Where to Watch Birds in South America (eBook)

Nigel Wheatley (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2014
432 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6401-0 (ISBN)

Infos

A unique field guide and reference, Where to Watch Birds in South America is designed to help the avid birder and the general wildlife enthusiast organize eventful journeys throughout the richest continent for birds, where the species number over three thousand. This book covers more than two hundred of the best sites for birdwatching, and includes the archipelagos of Trinidad and Tobago, the Galapagos and Falkland Islands, the Netherland Antilles, and part of Antarctica. The reader will find details of every species that is endemic to particular countries, and will learn where and when best to see such birds as the scarlet ibis, Andean condor, harpy eagle, sunbittern, macaw, toucan, jacamar, antbird, and cotinga. The text is enhanced by nearly one hundred maps and fifty line drawings. There are even hints as to where species not seen for decades may be rediscovered.This guide begins with an introduction to the continent and its birds then deals with particular countries and archipelagos. The site details include bird lists, a list of other wildlife present, and the latest advice on where to look for birds. For the traveler, there is information on transport, accommodations, safety, and health, and answers to various strategic questions: Which countries support the most species? How many sites must be visited to see most of them? How long does this take? When is the best time to go? Whether a first-time visitor to South America or a seasoned traveler there, the reader will find this guide immensely useful in making the most out of the trip.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Zusatzinfo: 50 line drawings 100 maps
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Agami heron • Albatross • Amazonian umbrellabird • amazon rainforest • Andean avocet • Andean condor • Andean flamingo • Andean gull • Andean lapwing • Andes • Antarctic petrel • Antarctic prion • Antarctic tern • Antbird • Atlantic Forest • Austral blackbird • Austral parakeet • Bananal antbird • bird hide • Black-bellied storm petrel • Black-billed mountain toucan • Black-browed albatross • Black-chested buzzard-eagle • Boat-billed heron • Bolivia • Bolivian blackbird • Brown-backed mockingbird • Burrowing parrot • California quail • Central Chile • Channel-billed toucan • Chilean flamingo • Chilean flicker • Chilean mockingbird • Chinstrap Penguin • Cinereous harrier • Cobalt-winged parakeet • Dark-winged trumpeter • Diademed sandpiper-plover • Dolphin gull • Ecuador • Endemic Bird Area • endemism • Forbes's blackbird • Grey-breasted seedsnipe • Grey-winged trumpeter • Guanay cormorant • Guianan gnatcatcher • Harpy eagle • hummingbird • Inca tern • Jet antbird • King vulture • Magellanic penguin • Magellanic plover • Magellanic Woodpecker • Maguari stork • Mangrove cuckoo • McConnell's flycatcher • Muscovy duck • Neotropic ecozone • Nocturnal curassow • Oasis hummingbird • Oilbird • Olrog's gull • Patagonia • Peruvian meadowlark • Peruvian pelican • Peruvian recurvebill • Puna grassland • Rainforest • Rio de Janeiro antbird • Rufous-bellied seedsnipe • Rufous nightjar • Saffron-cowled blackbird • seabird • Silky-tailed nightjar • Slate-coloured hawk • Slaty-backed forest falcon • South America • Southern antpipit • Southern martin • Southern pochard • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands • South polar skua • Sunbird • Tapaculo • Temperate forest • Thorn-tailed rayadito • Toco Toucan • Torrent duck • Toucan • Toucan barbet • Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests • Two-banded plover • Uruguay • Venezuela • Vulturine parrot • waterfowl • Wilson's storm petrel
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6401-1 / 1400864011
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6401-0 / 9781400864010