Screen LibraryBirds of peru : revised and updated edition /
Birds of Peru is the most complete and authoritative field guide to this diverse, neotropical landscape. It features every one of Peru's 1,817 bird species and shows the distinct plumages of each in 307 superb, high-quality color plates. Concise descriptions and color distribution maps are loca...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2010] ©2010 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Revised and Updated. |
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Princeton field guides
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400834495 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9781400834495.jpg |
| Summary: |
Birds of Peru is the most complete and authoritative field guide to this diverse, neotropical landscape. It features every one of Peru's 1,817 bird species and shows the distinct plumages of each in 307 superb, high-quality color plates. Concise descriptions and color distribution maps are located opposite the plates, making this book much easier to use in the field than standard neotropical field guides. This fully revised paperback edition includes twenty-five additional species. A comprehensive guide to all 1,817 species found in Peru--one fifth of the world's birds--with subspecies, sexes, age classes, and morphs fully illustrated Designed especially for field use, with vivid descriptive information and helpful identification tips opposite color plates Detailed species accounts, including a full-color distribution map Includes 25 additional species not covered in the first edition Features 3 entirely new plates and more than 25 additional illustrations. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (664 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781400834495 |
| Index Number: | QL689 |
| CLC: | Q959.7 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to Use this Book -- Topography of Peru -- Habitats of Peru -- Glossary of Bird Topography -- Molts and Plumages -- Cautionary Note Regarding Seabird Identification -- Conservation -- Plate 1-85 -- Plate 86 - 160 -- Plate 161 - 235 -- Plate 236 - 307 -- Vocal Credits -- Vocal References -- Artists Credits -- Index. |