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Chile Bird Books
Birds
of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego & Antarctic Peninsula
Fieldguide
to the Birds of Chile
Birds
of the Beagle Channel & Cape Horn. An Identification Guide
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The most comprehensive and up-to-date photographic field guide to
the resident, migrant and vagrant birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego
and the Antarctic Peninsula, including the Falklands and South Georgia
Islands. Over 430 species are described, and more than 300 species
have 2,000 plus images set opposite concise descriptive accounts of
identification, status, habits, conservation issues and range maps.
Introductory sections provide a synopsis of the region, a selection
of maps, notes on how to use the species accounts and diagrams of
bird topography. The guide also includes an updated appendix describing
the status of 133 resident, regular visitors, accidental and introduced
species in the region. 
A
new and comprehensive field guide to the birds of Chile, describing
and illustrating in colour every species – more than 450 in
all – and providing concise species accounts. Indivdual species
accounts cover identification features, similar species, habitat,
range and behaviour. This will be an invaluable reference for anyone
contemplating a trip to Chile, or for those with an interest in the
natural history of southern South America.
This
guide covers the the southern part of Chilean and Argentine Isla Grande
de Tierra del Fuego, Staten Island (Argentina), the southern islands
of the Beagle Channel including the Cape Horn Archipelago and Diego
Ramirez Islands (Chile) and surrounding waters. All the birds recorded
in the region are included, where the more likely seen have an detailed
description, including geographical range and status in the area,
plus a carefully selected, illustrative photograph of the bird.
This
book is a photographic identification guide for all 105 species of
birds present in Torres del Paine National Park. In the text, the
reader will find valuable information about the natural history of
every species and also the best locations in this UNESCO World Biosphere
Reserve, considered by many as one of the most beautiful National
parks in the World. Its small size, concise descriptions and excellent
photos makes it an ideal handbook when traveling in the Park, and
for study before your visit.