'Everyone who works with South American birds, whether amateur birder of professional ornithologist, will want a copy... I hope that everyone will appreciate the tremendous amount of work that went into its completion. The authors are to be congratulated. I strongly recommend The Birds Of South America.'
'Everyone who works with South American birds, whether amateur birder of professional ornithologist, will want a copy... I hope that everyone will appreciate the tremendous amount of work that went into its completion. The authors are to be congratulated. I strongly recommend The Birds Of South America.'
Robert S. Ridgely, a leading ornithologist and author of A Guide to the Birds of Panama and The Birds of Ecuador, is Deputy Director of World Land Trust-US. He has served on numerous conservation-related boards, and currently is especially involved with Fundación Jocotoco in Ecuador, of which he is president. Guy Tudor, a MacArthur Fellow and well-known bird artist and naturalist, was the principal illustrator of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela and A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.
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1. Preface 2. Acknowledgments 3. Abbreviations 4. Plan of the Book 5. Migration 6. Conservation 7. The Plates 8. The Suboscines, Order Passeriformes * Ovenbirds: Furnariinae * Woodcreepers: Dendrocolaptinae * Typical Antbirds: Thamnophilidae * Ground Antbirds: Formicariidae * Gnateaters: Conopophagidae * Tapaculos: Rhinocryptidae * Tyrant Flycatchers: Tyranninae * Manakins: Piprinae * Cotingas: Cotinginae 9. Bibliography 10. Index to English Names 11. Index to Scientific Names