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Title: The Birds of South America: The Suboscine Passerines (Birds of South America) by Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor, William L. Brown, World Wildlife Fund ISBN: 0-292-77063-4 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Bird Book Ever?
Comment: This book ranks as one of the greatest achievements in ornithology ever. It puts in perspective some of the most perplexing and difficult groups of birds with sublime artistry, comprehensive text along with distributional data and beautiful maps. It is a pleasure to have it as a reference even if like the average mortal I may never get a chance to see but a small fraction of the birds covered. Use it as a reference to both plan and make notes before your trip. The vastness of the continent and the diversity of the birdlife of South America is now opened up for all to see; this is the book to launch a thousand expeditions into the bird continent and to make new discoveries.
Rating: 5
Summary: Who could want for more?
Comment: This book is definitely one of the best books about birds I've ever seen. Personal experience, combined with the experience of others, plus a tremendous knowledge of the species, make this book even surpassing the first volume.
Mr. Tudor must have spent at least two lifetimes as well in collections as in the field to present us with these drawings which show both the necessary details and the natural position of the bird. To perform this, you should not only be an excellent painter, but have thorough knowledge of the birds as well.
It's such a pity that apparently they're not succeeding in finishing the series, given the fact that it is eight years since this volume has appeared and the site of the editor states "No release date has been set for the remaining volumes". guess they're too busy observing the birds ;-)
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive work on South American birds
Comment: This book, and its companion volume are the first part of a promised 4 volume work on South American avifauna. These books are wonderfully detailed, beautifully illustrated, and worth every penny of the purchase price. I am a bird book fanatic and have enjoyed these books as much as any of the other books in my collection. One of the other reviewers mentioned these as field guides. In my opinion, they are definitely not field guides- way to massive. I imagine myself lugging these two babies through a lost corner of some rainforest in Brazil. They are heavy when dry but once they became soaked, they would probably kill you. These are wonderful books but not field guides. They are reference works written and illustrated by some of the most respected experts in the business.
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Title: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica. by Pena Martin ISBN: 0691090351 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Where to Watch Birds in South America by Nigel Wheatley ISBN: 0691070466 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Birds of Chile (Princeton Field Guides (Paperback)) by Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke, David Beadle ISBN: 0691117403 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide by Louise H. Emmons, Francois Feer ISBN: 0226207218 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Birds of Ecuador: Field Guide (Birds of Ecuador (Paperback)) by Robert S. Ridgely, Paul J. Greenfield ISBN: 0801487218 Publisher: Comstock Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $52.95 |
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