Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide: Plates and Maps

by Miguel Lentino, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Robin Restall (Illustrator)

Overview

Volume II of a comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of Northern South America.

It covers all the species, including vagrants, found in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The more than 2,300 species described in Volume I, Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide: Species Accounts, are here accurately depicted in a total of nearly 6,400 images, illustrating every distinct plumage
of every species and subspecies and highlighting key identification features. Concise caption text appears on the plates and distribution maps appear opposite the plates.

This book will not only be an indispensable guide to the visiting birder, but also a vital tool for those engaged in work to conserve and study the avifauna of this region, which is of such importance to both the indigenous species and those which pass through on migration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472981622
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	08/06/2020
Series:	Helm Field Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	656
File size:	75 MB
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About the Author

Robin Restall is author of Munias and Mannikins (Pica Press) and is a Research Associate at the Phelps Museum in Caracas; Clemencia Rodner and Miguel Lentino work at the same museum.
Miguel Lentino works at the Phelps Museum in Caracas.
Robin Restall is author and illustrator of several titles on the birds of South America, including the acclaimed Birds of Northern South America (Helm, 2006), and was also author of Munias and Mannikins (Pica Press, 1996).
Clemencia Rodner works at the Phelps Museum in Caracas.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction
- Objectives of this book
- Taxonomy
- Nomenclature
- Geographical area covered
- Moult and ageing

How to use this guide
- Concept of the book
- The species accounts
- References and citations
- The plates
-The maps
- Abbreviated information
- Errors and corrections
- Bird topography

Plates and Maps

Index
Quick index to the principal groups of birds