Birds of Chile
Alvaro Jaramillo
Illustrated by Peter Burke and David Beadle

Winner of WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Book - South America

Paper | 2003 | $29.95 / £17.95
Cloth | 2003 | $67.50 / £40.00
288 pp. | 5 5/6 x 8 1/4 | 97 color plates. 97 maps.

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This is the essential new field guide to the birds of Chile. Representing a great diversity of habitats, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south, Chile is the breeding ground or temporary abode of 473 known species including 9 found nowhere else in the world. Birds of Chile covers them all, embracing not only the mainland but points offshore such as Easter Island as well as the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, plus the Falklands and South Georgia. In addition to being a friendly and fruitful birding destination in its own right, Chile is the starting point for many Antarctic cruises.

Succinct, identification-focused text and distribution maps share a page opposite each of the 97 color plates to allow quick and easy reference. Between the boldfaced English name and the scientific name comes the Spanish name as used in Chile; this is important, for birders will find their quest far more enjoyable and effectual if they can explain to Chileans exactly what they are looking at, think they are looking at, or hope to be looking at.

Since Chile's list of resident species is yet far from conclusive, vagrants and rarities are also included. Indeed, some birds once thought to be accidentals in Chile have since proved to be regulars, including the Westland Petrel, Least Sandpiper, Cliff Swallow, and Golden-billed Saltator. Compact, comprehensive, and easy to use, Birds of Chile is the essential field guide to the birds of this spectacular and tourist-friendly country.

• The essential new field guide to the birds of Chile
• 97 color plates with succinct text and maps on facing pages for quick reference and easy identification
• All 473 known species breeding in or visiting Chile, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the south
• Also covers points offshore such as Easter Island as well as the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, plus the Falklands and South Georgia
• Compact, portable, and user-friendly

Endorsement:

"Rarely does a field guide of this caliber debut as its country's first. Birds of Chile offers not just perfect field-portability, beautiful and accurate artwork with facing text, and clarity and conciseness throughout: it presents genuinely new scholarship on the field identification of several cryptic and difficult groups, as well as on the modern geographic distribution of Chile's birds. Those who bird Chile will find the combined brilliance of Jaramillo, Burke, and Beadle indispensable in the field and by the fireside."--Ned Brinkley, Editor, North American Birds

Table of Contents:

Preface 6
Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 10
How to Use this book 11
Habitats and eco-geography of Chile 15
Migration and vagrancy 18
Notes on seabirds 18
Field identification 19
Conservation 25
Glossary 26
Topography 27
Colour plates and species accounts 28
Appendix: Taxonmic notes 222
References 232
Scientific index 234
Spanish index 237
English index 239

Another Princeton book by Peter Burke:

• New World Blackbirds: The Icterids.

Other Princeton books by David Beadle:

• Sparrows of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide.
• Tanagers, Cardinals, and Finches of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide.

Another Princeton book by Alvaro Jaramillo:

• New World Blackbirds: The Icterids.

Series:

• Princeton Field Guides

Subject Areas:

• Biological Sciences
• Birds and Natural History

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Cloth: Not for sale in the Commonwealth (except Canada) and the European Union
Paper: Not for sale in the Commonwealth (except Canada) and the European Union

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For customers in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Asia, and Australia
Paper: $29.95 ISBN13: 978-0-691-11740-9
Cloth: $67.50 ISBN13: 978-0-691-00499-0

For customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India
Paper: £17.95 ISBN13: 978-0-691-11740-9
Cloth: £40.00 ISBN13: 978-0-691-00499-0

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