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A Guide to the Birds of the Galapagos Islands

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 : A Guide to the Birds of the Galapagos Islands

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.298665
EAN: 9780691012254
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 0691012253
Label: Princeton University Press
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: December 23, 1996
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Studio: Princeton University Press




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Product Description:
Made famous by Charles Darwin's work on evolution and speciation, the Galápagos Islands contain an extraordinary wildlife that attracts thousands of visitors today. Those tourists who wish to concentrate on the birdlife now have A Guide to the Birds of the The Galápagos Islands, which offers unprecedented comprehensive coverage. This field guide presents every species to have been recorded within the archipelago, including accidentals and vagrants. Twenty-eight color plates illustrate the species, while four color plates show the key island habitats, with typical bird species for each also depicted. Beautiful line drawings, often showing interesting aspects of bird behavior, complement a concise, accessible, and informative text.

The book describes the morphological aspects that make it possible to identify the birds in the field, and also explains the natural history of the species that are resident to the Islands. An introduction offers information on the weather, topography, and evolution of the Islands and their birdlife. With this guide, all visitors, experts and beginners, will be able to identify and appreciate any species within the unique avifauna of the the Galápagos Islands.



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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Moderetely good
Probably this is one of the few books that regards the avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. The book is not very confortable because the color plates are separated from the species descriptions and there is no page number reference of the description on them: it is difficult to find the bird description corresponding to the plate. Additionally, the numbering of the species descriptions does not reflect the order of the species on the color plates that makes even more difficult the use of the guide ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - THE guide book to birds in the Galápagos
If you want to "do" the birds in depth, this is THE book for learning about the incredible endemics that gave rise to Charles Darwin's theories about evolution, as well as the resident and migrant birds for the "Islas Encantadas". (If what you need is a portable, topical and fairly complete field guide to all the critters here, get "An Identification Guide to the Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galpagos Islands" by Andy Swash et al, ISBN: 0300088647, here on Amazon instead.)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Evolution at its Best!
This guide chronicles all you ever needed to know about the birds of the Galapagos! As a biologist, I am interested in many kinds of books about different species of animals, and this is among the best I have seen about the Galapagos. Hopefully more people who are eco-conscious will decide to buy guides like this one, instead of actually visiting the islands directly, we're leaving too many footprints on a valuable resource. Whether you are dreaming of a trip to the islands, or just plain curious, ... Read More




 

 

 

 

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