Birds of Central America - Andrew Vallely, Dale Dyer

Birds of Central America

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Buch | Hardcover
584 Seiten
2018
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-13801-5 (ISBN)
114,70 inkl. MwSt
The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central AmericaBirds of Central America is the first comprehensive field guide to the avifauna of the entire region, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Handy and compact, the book presents text and illustrations for nearly 1,200 resident and
The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central America

Birds of Central America is the first comprehensive field guide to the avifauna of the entire region, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Handy and compact, the book presents text and illustrations for nearly 1,200 resident and migrant species, and information on all rare vagrants. Two hundred sixty detailed plates on convenient facing-page spreads depict differing ages and sexes for each species, with a special focus on geographic variation. The guide also contains up-to-date range maps and concise notes on distribution, habitat, behavior, and voice. An introduction provides a brief overview of the region’s landscape, climate, and biogeography.

The culmination of more than a decade of research and field experience, Birds of Central America is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the bird life of this part of the world.




Detailed information on the entire avifauna of Central America

260 beautiful color plates

Range maps, text, and illustrations presented on convenient facing-page spreads

Up-to-date notes on distribution supported by an extensive bibliography

Special focus on geographic variation of bird species

Andrew C. Vallely is a naturalist who has worked and traveled extensively in Central America. Dale Dyer is an ornithological illustrator who has contributed to many books on birds, including Birds of Peru and All the Birds of North America. Vallely and Dyer are currently field associates in the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Princeton Field Guides
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Reisen Reiseführer Nord- / Mittelamerika
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-691-13801-X / 069113801X
ISBN-13 978-0-691-13801-5 / 9780691138015
Zustand Neuware
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