Field Guide to the Birds of Ecuador

by Robin Restall, Juan Freile

Overview

The definitive field guide to the rich avifauna of Ecuador.

This up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the birds of mainland Ecuador is a valuable resource for anyone exploring the mountains, forests and wetlands of this incredibly bird-rich country. With thousands of beautiful and detailed paintings, accompanied by concise descriptions and accurate maps, this is an indispensible guide to bird identification in Ecuador.

· Covers every species and most subspecies recorded in Ecuador, including migrants and vagrants, with accurate and up-to-date distribution maps.

· 291 colour plates illustrating more than 1,630 species, with text on facing pages for quick and easy reference.

· Concise text covering identification, voice, habits, habitats, range, distribution and status.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408105337
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	05/08/2018
Series:	Helm Field Guides
Pages:	656
Sales rank:	1,028,665
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Juan Freile has been birding throughout Ecuador over the last 20 years, has published more than 80 bird-related papers and books, and works on a wide array of environmental issues.

Robin Restall is an acclaimed bird artist, whose works include the magisterial Birds of Northern South America (Helm, 2006).

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction
How to use this book
Geography and Climate: an overview
Bird Diversity Patterns
Conservation
Bird Topography

Plates and Species Accounts
Appendix 1: Potential Species List
Appendix 2: Checklist of the Birds of Ecuador
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Wins friends from the outset ... very appealing, with enough detail to identify all but the most cryptic birds ... Next time [I visit Ecuador] it'll be Freile & Restall in my backpack.” —Dominic Mitchell, Birdwatch

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