A field handbook covering one of the most bird-rich countries in the world - Venezuela. Over 1300 species are described and illustrated in the work, which is a completely reworked new edition of the Princeton title A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela", first published in 1978. The text of that book has been replaced with a new text by another author. Of the 67 plates, 27 are new, and the volume as a whole is over twice the length of its predecessor. Unlike the earlier title, this guide includes a distribution map for every ...
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A field handbook covering one of the most bird-rich countries in the world - Venezuela. Over 1300 species are described and illustrated in the work, which is a completely reworked new edition of the Princeton title A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela", first published in 1978. The text of that book has been replaced with a new text by another author. Of the 67 plates, 27 are new, and the volume as a whole is over twice the length of its predecessor. Unlike the earlier title, this guide includes a distribution map for every species, using shading for wide-ranging species and locality dots for rarer birds."
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As new. Princeton University Press, 2003. First printing. 878pp., index, bibliography, color illustrations. 8vo. As new unread softcover, uncreased spine.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Light shelf wear to edges and corners of cover and spine. Binding remains tight and pages are clean and unbent. Very good used reading condition.
If you want to travel to Venezuela or the Guyana's (including Surinam) and you are curious what kind of birds there are flying all over your head, you must buy this book. With beautiful drawings of the birds this book will guide you through the overwhelming amount of species of birds living in the northern part of South America. Because it is a book about birds in Venezuela only the regions in Venezela where a bird can be found is described. But it give you an idea in what kind of landscape a certain bird can be found, so it could also be used for the other countries in that region.
