A Guide to the Birds of Panama – With Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras - Softcover

Ridgely, Robert S.; Gwynne, John A.

 
9780691025124: A Guide to the Birds of Panama – With Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691025126 ISBN 13: 9780691025124
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This is the first paperback version of the second edition of the popular A Guide to the Birds of Panama. In the second edition, published in 1989, the authors expanded information on the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras: approximately 200 new species were added to the material in the 1976 edition. Over 300 additional species, some of them Panamanian, were illustrated. Sixteen new plates were added, and three of the original plates were replaced by improved versions. Throughout the book changes were made to accommodate the explosion in knowledge of the birds of Panama and nearby areas and of neotropical birds in general. The basic sequence and systematics of the AOU 1983 Check-list were adopted. Also included in the revised edition was expanded and updated information on birdfinding in Panama, prepared with the assistance of two of Panama's best resident birders. The book also contains a special section outlining developments in Panama ornithology and conservation. "A sophisticated treatment of one of the world's richest avifaunas."--The Quarterly Review of Biology

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About the Author

Robert S. Ridgely is director and president emeritus of Rainforest Trust and one of the world’s leading authorities on the birds of South and Central America. His books include The Birds of Ecuador and The Birds of South America. John A. Gwynne is a leading bird artist whose books include Birds of Venezuela (Princeton).

From the Back Cover

this is the authoritative field guide to Panama birds, now completely revised and expanded to include all the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691025126
ISBN 13 
9780691025124
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
656

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