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Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica.
Maurice Rumboll Martin R. de La Pena
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Description for Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica.
Paperback.
South America, though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent, has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers. Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica illustrates and describes all the known species--more than 1,000 of them--in a vast swath of this underexplored birder's paradise, from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay to parts of Antarctica. Just some of the birds it covers are teals, tinamous, chachalacas, conebills, cuckoos, macaws, parakeets, parrots, penguins, nightjars, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, tyrants, and tanagers. The habitats range from torrid rainforests and ... Read more
South America, though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent, has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers. Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica illustrates and describes all the known species--more than 1,000 of them--in a vast swath of this underexplored birder's paradise, from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay to parts of Antarctica. Just some of the birds it covers are teals, tinamous, chachalacas, conebills, cuckoos, macaws, parakeets, parrots, penguins, nightjars, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, tyrants, and tanagers. The habitats range from torrid rainforests and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691090351
SKU
V9780691090351
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Maurice Rumboll Martin R. de La Pena
Martín R. de la Peña, a veterinarian and ornithologist, studies the reproduction of birds, on which he has published three books, alongside a dozen others, in his native Argentina. He has also produced several films on the life of birds. Maurice Rumboll, one of Argentina's top naturalists, directs environmental education programs for students and plans interpretive trails, brochure texts, and ... Read more
Reviews for Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica.
"[A]n outstanding field guide that covers a vast geographic area and includes a wealth of information for more than 1,100 species of birds... It should be purchased by anybody interested in the birds of southern South America."
Floyd E. Hayes, Auk
Floyd E. Hayes, Auk