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Books : Birds of Peru (Princeton Field Guides)In association with Amazon.comby: Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P. O'Neill, Theodore P., III Parker  List Price: $49.50 Amazon.com's Price: $32.67 You Save: $16.83 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 598.0985 EAN: 9780691049151 ISBN: 0691049157 Label: Princeton University Press Manufacturer: Princeton University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 656 Publication Date: October 15, 2007 Publisher: Princeton University Press Studio: Princeton University Press Sales Rank: 33504 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Nearly eighteen hundred different bird species--one fifth of the world's birds--have been recorded in Peru. Birds of Peru is the most complete and well-researched field guide to this rich and fascinating diversity. It illustrates every one of the 1,792 species and shows the distinct plumages of each. It includes 304 superb, high-quality color plates directly opposite concise descriptions and color distribution maps, making it much easier to use in the field than standard neotropical field guides. The detailed text discusses key identification features, status, distribution, and vocalizations for all species, and many subspecies. This field guide enables users to identify all species found in Peru, and is also useful throughout much of western South America, particularly southeastern Colombia, southern Ecuador, western Brazil, Bolivia, and northern Chile. Birds of Peru is an indispensable resource for birdwatchers, biologists, naturalists, and conservationists working or traveling in Peru and South America.
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 Rating:  - A few complaintsThe fact that this is hard cover just makes it more difficult to carry around and a little heavier. The index is terrible on two accounts. The printing is very small and the scientific names are included with the common names. It is very difficult finding the bird in the index. Princeton would have done much better to have followed Cornell's examples of an index. Rating:  - very good, excellent!It is a very good book, because I served as stew for my field research bird as an ornithologist, I wholeheartedly recommend this guide for all fans of the birds as well as those q working with birds. Rating: - Superb field guide-great illustrationsThis new book is excellent and substantial. The text points out field mark details, and describes habitat preference and relative abundance. The bird illustrations (done by a team) are beautifully drawn and look like living birds, not flat representations. Plates are well laid-out and easy to scan, and text and range maps for each species are on the opposite page. Good and often entertaining vocal descriptions are included for every bird. As a guide to an extremely diverse area this ... Read More Rating: - Birds of PeruA fantastic resource for anyone considering a birding trip to Peru. Provides hours of great armchair birding as well as you skim through the plates and study the sometimes agonizingly subtle differences between species and sub-species. Great distribution maps as well which would prove valuable in planning your trip. Enjoy! Rating: - impressive resourceThis book is clearly an incredible achievement. The only reason I am posting a review is to point out that I'd like to see at least some birds' names in Spanish (like the Jaramillo guide for Chile). After all, there are people there too. Browse for similar items by category:
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