birds of the National Capital Territory and the surrounding areas
that can be covered within a day’s birding excursion from the city.
Delhi is one of the most bird-rich national capitals in the world
with more than 470 bird species. Sudhir Vyas’s The Birds of the
Delhi Area provides a superb insight into broader aspects of
the birds seen – beyond identification – to contextualize their
presence in the Delhi area, their habitat, distribution and to sum
up the current state of our knowledge of their status, and changes
in status over the past decades. An indispensable book for bird
watchers in and around Delhi as well as those interested in the
avifauna of one of India’s bird-rich regions.