A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-530155-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 1027 g

Reihe: Oxford University Press

This book is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Brazil, featuring 187 beautifully drawn full-color plates with 1796 species accounts, including a distribution map for each species. The volume contains information on bird features, habitat, calls, and species distribution, and pays special attention to the species endemic to Brazil. Species names are given in both English and Portuguese, and frequently used terms are translated in an appendix.

Autoren/Hrsg.

van Perlo, Ber

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Lists of Plates

- Preface

- Acknowledgments

- Introduction

- 1: Brazil: The Area Covered

- 1.1: Country Profile

- 1.2: Biogeography

- 1.2.1: Climate

- 1.2.2: Geomorphology

- 1.2.3: Natural Vegetation

- 2.: Brazil: The Birds

- 2.1: Classification and Names

- 2.2: Field Identification

- 2.2.1: Plates

- 2.2.2: Captions

- 2.2.3: Distribution Maps

- 2.3: Short Introduction to Selected Bird Groups and Families of the Neotropics

- 2.3.1: Worldwide Families and Groups

- 2.3.2: Typical American Families and Groups

- Symbols, Abbreviations, and Glossary

- Parts of a Bird

- SPECIES ACCOUNTS, PLATES, AND DISTRIBUTION MAPS

- PROTECTED AREAS OF BRAZIL

- NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER REFERENCES

- Appendix 1: The Endemics of Brazil

- Appendix 2: English-Portuguese Dictionary

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ber Van Perlo graduated from the Agricultural University of Wageningen and worked as a geographer and physical planner for the Dutch National Forest Service until 1991. He has a lifelong interest in birds and has published and/or illustrated 7 titles on bird identification.

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