Birds of Chile
de Alvaro Jaramillo (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691004994
47.31 € / 310.33 FF
This is the essential new field guide to the birds of Chile. Representing a great diversity of habitats, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south, Chile is the breeding ground or temporary abode of 473 known species including 9 found nowhere else in the world. Birds of Chile covers them all, embracing not only the mainland but points offshore such as Easter Island as well as the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, plus the Falklands and South Georgia. In addition to being a friendly and fruitful birding destination in its own right, Chile is the starting point for many Antarctic cruises.Succinct, identification-focused text and distribution maps share a page opposite each of the 97 color plates to allow quick and...

Birds of Chile
de Alvaro Jaramillo (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691117403
25.77 € / 169.04 FF
This is the essential new field guide to the birds of Chile. Representing a great diversity of habitats, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south, Chile is the breeding ground or temporary abode of 473 known species including 9 found nowhere else in the world. Birds of Chile covers them all, embracing not only the mainland but points offshore such as Easter Island as well as the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, plus the Falklands and South Georgia. In addition to being a friendly and fruitful birding destination in its own right, Chile is the starting point for many Antarctic cruises.Succinct, identification-focused text and distribution maps share a page opposite each of the 97 color plates to allow quick and...

Life List: A Birdwatcher's Life List and Diary of North American Birds
de Bernard A. Fashingbauer (Ed. Syren Book Company) Isbn : 0929636244
14.15 € / 92.82 FF
This is the essential companion to your field guide, whether you're a serious or casual birder. Each North American species is listed by common and scientific name. Space is provided to record when and where a specimen was sighted, along with other essential notes. Silhouettes in the margin key the sections containing each bird Order. Each species is also indexed by common and scientific name. Based on the American Ornithologists Union Checklist, Sixth Edition, 832 Entries.

Seabirds: An Identification Guide
de Peter Harrison, Tory Harrison (Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company) Isbn : 0395602912
24.60 € / 161.37 FF
This is the definitive book on the seabirds of the world, describing virtually all the known species. Illustrated in color.

Birds Of Australia
de Ken Simpson (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691120498
33.03 € / 216.66 FF
This is the completely revised seventh edition of Australia's best field guide, with more than 500,000 copies sold over its lifetime. In 132 color plates of remarkable beauty and precision, Nicolas Day has captured the details of all of Australia's 760 birds. Succinct text by Ken Simpson and other experts gives key points of identification, as well as information about the birds' abundance and patterns of movement. Every species text is accompanied by a detailed map showing the boundaries of breeding and non-breeding populations. This updated edition includes sixteen new or revised color plates, all new distribution maps with subspecies shown, and more than 900 black-and white-illustrations. The Vagrant Bird Bulletin has been extended to include 74 species, while a useful breeding summary ...

Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Paleartic
de Stanley Cramp (Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 019857505X
69.24 € / 454.18 FF
This is eighth volume of an authoritative nine-volume reference work that covers birdlife in the whole of the Western Palearctic--including all of Europe as well as the Middle East to Turkey, Iran, and Jordan, and part of Africa. Part VIII: Crows to Finches contains 73 comprehensive species descriptions, with sections devoted to field characteristics, habitat, distribution, mortality, population, movements, food, social pattern and behavior, breeding, voice, plumages, moults, measurements,...

Birds in Counties: An Ornithological Bibliography of the Counties of England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man
de David K. Ballance (Ed. World Scientific Publishing Company) Isbn : 1860941575
101.89 € / 668.35 FF
This is an ornithological bibliography for the counties of England, Wales, and Scotland and for the Isle of Man. It includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas, from a county down to a back garden or a gravel pit. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology. There has been no comprehensive national publication of this kind since Mullens, Swann and Jourdain's Geographical Bibliography in...

Pheasants
de P. A. Robertson (Ed. Voyageur Pr) Isbn : 0896583619
25.01 € / 164.05 FF
This is an invaluable, easy-to-read reference on pheasants that provides the most current information on how pheasants live, their distinctive and unusual breeding behavior, and the habitats in which they fare best. Peter Robertson offers a complete exploration of pheasants worldwide, based largely upon the pioneering studies that he and his colleagues have undertaken since 1980. You're sure to benefit from his thorough practical guidance and important insights. Also recommended: Eagles: Masters of the Sky, Raptors: North American Birds of Prey, Owls, Hummingbirds, Bluebirds Forever, North American Wading Birds.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Southwestern India
de R. J. Ranjit Daniels (Ed. Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)) Isbn : 0195637267
33.37 € / 218.89 FF
This is an authoritative field guide to the birds of southwestern India. The guide details a total of 508 species of birds, with descriptions covering size, color, general shape, unique behaviour (if any), call and habitat. Maps, text figures, and black-and-white and color plates are featured throughout. For easy identification in the field, a brief description of the family precedes each set of related species, and locations are illustrated for ease of reference.

A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa
de Nik Borrow, Ron Demey (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691095205
62.60 € / 410.63 FF
This is a major new guide covering the birds of all western African countries, from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central African Republic and south to Congo. No other field guide covers this region exclusively and in such comprehensive depth. A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa describes 1,285 species, representing the entire avifauna of the region. There are 147 original color plates, all painted by the same leading illustrator, comprising over 3,000 figures and depicting almost all the species described. The detailed species accounts cover all identification criteria, including differences between similar species, voice, habits, habitat, breeding, distribution, and status. The text also features color distribution maps for over 1,100 species, and numerous line ...