Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition

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Princeton University Press, May 24, 2010 - Nature - 656 pages

The best guide to the birds of Peru—now in a revised paperback edition

Birds of Peru is the most complete and authoritative field guide to this diverse, neotropical landscape. 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. Concise descriptions and color distribution maps are located opposite the plates, making this book much easier to use in the field than standard neotropical field guides. This fully revised paperback edition includes twenty-five additional species.

  • A comprehensive guide to all 1,817 species found in Peru—one fifth of the world's birds--with subspecies, sexes, age classes, and morphs fully illustrated
  • Designed especially for field use, with vivid descriptive information and helpful identification tips opposite color plates
  • Detailed species accounts, including a full-color distribution map
  • Includes 25 additional species not covered in the first edition
  • Features 3 entirely new plates and more than 25 additional illustrations
 

Selected pages

Contents

02 BofPeru Plates 115 pp3059
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03 BofPeru Plates 1631 pp6091
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04 BofPeru Plates 3248 pp92125
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05 BofPeru Plates 4963 pp126155
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06 BofPeru Plates 6478 pp156185
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07 BofPeru Plates 7993 pp186215
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08 BofPeru Plates 94108 pp216245
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09 BofPeru Plates 109123 pp24675
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13 BofPeru Plates 169183 pp366395
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14 BofPeru Plates 184198 pp396425
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15 BofPeru Plates 199213 pp42655
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16 BofPeru Plates 214228 pp45685
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17 BofPeru Plates 229243 pp486515
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18 BofPeru Plates 243258 pp516545
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19 BofPeru Plates 259273 pp546575
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20 BofPeru Plates 274288 pp576605
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10 BofPeru Plates 124138 pp276305
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11 BofPeru Plates 139153 pp30635
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12 BofPeru Plates 154168 pp33665
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21 BofPeru Plates 289307 pp606643
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22 Endmatter pp644664
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Copyright

Other editions - View all

Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition
Thomas S. Schulenberg,Douglas F. Stotz,Daniel F. Lane,John P. O'Neill,Theodore A. Parker III
Limited preview - 2010
Birds of Peru
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Snippet view - 2007

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2010)

Thomas S. Schulenberg is a research associate at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Douglas F. Stotz is an ornithologist and conservation ecologist at the Field Museum in Chicago. Daniel F. Lane and John P. O'Neill are illustrators and field ornithologists, and both are research associates at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Lane also leads Field Guides birding tours. Theodore A. Parker III, who worked throughout Peru before his death in 1993, was the premier neotropical field ornithologist of his time.

Bibliographic information

TitleBirds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition
Volume 63 of Princeton Field Guides
AuthorThomas S. Schulenberg
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherPrinceton University Press, 2010
ISBN069113023X, 9780691130231
Length656 pages
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