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Brazil's bird diversity is one of the richest in the world. And yet there has never been a comprehensive field guide to this splendid and elusive avifauna. Until now.The carefully vetted text and images are the first to cover the full range of bird life in this vast and varied country. The more than 1800 up-to-date accounts treat the Yellow-nosed Albatross to the Sombre Hummingbird, the Ash-throated Gnat-eater to the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Nighthawks and Jacamars to Motmots, Puffbirds, and Peppershrikes. They are all here--every species and many subspecies found in each region of Brazil--with special attention given to the 218 Brazilian endemics. The book is laid out so that the illustrations sit across from the commentary and the distribution maps, so it is easy to use. Also, the author uses short-hand notation throughout, to make the book compact and easy to carry when in the field. For each bird, the scientific, English, and Portuguese name are given as well as detailed information on…
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- Title A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil
- Author Ber Van Perlo
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, NY
- Date 2009-10-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780195301557 / 0195301552
- Weight 2.26 lbs (1.03 kg)
- Dimensions 9.31 x 7.3 x 0.99 in (23.65 x 18.54 x 2.51 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Library of Congress subjects Birds - Brazil
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008018823
- Dewey Decimal Code 598.098
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