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A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil
Ber Van Perlo
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Description for A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, numerous colour plates, maps and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; PSVW6. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1024.
This book is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Brazil, featuring 187 beautifully drawn full-color plates with 1796 species accounts, including a distribution map for each species. The volume contains information on bird features, habitat, calls, and species distribution, and pays special attention to the species endemic to Brazil. Species names are given in both English and Portuguese, and frequently used terms are translated in an appendix.
This book is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Brazil, featuring 187 beautifully drawn full-color plates with 1796 species accounts, including a distribution map for each species. The volume contains information on bird features, habitat, calls, and species distribution, and pays special attention to the species endemic to Brazil. Species names are given in both English and Portuguese, and frequently used terms are translated in an appendix.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195301557
SKU
V9780195301557
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-99
About Ber Van Perlo
Ber Van Perlo graduated from the Agricultural University of Wageningen and worked as a geographer and physical planner for the Dutch National Forest Service until 1991. He has a lifelong interest in birds and has published and/or illustrated 7 titles on bird identification. Books by the Same Author: Birds of Eastern Africa Birds of ... Read more
Reviews for A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil
"Van Perlo's book can be considered the best bird field guide produced so far for Brazil due to a combination of its light weight and small size, thorough coverage of species, and generally good quality and useful plates, text, and range maps."
The Quarterly Review of Biology "This latest publication of a field guide to Brazilian birds moves the bar a ... Read more
The Quarterly Review of Biology "This latest publication of a field guide to Brazilian birds moves the bar a ... Read more