Field Guide to the Birds of Venezuela
Helm (Verlag)
978-1-4081-0535-1 (ISBN)
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Covering the sixth largest avifauna in the world, this guide is essential for anyone exploring the diverse habitats of this beautiful South American country as well as Guyana, northern Brazil and west Suriname. Birds of Venezuela - complete with authoritative text and superb colour plates - ensures that this top birding destination is accessible to all.
This field guide has 248 colour plates illustrating more than 1,400 species, covering racial, sexual and seasonal plumage variations. Accompanying text is placed on facing pages for easy reference providing key information, voice and status of all species and subspecies found in the region, including Venezuela's 45 endemic species. Detailed colour distribution maps are provided for every species.
David Ascanio is Venezuela’s top field birder. He has travelled extensively throughout Venezuela and elsewhere in the neotropics, and has field experience of almost every species in the book. He runs his own travel agency in Venezuela and has led bird tours for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours for more than thirty years. Gustavo Rodriguez is an experienced Venezuelan ornithologist who has been leading birding tours since 1996. He has written and coauthored several articles on birds of Venezuela. Robin Restall is the senior author and sole illustrator of the acclaimed Birds of Northern South America (Helm, 2006), and was also author of Munias and Mannikins (Pica Press, 1996). He has provided all of the illustrations for this field guide.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
How many bird species are there in Venezuela?
Geography, climate and major regions
Maps of Venezuela
Description of habitats
Bird identification
Bird topography
How to use this book
Abbreviations
Glossary
Family accounts
Plates and species accounts (1-248)
Appendices
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Helm Field Guides |
| Zusatzinfo | 248 colour plates |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 1053 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Südamerika | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4081-0535-7 / 1408105357 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4081-0535-1 / 9781408105351 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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