Birds of Chile
A Photo Guide
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2018
240 pages
978-1-4008-9003-3 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Fixed format
Illustrations
1,087 color photos. 3 maps.
1,087 color photos. 3 maps.
ISBN-13
978-1-4008-9003-3 (9781400890033)
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Book
05/2018
Princeton University Press
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Persons
Steve N. G. Howell is an international bird tour leader with WINGS and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and Point Blue Conservation Science. He is the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton) and Molt in North American Birds (Peterson Reference Guides). Fabrice Schmitt is an international bird tour leader with WINGS and a lecturer on Ponant Antarctic cruises. He lived in Chile from 2005 to 2015, founded the online birding magazine La Chiricoca, and helped develop the eBird online birding tool for Chile and the rest of South America.
Content
- Cover
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- How to Use This Book
- Area and Species Covered
- Format
- Abbreviations and Some Terms Explained
- Introduction
- Geography, Habitat, and Bird Distribution
- Migration
- Taxonomy and English Names
- Species Accounts and Plates
- Swimming Waterbirds
- Flying Waterbirds
- Walking Waterbirds
- Gamebirds and Allies
- Raptors and Owls
- Larger Landbirds
- Aerial Landbirds
- Songbirds
- Appendix: Rare and Local Species
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
