Deforestation and poaching of young are threatening the survival of hill mynah populations. Effective wildlife management and conservation policy must be based on the best available biological information, and research is the best way to obtain these information to develop a practical conservation and management program for this species.

“The Hill Mynah in Thailand : A 30-year Study. Behavioral Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology” a book resulting from decades of fieldwork integrating with laboratory experiments will help readers to understand the behavior and life history of hill mynah. It tells readers where the bird nests, who build the nest, how many eggs the bird lays, what they look like, which parent incubates, for how long and how the young are cared for. Readers will also find information about display and mating plus the three new hill mynah groups which are morphologically different from the two recognized subspecies. These three new groups are believed to have been the results of the hybridization of the two existing subspecies.

The author traveled extensively to field locations both within and without the country to collect ecological data on hill mynah and to examine specimen at museums with the objectives of comparing the morphological traits of different populations of hill mynah. The amount of research and time that have gone into this book is astounding with the range of topics covered. The depth of information included, the superb illustrations, color photographs, graphs and tables that nicely complement the text. Overall, this book is very informative and is useful not only to professional wildlife biologists, resource managers who work with birds and ecologists, but also ornithology students and anyone with an interest in hill mynah and/or beautiful books.

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