Birds of Chile (eBook)

A Photo Guide

Steve N. G. Howell, Fabrice Schmitt (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2018
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-9003-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A cutting-edge photographic field guide to the birds of ChileThis is the first modern-style photographic field guide to the birds of Chile, an increasingly popular destination with birders and naturalists. Compact and easy to carry, pack, and use, Birds of Chile is ideal for curious naturalists and experienced birders alike, providing everything anyone needs to identify the birds they see. Clear photographs and brief, facing-page species accounts highlight what to look for and how to quickly identify species. The photos include both close-ups and birds-in-habitat images to further aid real-life identification. An introduction and maps provide an overview of Chile's geographic regions and their distinctive birdlife. Birds of Chile is also a great resource for birding in nearby countries, especially Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.The first field-friendly photographic guide to the birds of ChileMore than 1,000 real-life photos and brief, facing-page text make bird identification easyOverview and maps describe the distinct bird regions of ChilePerfect for curious naturalists and experienced birders alikeCompact and easy to carry and packAlso a great resource for birding in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru

Autor

Steve N. G. Howell is an international bird tour leader with WINGS and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and Point Blue Conservation Science. He is the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton) and Molt in North American Birds (Peterson Reference Guides). Fabrice Schmitt is an international bird tour leader with WINGS and a lecturer on Ponant Antarctic cruises. He lived in Chile from 2005 to 2015, founded the online birding magazine La Chiricoca, and helped develop the eBird online birding tool for Chile and the rest of South America.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2018
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: American kestrel • Andean condor • Andean gull • Andean hillstar • Andes • Aplomado falcon • Atacama Desert • Austral parakeet • Austral thrush • Avifauna • birding in Chile • bird tours • Birdwatching • Black-billed shrike-tyrant • Black-crowned night heron • Blackish oystercatcher • Black skimmer • black vulture • Bright-rumped yellow finch • brown-hooded gull • Brown skua • Buller's albatross • California quail • cape horn • caracara • Cattle Egret • Central Chile • Chatham albatross • checklist • chilean • Chilean hawk • Chilean swallow • Chilean woodstar • Chimango caracara • Cinclodes • Cinereous harrier • Cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant • Cinnamon teal • Correndera pipit • Coscoroba swan • Darwin's rhea • Des Murs's wiretail • Egret • Elaenia • Fire-eyed diucon • Giant hummingbird • Goose • Great albatross • Great egret • Great shrike-tyrant • Grebe • Grey heron • Guide • gull • Handbook • Harris's hawk • House Wren • Humboldt Current • Humboldt penguin • identifying birds • Imperial shag • Juan Fernandez Islands • lapwing • Laterallus • life list • Magellanic penguin • Magellanic plover • Mollymawk • Mountain caracara • national bird • Neotropic cormorant • Northern royal albatross • Nothofagus • Ovenbird • Oystercatcher • Patagonia • Peruvian pelican • pheasant • Pictures • pipit • plumage • Polylepis • Precordillera • Red-tailed Hawk • Ringed kingfisher • river mouth • Ruddy-headed goose • Salvin's albatross • sandpiper • Santiago • Sheathbill • Shiny cowbird • Short-Eared Owl • Shrike-tyrant • Shy albatross • Silvery grebe • Snowy plover • South America • south american • South American tern • southern Chile • Southern Crested Caracara • Southern Ocean • Spectacled tyrant • Strait of Magellan • tern • Tierra del Fuego • Tinamou • Torrent duck • Turkey Vulture • Variable hawk • Vegetation • Vermilion flycatcher • Westland petrel • White-chinned petrel • White-tailed kite • Yellow-winged Blackbird
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-9003-9 / 1400890039
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-9003-3 / 9781400890033