A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras

Robert S. Ridgely & John A. Gwynne

ISBN 10: 0691085293 / ISBN 13: 9780691085296

Published by Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1989

About this Item

An excellent condition hardcover of 'A Guide to the Birds of Panama: with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras' by Robert S. Ridgely and John A. Gwynne. Clean blue boards, with silver titles to the spine and map endpapers. Features 48 colour plates and over 1000 species throughout. A tight, bright, and clean copy of 534pp, with an unclipped dust jacket and no inscriptions. (16x24cm).

Seller Inventory # 248

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691085293
• ISBN 13: 9780691085296
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

This is the first paperback version of the second edition of the popular A Guide to the Birds of Panama. In the second edition, published in 1989, the authors expanded information on the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras: approximately 200 new species were added to the material in the 1976 edition. Over 300 additional species, some of them Panamanian, were illustrated. Sixteen new plates were added, and three of the original plates were replaced by improved versions. Throughout the book changes were made to accommodate the explosion in knowledge of the birds of Panama and nearby areas and of neotropical birds in general. The basic sequence and systematics of the AOU 1983 Check-list were adopted. Also included in the revised edition was expanded and updated information on birdfinding in Panama, prepared with the assistance of two of Panama's best resident birders. The book also contains a special section outlining developments in Panama ornithology and conservation.

From the Back Cover

this is the authoritative field guide to Panama birds, now completely revised and expanded to include all the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras.