Miguel Lentino, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner

Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide

Plates and Maps
Illustrator: Restall, Robin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This authoritative book will not only be an indispensable guide to the visiting birder, but also a vital tool for those engaged in work to conserve and study the avifauna of this region, which is of such importance to both the indigenous species and those which pass through on migration.

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Produktdetails

• Helm Field Guides
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1568g
• ISBN-13: 9780713672435
• ISBN-10: 0713672439
• Artikelnr.: 21886985

Autorenporträt

Robin Restall is author of Munias and Mannikins (Pica Press) and is a Research Associate at the Phelps Museum in Caracas; Clemencia Rodner and Miguel Lentino work at the same museum.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
- Objectives of this book
- Taxonomy
- Nomenclature
- Geographical area covered
- Moult and ageing
How to use this guide
- Concept of the book
- The species accounts
- References and citations
- The plates
-The maps
- Abbreviated information
- Errors and corrections
- Bird topography
Plates and Maps
Index
Quick index to the principal groups of birds