I usually like to bring a field guide with me on a birding trip. Our June trip to French Polynesia was originally scheduled for Feb 2015 and I brought it forward to June 2014 after concerns about award availability and potential devaluations. I booked the flights in May so had no time to order a suitable guide book. If I had, this is the one I would have gone for. There aren’t a lot of birding guides for this region but I am familiar with the Princeton series and they consistantly deliver excellent products.
Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific: (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) Paperback – July 25, 2011
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