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A brand new, comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of Venezuela, covering all 1,400 species.Covering the sixth largest avifauna in the world, this important new guide is essential for anyone exploring the diverse habitats of this beautiful South American country as well as Guyana, northern Brazil and west Suriname.
Birds of Venezuela - complete with authoritative text and superb colour plates - ensures that this top birding destination is accessible to all.
This field guide has 248 colour plates illustrating more than 1,400 species, covering racial, sexual and seasonal plumage variations. Accompanying text is placed on facing pages for easy reference providing key information, voice and status of all species and subspecies found in the region, including Venezuela's 45 endemic species. Detailed colour distribution maps are provided for every species.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
How many bird species are there in Venezuela?
Geography, climate and major regions
Maps of Venezuela
Description of habitats
Bird identification
Bird topography
How to use this book
Abbreviations
Glossary
Family accounts
Plates and species accounts (1-248)
Appendices
References
Index
About the author
David Ascanio is Venezuela’s top field birder. He has travelled extensively throughout Venezuela and elsewhere in the neotropics, and has field experience of almost every species in the book. He runs his own travel agency in Venezuela and has led bird tours for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours for more than thirty years.The late Gustavo Rodriguez was a Venezuelan ornithologist and tour-leader. He was a co-author of the Helm field guide, Birds of Venezuela. Robin Restall (1937–2023) was an author and illustrator. Originally a draughtsman, Robin’s development as an ornithology artist began with his love of cagebirds, which led to his first book, Munias and Mannikins (1996). He became a Research Associate at the Phelp Ornithological Collection in Caracas, Venezuela, where he conceived and painted the art for his masterpiece, the two-volume Birds of Northern South America, which featured his illustrations of 2,300 species. Published in 2006, this book remains a magnificent testament to Robin’s powers of observation and illustration. It went on to provide the basis for several other field guides, notably to Ecuador and Venezuela, both of which remain the standard works.
Summary
A comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of Venezuela, covering all 1,400 species.
Covering the sixth largest avifauna in the world, this guide is essential for anyone exploring the diverse habitats of this beautiful South American country as well as Guyana, northern Brazil and west Suriname. Birds of Venezuela - complete with authoritative text and superb colour plates - ensures that this top birding destination is accessible to all.
This field guide has 248 colour plates illustrating more than 1,400 species, covering racial, sexual and seasonal plumage variations. Accompanying text is placed on facing pages for easy reference providing key information, voice and status of all species and subspecies found in the region, including Venezuela's 45 endemic species. Detailed colour distribution maps are provided for every species.
Foreword
A comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of Venezuela, covering all 1,400 species.
