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Kaufman Field Guide To Butterflies Of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides, 0) Hardcover – Illustrated, September 1, 2006
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- Includes 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
- Print length392 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMariner Books
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 2006
- Dimensions4.5 x 0.62 x 7.5 inches
- ISBN-100618768262
- ISBN-13978-0618768264
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Editorial Reviews
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"Even better than his very good bird guide. This is the best butterfly guidebook I have seen." Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"A terrific book for anyone interested in butterflies." Pittsburg Post Gazette
"This book sets a new level in natural history ID field guides." - Hank Brodkin, author of Butterflies of Arizona, and member, North American Butterfly Association —
About the Author
KENN KAUFMAN, originator of the Kaufman Field Guide series, is one of the world’s foremost naturalists.
Product details
- Publisher : Mariner Books; Illustrated edition (September 1, 2006)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 392 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0618768262
- ISBN-13 : 978-0618768264
- Item Weight : 1.28 pounds
- Dimensions : 4.5 x 0.62 x 7.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #34,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in Biology of Butterflies
- #25 in Trees in Biological Sciences
- #142 in Biology (Books)
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About the authors

Kenn Kaufman is a legend among birders. A field editor for AUDUBON and a regular contributor to every major birding magazine, he is the youngest person ever to receive the Ludlow Griscom Award, the highest honor of the American Birding Association. His natural history pursuits have taken him to all seven continents, but he has made a special study of North American birds. His books include KINGBIRD HIGHWAY, LIVES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, the PETERSON FIELD GUIDE TO ADVANCED BIRDING, in addition to originating the KAUFMAN FIELD GUIDE series, which includes books on birds, butterflies, mammals, and insects. He resides in Rocky Ridge, Ohio.

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Says hardcover, but was a paperback.
Still a nice book that isn't too big.
Says hardcover, but was a paperback.
Still a nice book that isn't too big.
I shoot a lot of nature pictures and wanted to identify the butterfly and moth shots I was getting. I have several other guides - National Audubon Field Guide to Insects & Spiders - Golden Guide to Butterflies & Moths, Peterson First Guide to Butterflies & Moths. But the Kaufman book makes it easy to find and identify a species and to find the very subtle differences between very similar butterflies.
The pictorial table of contents makes it easy to understand various groupings of butterflies. I saw one review critical for the taxonomic system the book uses... the relevant thing for me, as an amateur, was to be able to quickly and easily make an identification and to have accurate information to distinguish between many different butterflies that look very much alike. This book definitely fills the bill. As another reviewer mentioned, it would certainly have been nice to have caterpillars included - but few things are perfect.
If you just want to identify butterflies - this is the book to get!
All the top ratings this book has received prove it is the best investment you'll ever make. This edition includes rarities from my area of south Texas that everyone north of me can only drool or should I say dream about. Anyone who comes to south Texas will get to see several hundred butterflies identified in this book. Durable indeed and it fits into the back pocket of your jeans too!
Now if we could only convince the authors to publish one that includes photos of each butterfly species egg, caterpillar stages, chrysalis and larval host plants! I'd need a wheelbarrow to haul it around no doubt but I'd surely never need to buy any other butterfly or caterpillar book!
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It is structured perfectly, with descriptive text and range maps adjacent to the colour plates, so no need to flip pages from plates to text as required by the National Audubon Society Field Guide (my other favourite). When a plate image looks similar to specimen sighted, a quick glance at the range map immediately allows for rejecting the way-out-of-range butterflies as a possible id.
Great detail on Male & Female butterfly identification where different colouration and patterns exist, as well as on variations within the species, geographical and otherwise.
Very comprehensive, with more species shown than any other guide I use.
The vinyl cover, can take a beating. Great print and paper quality. A real handy tool and a winner.
Thank you Jim & Kenn for a product that reflects your passion for bringing butterfly observation and identification out of the realm of entomology specialists.









