The Birds of Ecuador, Volumes I-II: Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy & Field Guide

Ridgely, Robert S.; Greenfield, Paul J.

ISBN 10: 0801487226 / ISBN 13: 9780801487224

Published by Comstock Publishing Associates (A Division of Cornell University Press), Ithaca, NY, 2001

About this Item

First trade paperback printing, slipcased two volume set, both of the books have a minor skew starting to their binding, and very slight wear to their spine ends and cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, bright and clean, Very Good+ two volume set, housed in a like slipcase, which has light bumps to the corners, and uneven sunning with rubbing and a few faint smudges to the panels.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Birds of Ecuador, Volumes I-II: Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy & Field Guide
• Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates (A Division of Cornell University Press), Ithaca, NY
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801487226
• ISBN 13: 9780801487224
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Paperback.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase (Very Good +)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History
  • Reference
  • Latin America

About this title

Synopsis

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 species. Introductory chapters deal with geography, climate, and vegetation; bird migration in Ecuador; Ecuadorian ornithology; endemic bird areas in Ecuador; and conservation. Individual species accounts treat habitat, distribution, and taxonomy.

Volume II, Field Guide, contains 96 full-color plates and facing pages of descriptive text, a color map of Ecuador, 2 line drawings of bird anatomy, 115 silhouette outlines, and 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.

About the Author

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.