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Designed especially for field use, "Birds of Peru" is the guide against which all others for the New World tropics will be judged (Don Stap, "Audubon"). It features every one of Peru's 1,817 bird species and shows the distinct plumages of each in 307 superb, high-quality color plates.

Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-10069113023x

ISBN-139780691130231

eBay Product ID (ePID)109126555

Product Key Features

Number of Pages664 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

IllustratorYes

AuthorJohn P. O'neill, Thomas S. Schulenberg, Daniel F. Lane, Theodore A., III Parker

Book SeriesPrinceton Field Guides

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight33.1 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.8 in

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GroupTrade

Reviews" Birds of Peru will be a great addition to any birder's library. You never know if buying this field guide is the gentle nudge that you need to purchase a plane ticket to Lima. I hope someday that my copy is battered and stained from an epic birding trip to Peru."-- Radd Icenoggle, Radleyice blog, "Part of the excellent Princeton University Press field guide series, the book describes and illustrates 1,817 species of birds to be found in Peru. It's concise (at 664 pages!), well-designed, and worth a look (just take it off the store shelf and page through it) because it demonstrates the extraordinary variety of the bird world." --Jim Williams, Minnesota Star Tribune, A Major Accomplishment, A Major Accomplishment -- Birder's World, [T]He Guide Against Which All Others for the New World Tropics Will Be Judged., This is definitely a book I want to put to good use someday when I hopefully get to travel to Peru to see some of these birds. This guide is also highly recommended . . . for its great illustrations, range maps and easy to use layout., Birds of Peru provides a complete and awesome guide to identify Peruvian birds. -- Birdwatching Binoculars, Be assured that when I make my journey to Peru this summer . . . that I will be toting a copy of Birds of Peru at all times. -- John E. Riutta blog, "Rarely in the history of tropical ornithology have so many waited so long and so eagerly for a field guide to appear. . . . The end result of this long process is a spectacular addition to the literature on South American birds. The plates are superb, the guide is easy to use in the field, the range maps are informative and accurate, and the text is concise while still including essential information." --Scott K. Robinson, Auk, [A] worthy successor to the original edition. . . . The plates are amazingly thorough, again considering the extent of the task involved in covering more than 1,800 species. Each facing page has a species account and map. The text for each species is limited to about one-sixth of the page, and the maps are small, but these features make this 664-page volume a real 'use-in-the-field' book. It's quite an accomplishment. Highly recommended for anyone venturing to this part of the world--how will they top this? -- Bluebird's Laugh blog

Dewey Edition22

Publication Date2010-05-24

Foreword byAntonio Brack Egg

Lccn2006-052700

Dewey Decimal598.0985

Edition DescriptionRevised

Lc Classification NumberQl689.P5

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