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| Birds of South America: Non-Passerines: Rheas to Woodpeckers (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) | 
| Authors: Francisco Erize, Maurice Rumboll
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 74708
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 376
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0691126887
EAN: 9780691126883
ASIN: 0691126887
Publication Date: September 25, 2006
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Product Description
Here in an easy-to-use format is the first guide to the nearly 1,300 species of non-passerine South American birds. It complements Robert Ridgly and Guy Tudor's large reference volumes on the passerines (1,800 species), which will soon be available in a single-volume field guide format. One of things that makes this book special is its use of masterful and alluring illustrations; most neotropical birders will want the book for the illustrations alone. The text concentrates on the key identification features of each species and follows the layout of other books in this series. The book may be used in conjunction with regional and country field guides. - First guide to nearly 1,300 species
- Easy-to-use format
- Complements volumes on passerine birds
- Contains key identification features
- More than 150 color illustrations
- More than 1,270 maps
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 Birds of South America February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As non bird watcher, I bougth this to revieuw all the birds I saw on a recent trip to Peru. It is a good book. The only limitation is that only the Non-Passerines are shown, so I will need to buy another book to be complete. I miss an explanation in the introduction off what are passerine and non-passerine birds.
Great to have them together July 29, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great to have all the non-passerine birds (non-songbirds) together in one booklet, for the most bird-rich continent in the world. Especially handy for those countries that still don't have good field guides, but also handy for comparing species across country boundaries.
The paintings are very nice, and the birds have their natural pose, something we are missing in the latest field guides. The distribution maps are bit small, but still adequate.
For any lover of Southamerican birds, the quality of the paintings alone is worth the purchase of this book, with 1300 species.
 compact and complete January 24, 2007
The book is really complete, with very nice draws of the species listed, and some interesting information about each group and species.
all inclusive January 14, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
this book contains all the non passerine birds in S. America, although it doesn't give in depth descriptions of them it is much easier to use than my five pound book that coveres half of the passerines.
Excellent book January 9, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The book is worth every cent you pay for. The plates by Jorge Rodriguez-Mata are very very good and acurate. The taxonomic classification is not 100% updated, but that is not a real problem.
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