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Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica. |  | Authors: Martin R. de la Pena, Maurice Rumboll
Creators: Gustavo Carrizo, Aldo A. Chiappe, Jorge R. Mata
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 240175
Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0691090351
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.098
EAN: 9780691090351
ASIN: 0691090351
Publication Date: 1998
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Product Description
South America, though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent, has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers. Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica illustrates and describes all the known species--more than 1,000 of them--in a vast swath of this underexplored birder's paradise, from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay to parts of Antarctica. Just some of the birds it covers are teals, tinamous, chachalacas, conebills, cuckoos, macaws, parakeets, parrots, penguins, nightjars, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, tyrants, and tanagers. The habitats range from torrid rainforests and cloudforests to grasslands, the world's driest desert, second highest mountain range, and ice caps. The 97 color plates depict each species' male in breeding plumage, with the female and young often shown as well. On the facing page are concise textual descriptions of each species, highlighting not only salient physical features and behavioral patterns but the calls or songs of each. Casual birders and ornithologists contemplating a journey to the region, or simply interested in a one-volume overview of its bird life, will not want to miss this book.
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 Excellent! April 8, 1999
59 out of 65 found this review helpful
(From Planeta magazine) - Every bird species you may come across in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruaguay and southern Boliva and Brazil is described here, with more than 1,000 species illustrated in color. The text compliments the visuals, providing info about habitat, sounds and identification features. Excellent!
Great field guide for Argentina and neighboring countries. October 1, 2009
Renee Polizotto
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This field guide was an excellent addition to our trip to Argentina (Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls National Park). It is easy to transport in a backpack (small and not too heavy) and the color plates make it relatively easy to identify the birds we saw. In addition, the geographic plates were useful so we could determine if the birds were usually found in the regions we visited. Furthermore, the names were given in both English and Spanish which made communicating with the local guides much easier. I highly recommend this field guide to anyone traveling in southern South America.
Good companion in the field December 24, 2007
MIHALY BAKO (TOWSON, MD, US)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've seen this book used by field guides in the Pantanal in both places I was visiting. I noticed how fast they were finding the information they needed during our trips. I found it very comprehensive and even if I might not have the chance to return to Brazilia I bought it as a reference for my photos taken there and also to learn more about birds. Although I've seen some comments about the accuracy of some pictures I recommend it because of its rich content well organized in a small size book which can be used effectively on the field.
 a good guide for visiting birders January 30, 2003
Kevin Wheeler (St. George, UT United States)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
This guide is good; probably the best available for the region. The birders I ran into (even a park ranger) had this guide. It is a convenient size, fitting easily in my cargo-shorts pockets while both hands held my binoculars. It describes most of species (I found a few exceptions, eg. Gray Gull, but it is fairly complete). I did find that some of the illustrations were somewhat simplistic. More detailed descriptions would be useful, but could also negatively affect the weight of the book. I used it in Parque Nacional Iguazu and los Esteros del Ibera, and it served its purpose well.
A good area guide March 5, 2006
P. Reese (MUNCIE, IN USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a very good guide. The thing I like most about it is its size. It is actaully smaller than "Birds of North America". It is a field guide not a desk reference like Howell and Webb "Birds of Mexico", that is about 3x larger or Hilty "Birds of Venezuela" 4x larger. These two books are actually too large to use as field guides. Many rip out the illustrations and bind them separately, because the books are too big to lug around. The only reason it did not receive 5 stars is because the range maps are in the back of the book. But "Birds of Costa Rica" does not even have range maps and it is considered excellent by many.
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