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Books : Birds of Mexico and Central America (Princeton Illustrated Checklists)In association with Amazon.comby: Ber van Perlo  List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $19.77 You Save: $10.18 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 598.0972 EAN: 9780691120706 ISBN: 0691120706 Label: Princeton University Press Manufacturer: Princeton University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: July 03, 2006 Publisher: Princeton University Press Studio: Princeton University Press Sales Rank: 99617 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Birds of Mexico and Central America is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird in Central America from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Written and illustrated by Ber van Perlo, this handsome work covers more than 1,500 species. Information on key identification features, habitats, songs, and calls is included as are distribution maps showing each species' location and prevalence. Enhanced with ninety-eight color plates, the book provides illustrations of all plumages for the adult males and females as well as the juveniles of each species. Illustrations appear opposite their relevant text for quick and easy reference. Comprehensive and highly portable, this guide is a must for any birdwatcher visiting the region.
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 Rating:  - small but powerful!!!I birded several Mexico places with this little fieldguide booklet.. it was perfect for me!... I had experience birdng (not good book for the beginner or amateur) so it was eeezy.. in fact, better, faster, greater than birding a year or two later with the big MEXICO and CENTRAL AMERICA field guide...even illustrations are not as good as in other Princeton illustrated mini field guides, they were enough good to ID all species in the field...nice book, worth!! Rating: - useful supplemental toolOne reviewer mentioned "openly envious" Howell & Webb users. I think that may be a bit of hyperbole. I am one of those people who have separated the Howell & Webb plates (from a worn copy) for use in the field. I also carry the old Peterson & Chalif guide when birding down Mexico way, but the Howell-Webb plates volume is easily the most used. This illustrated checklist by Van Perlo really doesn't change that. It is what it claims to be: an illustrated checklist. It helps a birder ... Read More Rating:  - Great for in-field use, not so great otherwise...This is one of the most compact field guide to Mexican birding that I own. That's about it's best virtue. The illustrations are tiny, poorly layed out, and sometimes incorrect (that's the part that really bugs me - sometimes the illustrations flub key details). I suspect it's not the illustrator's fault, but rather the editorial and layout which seeked to create the minimum number of plates needed. As an example of equivalent size/species count done better look at National Geo's field guide, or Sibleys. ... Read More Rating: - bird watchingJust the right guide, especially when used with "A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas: Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador" Rating: - Just one more illustrated checklistWith 15 birds, and sometimes more, by plate; illustrations are very small and the one under an other ! The text of 3 lines is front of the illustration ... 3 lines is not a description. Browse for similar items by category:
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