Hi Stephen
Yes MacKinnon is still the only field guide. There is also a good photo guide. It doesn’t have everything but it is helpful.
You can pick it up at most airports. Jakarta (Garuda) has a book shop next to Roti Boy. “Buns to Die for”. 
I have a name of a guide in Yogya if you are interested. He took me up GN Merapi for a morning. Also the coast is worth a look.
Regards
Steve Potter
Bird Tours SA
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From: “Stephen Ambrose” < stephen@ambecol.com.au
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bird Field Guide Book for Java
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Hi All,
I may be heading to Java (Yogyakarta to be precise) on a business trip later
this year and I’m looking for the best bird field guide book for the region.
I have the 2004 reprint of MacKinnon, J. & Phillipps, K. 1993. A Field Guide
to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali (Oxford University Press,
Oxford), but I wondered if there are other field guides that are just as
useful or better. MacKinnon & Phillipps has texts describing distributions,
but does not contain maps, plus the main text is in a separate part of the
book to the plates . I’m also guessing that the taxonomy is a bit dated.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Stephen
Stephen Ambrose
Ambrose Ecological Services Pty Ltd
Ryde NSW
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