The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II. Field Guide.

Ridgely, Robert S.; Greenfield, Paul J.

ISBN 10: 0801487218 / ISBN 13: 9780801487217

Verlag: Comstock Publishing Ass, Ithaca, NY, 2001

Beschreibung

HEAVY. xvii, 740pp, index, bibliography, hundreds distribution maps, 96 col plates, num bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Prev owners initials on first (blank) page. Superb field guide with many many hundreds of species illustrated in colour in the 96 colour plates. Size: Sml 4to.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 014044

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II. Field Guide.
• Verlag: Comstock Publishing Ass, Ithaca, NY
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0801487218
• ISBN-13: 9780801487217
• Einband: Soft Cover
• Auflage: First Paperback.
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Birds

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Many of us can only long to travel to exotic birding places in South America,... but Ridgely and Greenfield live the dream and generously share it with us through their exquisite writings and paintings.... In summary, this is a thorough and thoughtful production that not only provides useful and complete information, but does so in a user-friendly manner.... The decades-long wait for these volumes has been worth it!― Birders Journal

The Birds of Ecuador comprehensively treats the nearly 1600 species of birds that can be found in mainland Ecuador.

The authors describe Ecuador this way: "One of the wonders of the natural world. Nowhere else is such incredible avian diversity crammed into such a small country.... Birds are, happily, numerous in many parts of Ecuador: even the downtown parks of the big cities such as Quito and Guayaquil host their complement."

Volume I, Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy, contains:

• detailed information on the ecology, status, and distribution of all speciesintroductory chapters deal with geography, climate, and vegetationbird migration in EcuadorEcuadorian ornithologyendemic bird areas in Ecuadorand conservation

Individual species accounts treat habitat, distribution, and taxonomy.

Volume II, Field Guide, contains:

• 96 full-color plates and facing pages of descriptive texta color map of Ecuador2 line drawings of bird anatomy115 silhouette outlinesand nearly 1600 distribution maps

All species are illustrated in full color, including migrants and vagrants and visually distinctive subspecies. The text focuses on the field identification aspects of each species, including their behavior, vocalizations, and nest appearance.

The two volumes are available separately or may be purchased as a slipcased set.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert S. Ridgely is a world-renowned ornithologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the author of Birds of Panama and Birds of South America. Paul J. Greenfield has been studying and painting the birds while residing in Ecuador for 28 years. Frank B. Gill is Senior Vice President of Science for the National Audubon Society, former President of the American Ornithologists' Union, and the author of Ornithology.