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Birds in Brazil
Helmut Sick Illustrated by Paul Barruel
Here is a substantially revised and updated English-language version of the only comprehensive,scientific treatment of Brazil's 1635 bird species.Written by the then dean of Brazilian ornithologists and published in Brazil in 1985,it not only lists every individual Brazilian species and provides detailed accounts for most of them but also gives an extensive treatment of the characteristics of each bird family found in the country.In addition,it analyzes the composition of Brazil's avifauna and relates it to the country's geography.
"Helmut Sick was one of the most dedicated and active ornithologists ever to work in South America...(This book is) of great scientific value,yet adopting the best ideas from 'old fashioned' natural histories,and it will stand as a fitting epitaph to its author.It is certainly enjoyable and informative."..The Environmentalist
Cloth covers;1993.932pp.48 colour illustrations,15 halftones,262 line illustrations,51 maps,3 tables.
Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
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£19.99
Illustrated by Gustavo Carrizo,Aldo A.Chiappe,Luis Huber,and Jorge R.Mata
mapSouth America,though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent,has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers.Birds of Southern South America and Antartica illustrates and describes all known species-more than 1,000 of them-in a vast swath of this underexplored birder's paradise,from Argentina,Chile,Bolivia,Paraguay,southern Brazil,and Uraguay to parts of Antarctica.Just some of the birds it covers are teals,tinamous,chachalacas,conebills,cuckoos,macaws etc etc.The habitats range from torrid rainforests and cloudforests to grasslands,the world's driest desert,second highest mountain range,and ice caps.The 97 colour plates depict each species' male in breeding plumage,with the female and young often shown as well.On the facing page are concise textual descriptions of each species,highlighting not only salient physical features and behavioural patterns but the calls or song of each.
Casual birders and ornithologists contemplating a journey to the region,or simply interested in a one-volume overview of its bird life,will not want to miss this book.
Paperback;2001.304pp.97 plates.over 1000 maps.
A guide to theBirds of Puerto Rico
£19.99
This is arevised edition of a widely praised guide to the birds of the largest of the Caribbean islands and the neighboring Virgin Islands.It includes detailed accounts of all 284 well-documented species known to occur in the region,273 being illustrated.The book also contains specific sections entitled "Biogeography" and "Conservation" to foster an appreciation of the uniqueness of the region's wildlife and to develop an awareness of local conservation issues.The section "Places to Bird" will help make the stay of short-term visitors more productive.The book also substantially updates the data on avian distribution and abundance in the region covering records through November 1988.From reviews of the first edition.."This well-illustrated volume is a must for any student of birds visiting Puertp Rico or the Virgin Islands"--Chandler S.Robbins,The Quaterly Review of Biology.
Paperback:1989.272pp.25 colour plates.16 b/w plates.7 Maps.
A Guide to the
BIRDS OF PANAMA
This is the first paperback version of the second edition of the popular A guide to the birds of Panama.In the second edition,published in 1989,the authors expanded information on the birds of Costa Rica,Nicaragua,and Honduras: approximately 200 new species were added to the material in the 1976 edition.Over 300 additional species,some of them Panamanian,were illustrated.Sixteen new plates were added,and three of the original plates replaced by improved versions.Throughout the book,changes were made to accomodate the explosion in knowledge of the birds of Panama and nearby areas of neotropical birds in general.The basic sequence and systematics of the AOU 1983 Check-list were adopted.Also included in the revised edition was expanded and updated information on birdfinding in Panama,prepared with the assistance of two of Panama's best resident birders.The book also contains a special section outlining developments in Panama ornithology and conservation.
* See also Wetmore A. ' The Birds of the Republic of Panama'.
Paperback;1992.412pp.
A Guide to the
Birds of Columbia
£40.00
"A new standard has been set for South American field guides by this book.Hilty and Brown have done an extraordinary job compiling comprehensive information on the approximately 1,700 bird species found in Columbia."--The quarterly Review of Biology
Paperback;996pp.1986.
Birds of
New Guinea
£35.00
"This book is not only indispensable to any bird-watcher visiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands,but, owing to the wealth of its information,it will be of great interest to anyone who is seriously interested in birds."----American Scientist
Paperback;1986.295pp.47 colour plates.
BIRDS
This is the first comprehensive guide to the birds of the Seychelles,a spectacular archipelago of 115 islands north of Madagascar.It describes and illustrates every species for the first time-more than 250 in all-and gives extended species accounts for all 66 breeding species.These accounts cover breeding biology and,for all indigenous species,threats and conservation.The volume also offers the first detailed accounts of all 26 Sychelles endemics,including their origins,in popular form.
Given the archipelago's location,almost any European migrant can turn up in the Seychelles.This makes it all the more remarkable that the authors consider every species recorded to date,as well as unrecorded potential vagrants.Beautiful colour plates and clear plumage details,as well as information on confusion species,are included to aid identification by sex and age.
This is a valuable reference for anyone contemplating a trip to this popular birding destination or anyone with an interest in the natural history of the western Indian Ocean region.
Paperback;320pp.53 colour plates,23 line drawings.250 maps.2001. *See also Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands
a field guide to
The Birds of
Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific
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HB
This is the first field guide to the identification of the birds found among the islands of the Tropical Pacific,including the Islands of Fiji,South East Polynesia and Micronesia,Samoa and Tonga.It is intended both as a reference for the expert and as an introduction to birding in the region for the novice.With Island Checklists.
Hardback,497pp.43 colour plates.two colour plates of native plants.Figures,maps etc.£60.00 or paperback £29.95
