (Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona) brings more than 30 years of butterfly watching around the world to the informative, non-technical writing in the book. The readable capsule narratives are enhanced by the startling clear color images, which make identification of species much easier. The guide offers images of larval (caterpillar) stage butterflies along with details on feeding preferences of butterflies in their different stages of development. It also gives migratory information on these delicate and beautiful creatures. The book ranges geographically from the lower 48 states through Canada and Alaska, with maps provided for all butterflies depicted. These maps also indicate both common and rare species, along with seasonally occurring butterflies. This book will appeal to bird watchers, hikers, gardeners and outdoor enthusiasts.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Based on Kaufman's successful Birds of North America, this guide contains 2300 images.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Vinyl Bound: 392 pages
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (September 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0618768262
  • ISBN-13: 978-0618768264
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Customer Reviews

That was certainly true of the "Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America". Christopher J. Sharpe  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
I checked out this book at the library so many times I thought I'd better get one of my own. J. Millan  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and well-designed June 23, 2003
Format:Paperback
The latest Kaufman Focus Guide, designed for beginners, features a pictorial table of contents, a primer on identification and habitat, butterfly lifecycle and where to find the critters, other butterfly activities, such as gardening and photography, and further sources of information, such as books, websites and organizations. It concludes with an index of larval food plants, an index of scientific names, an index of English names which doubles as a life list and a final one-page quick-find, color-coded index.

In between are 2,300 digitally edited photographs, which have the easy-comparison advantages of paintings, and concise descriptions, with range map and primary larval foodplant. Each page of illustrations also includes an "actual size" figure, which is amazingly useful in the field. Similar species are grouped together for convenient comparison.

This is another practical, well-designed and beautiful addition to the Focus Guide series.

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
According to the preface, Kaufman Guides are "the best and fastest way to get started... to send you outside quickly, putting names on what you find". That was certainly true of the "Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America". Does it work here too?

Firstly, this is the only true field guide to cover every one of the 650 species regularly occurring north of the US-Mexican border. Other comprehensive books exist, like Scott's wonderful "The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide" (on Amazon: ISBN 0804720134), but they are really too heavy and not designed for the field. In contrast, this book is about the same size and shape as the well-known Peterson Field Guides, but with a hardier, flexible cover.

Unlike most Peterson Field Guides, however, the facing-page format allows illustrations, text, and map for each butterfly to be viewed simultaneously at one opening of the book. That is a major advantage. As for the illustrations, Kaufman opts for digitally enhanced photographs over paintings. There are more than 2,200 depictions of butterflies in natural conditions, all of them processed digital images based on photographs of live animals. The plates show the uppersides and undersides of most butterflies, both sexes are illustrated where they differ markedly, and regionally distinct forms are shown too. Range maps show where each species is common or rare and at what time of year.

At the end of the day this is a very welcome addition to the field guide literature and perhaps THE book to take into the field for identifying these insects, especially for beginners. Having said that, I would not be without the superb Peterson Field Guides "A Field Guide to Western Butterflies" and "A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies" (on Amazon: ISBN 0395791529 & ISBN 0395904536 respectively) or the relevant volume of "Butterflies through Binoculars: The West" or "Butterflies through Binoculars: The East" (on Amazon: ISBN 0195106695 & ISBN 0195106687 respectively).

As for caterpillar identification, that is a whole new can of worms and would probably made this book twice as big, not to mention twice as long to write! My feeling is that it may be better to keep the two stages apart and interested readers should refer to the newish "Caterpillars in the Field and Garden : A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America" (on Amazon: ISBN 0195149874).

The Kaufman Guides are a wonderful series - let's hope they keep expanding to cover new subjects.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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I agree with the other reviewers who rated this reference book. It's got thousands of accurate butterfly pictures and it's loaded with information. Unfortunately, I was looking for a book that had a picture of the caterpillar beside each butterfly. This book does not and I am still looking for a book that does. Don't buy it if you need larval stage pictures. This book does not have those pictures.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great photos
Great photos of the butterflies, Good book for anyone wanting to identify butterflies. Helpful infomation about hundreds of North American species.
Published 1 month ago by Carol Mills
5.0 out of 5 stars Butterfly field guide.
This is one of my two favorite butterfly field guides and the one that covers all of North America and is therefore the one that can travel with me. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Quahog
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Identification Book!
This is intuitively laid out, I have an easier time finding what I am looking for with this than I do with most internet resources and certainly easier than any other book I have... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alicia Farrell
5.0 out of 5 stars Field Guide on Butterflies of North America
This is a well put together field guide and will come in handy when trying to identify the many butterflies that come not only to our backyard but also in the various parks we walk... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Walter H. Bauer, Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelllent Resource
Know the difference between a butterfly and a moth? I do now. My wife treasures this book. I bought it for her because I love her. Well written and easy to use.
Published 4 months ago by Charles Hughes
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative book on butterflies
This book has wonderful pictures and full descriptions of the butterflies. Any thing you might want to look up or study is in this book.
Published 4 months ago by evelyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Handy Butterfly Field Book
I go to the Zoo & walk in the Park every day. I love Butterflies and needed a book to look up what I've seen. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jeff T. Klipp
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly detailed
This book provides highly detailed photos of all of North America's butterflies, as well as provides tips on what to look for such as the type of flight, what plants it eats,... Read more
Published 6 months ago by westjonwest
5.0 out of 5 stars Butterflies of North America
This book is excellent. Very inclusive but what I especially like is the locality of each butterfly. This is very helpful.
Published 8 months ago by Rajah's mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Kaufman's Butterfly book
I'm working on the State of Maine's Butterfly survey, and have found the Kaufman book to be a valuable reference guide. Pictures and descriptions are very clear. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Leapntrout
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