Field guide to Birds of Costa Rica: Second Edition - Brossura

Garrigues, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1472916530 ISBN 13: 9781472916532

Casa editrice: Helm, 2014

Riassunto

A comprehensive and up-to-date field guide to the birds of Costa Rica.

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Richard Garrigues is a naturalist and author who has been birding since the age of sixteen, when a close encounter with a Black-and-white Warbler walking up a tree trunk just a few feet away from him in suburban New Jersey made a lasting impression. He has lived in Costa Rica since 1981 and has become one of its best-known bird-tour leaders, leading to his co-writing Birds of Costa Rica with the artist Robert Dean.

Robert Dean is an ornithologist and artist specialising on the birds of Central America. Dean has illustrated field guides to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. A former musician, Dean rose to prominence as a member of the British new wave band Japan from 1975 to 1981 before moving to Monteverde, Costa Rica and pivoting from music to exquisite bird art.

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Graced with bounteous natural beauty Costa Rica has become a popular destination for travellers from all over the world. Birds play a prominent role in attracting visitors, too. The shimmering quetzals, gaudy macaws, and comical toucans that populate tourism posters only begin to hint at the impressive avian diversity to be found throughout this small country. The principal objective of this book is to help you correctly identify birds in Costa Rica. Each family of birds is introduced by a brief description that should help the novice birder determine to which group a bird belongs. Nearly every species is illustrated by one or more images, as needed. Corresponding to each species' illustration is a written account on the facing page. The account begins with the unique field marks to look for that will distinguish each species from similar ones. Following the description is information about status, distribution and vocalisation. Most species accounts include a a map showing the distribution within Costa Rica. This new edition features 903 species in total, including 64 that are illustrated here for the first time. The 174 colour plates include 360 new images from artist Robert Dean. The text and maps have been fully updated to ensure that this guide is the definitive field guide for anyone visiting Costa Rica.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Helm
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1472916530
• ISBN 13: 9781472916532
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Disegnatore: Dean Robert
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 440
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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