Ber van Perlo

A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Brazil, featuring 187 beautifully drawn full-color plates with 1796 species accounts, including a distribution map for each species. The volume contains information on bird features, habitat, calls, and species distribution, and pays special attention to the species endemic to Brazil. Species names are given in both English and Portuguese, and frequently used terms are translated in an appendix.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 177mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1169g
• ISBN-13: 9780195301540
• ISBN-10: 0195301544
• Artikelnr.: 27234882

Autorenporträt

Ber van Perlo is the author and illustrator of numerous popular field guides including Birds of Eastern Africa, Birds of Southern Africa, Birds of Western and Central Africa, and Birds of Mexico and Central America. Until 1991 he worked as a geographer and physical planner for the Dutch National Forest Service.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates
Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
1 Brazil: The Area Covered
1.1: Country Profile
1.2: Biogeography
1.2.1: Climate
1.2.2: Geomorphology
1.2.3: Natural Vegetation
2 Brazil: The Birds
2.1: Classification and Names
2.2: Field Identification
2.2.1: Plates
2.2.2: Captions
2.2.3: Distribution Maps
2.3: Short Introduction to Selected Bird Groups and Families of the Neotropics
2.3.1: Worldwide Families and Groups
2.3.2: Typical American Families and Groups
Symbols, Abbreviations, and Glossary
Parts of a Bird
SPECIES ACCOUNTS, PLATES, AND DISTRIBUTION MAPS
PROTECTED AREAS OF BRAZIL
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER REFERENCES
Appendix 1: The Endemics of Brazil
Appendix 2: English-Portuguese Dictionary
Index