Robin Restall, Juan Freile

Field Guide to the Birds of Ecuador (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The definitive field guide to the rich avifauna of Ecuador.

This up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the birds of mainland Ecuador is a valuable resource for anyone exploring the mountains, forests and wetlands of this incredibly bird-rich country. With thousands of beautiful and detailed paintings, accompanied by concise descriptions and accurate maps, this is an indispensable guide to bird identification in Ecuador.

It covers every species and most subspecies recorded in Ecuador, including migrants and vagrants, with accurate and up-to-date distribution maps. There are also 291 colour plates included, which illustrate more than 1,630 species, with text on facing pages for quick and easy reference. Concise text provides an overview of the species' identification, voice, habits, habitats, range, distribution and status.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472972491
• Artikelnr.: 56834823

Autorenporträt

Robin Restall is author and illustrator of several titles on the birds of South America, including the acclaimed Birds of Northern South America (Helm, 2006), and was also author of Munias and Mannikins (Pica Press, 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
How to use this book
Geography and Climate: an overview
Bird Diversity Patterns
Conservation
Bird Topography
Plates and Species Accounts
Appendix 1: Potential Species List
Appendix 2: Checklist of the Birds of Ecuador
References
Index