Field Guide to the Birds of Chile - Softcover

Jaramillo, Alvaro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713646888 ISBN 13: 9780713646887

Publisher: Christopher Helm Ornithology, 2003

Synopsis

This is a field guide covering all species occurring in the country of Chile. Chile holds a great diversity of habitat types, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south. Chile supports an interesting range of breeding and visiting birds, including nine species found nowhere else in the world. This guide features concise, identification-focused text positioned opposite the colour plates to allow quick and easy reference. Detailed distribution maps are provided for every species, completing the essential field guide to the birds of this spectacular and tourist-friendly country. 'This is the best field guide published thus far to the birds of southern South America.' www.worldtwitch.com (June 2004)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Rarely does a field guide of this caliber debut as its country's first. Birds of Chile offers not just perfect field-portability, beautiful and accurate artwork with facing text, and clarity and conciseness throughout: it presents genuinely new scholarship on the field identification of several cryptic and difficult groups, as well as on the modern geographic distribution of Chile's birds. Those who bird Chile will find the combined brilliance of Jaramillo, Burke, and Beadle indispensable in the field and by the fireside."--Ned Brinkley, Editor, North American Birds

About the Author:

Alvaro Jaramillo was born in Chile, and during his ornithological career he has studied birds and led birding tours all over North and South America. His other books include New World Blackbirds (Helm).

About this edition

• Publisher: Christopher Helm Ornithology
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0713646888
• ISBN 13: 9780713646887
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240