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Nearly eighteen hundred different bird species--one fifth of the world's birds--have been recorded in Peru. Birds of Peru is the most complete and well-researched field guide to this rich and fascinating diversity. It illustrates every one of the 1,792 species and shows the distinct plumages of each. It includes 304 superb, high-quality color plates directly opposite concise descriptions and color distribution maps, making it much easier to use in the field than standard neotropical field guides. The detailed text discusses key identification features, status, distribution, and vocalizations for all species, and many subspecies.
This field guide enables users to identify all species found in Peru, and is also useful throughout much of western South America, particularly southeastern Colombia, southern Ecuador, western Brazil, Bolivia, and northern Chile.
Birds of Peru is an indispensable resource for birdwatchers, biologists, naturalists, and conservationists working or traveling in Peru and South America.
- The most complete and well-researched field guide to the 1,792 species of birds found in Peru
- 304 superb, high-quality color plates directly opposite concise descriptions and full-color distribution maps for quick reference and easy identification
- Distinct plumages, subspecies, sexes, age classes, and morphs fully illustrated
- Detailed text discusses key identification features, status, distribution, and vocalizations
- Designed especially for field use-compact, portable, and user-friendly
- Sales Rank: #1460613 in Books
- Published on: 2007-11-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.65" h x 6.08" w x 8.60" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 656 pages
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Winner of the 2008 National Outdoor Book Award for Nature Guidebooks
"[I]f any places needed a field guide, it was Peru, second only to Columbia as the most bird-rich country in the world . . . . Now, 40 years after he first envisioned a field guide, [John] O'Neill and his principal co-authors, Tom Schulenberg and Doug Stotz, have finally completed the guide against which all others for the New World tropics will be judged . . . . The Birds of Peru's nearly 4,000 color illustrations alone--more than double that of any other single-country neotropics guide--set it apart . . . . [It] is the culmination of an incredible amount of fieldwork, but that doesn't mean the exploration is finished . . . . This book isn't the end; it's really the beginning"--Don Stap, Audubon Magazine
"Any North American birder will be green with envy paging through this volume. The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Peru, it describes nearly 1,800 species--compared to the 600 or so in the continental U.S."--T.C. Williams, Choice
"Ornithologists, birders, conservation biologists, naturalists, ecotourism leaders and companies, and bird photographers will be very pleased to have available this invaluable field guide which is a landmark addition to Peruvian ornithology and birding. The book will be an essential addition to the libraries of these people, and also should be added to the collections of academic and larger public libraries. The authors, artists, and publisher deserve very high praise for producing an essential and necessary reference book about Peru's avifauna as well as a stunningly beautiful, book that is a joy to look at and cherish with unreserved pleasure. Most highly recommended."--International Hawkwatcher
"Peru has long needed a field guide that accurately and concisely deals with the preponderance of birds within its borders. When I finally got my hands on a finished copy of this book, what I found was a field guide that is both useable and beautiful. . . . Amazingly, the authors have managed to fit everything into a guide that's only slightly larger than your typical National Geographic Guide to the Birds of North America, and it covers over twice as many species."--Matt Brooks, Vermillion Flycatcher
"Owners of bird guides to other South American countries will find this publication extremely valuable for its coverage of the numerous species found only in Peru. Just flipping through the pages of this volume will soon make anyone with an interest in tropical nature dream of seeing these birds in their native haunts."--Robert Bleiweiss, Quarterly Review of Biology
"I strongly recommend this guide. It is essential for anyone visiting Peru, Bolivia, or the western Amazon. I anticipate that it will add fuel to the boom in research and ecotourism in this magnificent country. It should be owned by all libraries, birdwatchers, serious ecotourists, and researchers who plan to visit Peru. It is a fitting monument to the work of all the authors, especially Ted Parker, who was responsible for so many of the fundamental insights into the natural history of the birds of this . . . most diverse of all countries."--Scott K. Robinson, Auk
"Birds of Peru is an excellent guide that packs a lot of information into a modest sized book. . . . Anyone who intends to bird Peru must have a copy of this book."--Frederic Brock, Wildlife Activist
"I think this is a great resource that will benefit any traveling birder. If I could only own one it would be this latest field guide. Schulenberg et al. is easier to read, information is more accessible, and the plates are generally more accurate and reflective of the species."--Geoff Carpentier, Newsletter of the Ontario Field Ornithologists
"This book will please birders and biologists living in or visiting Peru. It is also useful beyond the borders of Peru into adjacent areas of South America. It is a little on the heavy side for dragging through a hot jungle, but what else can you expect with such an enormous bird list."--Roy John, Canadian Field Naturalist
From the Back Cover
"Birds of Peru is in that select pantheon of bird books destined to make a lasting contribution to ornithology. The authors and artists of this long-awaited book have given us a comprehensive guide that is both beautiful and accurate. Outstanding artwork, precise maps, and succinct text will help scientist and neophyte alike as they navigate the tsunami of birdlife within this fascinating country."--Steven L. Hilty, author of Birds of Venezuela
"Peru harbors one of the world's richest, most diverse avifaunas. Here, at last, is a comprehensive field guide that lives up to the challenge of sorting out and describing that diversity. The authors are uniquely qualified for the task, and have done a monumental job of condensing a formidable amount of information into a user-friendly format that will be an invaluable aid to birders and ornithologists of all stripes. The attractive, well-executed plates will greatly simplify the identification process, and should serve as a mouthwatering enticement for armchair travelers to catch the next plane to Peru!"--Kevin J. Zimmer, author of Birding in the American West: A Handbook
About the Author
The authors are some of the most eminent and experienced names in Neotropical ornithology. All are academics based at US universities (except Parker who tragically died in a plane crash in Peru a few years ago).
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Exceptional Field Guide
By Mike R.
This book is a superb field guide. Unlike a number of other field guides or "illustrated checklists", the text diligently focuses on separating similar species from each other. There are good vocal descriptions too. In the introduction the authors state what taxonomy (checklist) they follow. Otherwise the species accounts are devoid of discussions justifying their taxonomic choices, thereby saving space for the business at hand. Occasionally they point out where this or that form may in fact be a separate species. These examples are typically illustrated as well. The editing is excellent - I've found a few very trivial errors (or confusing statements) so far.
The format is map/text with illustrations on the facing page. Each spread is introduced with a brief overview of the species described and depicted. There is a lot of useful information in these introductions. The type is pretty small but the font is easy enough to read. Most species get a range map. The maps are legible, clear, and easy to figure out - once one is even vaguely familiar with Peruvian geography.
The figures on any given plate usually face the same direction, thus facilitating comparisons. The poses tend to be lively. Overall the illustrations are simply outstanding. A few are perhaps a little weaker in the drawing but even these are beautifully painted and otherwise seem very accurate. The painterly style of the chief illustrator may be unappealing to some but don't mistake style for lack of substance. Those unfamiliar with American bird families can be assured that these birds are mostly very accurately characterized in terms of posture, shape, proportions, "facial expression" and so on. In fact you won't find better Tyrant flycatcher, antbird, or ovenbird (and the list goes on and on) illustrations in any other publication I'm aware of - just as good perhaps but not better. If I may single him out from his impressive colleagues, Lawrence McQueen, the main illustrator of this book belongs on any short list of the world's very best working bird illustrators. There is a rightness and justness to his drawing that knowledgeable birders will instantly recognize.
This book is also about as compact as it can be and still cover 1800 species. It is comparable in size and weight to Stevenson and Fanshawe's Birds of East Africa (the hardcover edition), and like Robson's Southeast Asia Guide or Rasmussen and Anderton's Birds of South Asia Volume 1, the Birds of Peru will hopefully show future field guide authors/designers just how compact a book that covers such a huge avifauna can be. Yes it's larger and heavier than your National Geographic or Collins Guide but it's not a behemoth like a number of guides of recent years (especially the unabridged hardcover versions).
Finally the uninitiated should not confuse this book with A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru by Clements and Shany. That book, like the one considered here, also has a black spine and front cover with a lovely painting on it. The Clements and Shany guide, which is not without merit, is nonetheless plagued by disorganized plates and poor editing among other things.
This new guide to the Birds of Peru is now one of the very best bird guides available. It will inspire the user with confidence in making headway with difficult groups like tyrants and the rest. The authors and illustrators deserve a big thank-you from the birding community for this excellent book.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Essential for birding in Peru
By Thomas P. Rooney
I have used this guide on two previous trips to Man� National Park in Peru. Like a previous reviewer, I would give it 4.9 stars, but I am happy to round it up to 5 stars. If you plan to watch birds in Peru, this guide is as essential as your binoculars.
The illustrations, descriptions, and maps are excellent. There are no field marks given (like you would find in a Peterson's or Sibley's), but most species that appear similar are separated geographically or by elevation--the maps are very helpful in reaching an identification.
The book will seem heavy for a field guide to temperate zone birders, but it is actually pretty compact and light considering it has 1800 species. If you are going to bird the tropics, your field guide is going to be heavy--there is no way around that.
It would be nice if there was a companion guide to the Birds of Peru, with more information about conservation status, behaviors, etc. (much like Ridgely & Greenfield did with their Birds of Ecuador).
37 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
A Nearly Perfect Field Guide for Peruvian Birds
By Brian Allen
This is an excellent, rich guide to the identification of Peruvian Birds. You can tell as you look over the book that an incredible amount of research and time went into it and the authors do say that it had its beginnings as early as 1961! I also liked to see that the late great field ornithologist Theodore Parker was included as an author.
If I could, I would give this guide a 4.9 star rating as I feel there are only a few minor problems with it. With the vast number of species that have to be illustrated, described, and mapped it is almost impossible to make a field guide for most South American countries field worthy. This book is just a little too large and a bit heavy for the field. It is hardcover and a paperpack edition might be a bit lighter. I wish the illustrators could have been a bit more efficient in their use of space and condensed the plates slightly. For example on the Pigeons and Doves the Rock Dove, a species we are all familiar with takes up over 1/3 of a page while other species such as some difficult to id woodcreepers are limited to a much smaller area.
That said the book overall is excellent. I was relieved to see that all the species illustrated on the plates have species accounts on the opposite page with a map of their range. The species accounts are clear, concise and include information on altitude range, habitat,separation from similar species, population status, and additional identification notes. Most of the range maps are easy to use but I found some confusing as birds with small limited ranges are depicted only in a few provinces without reference to the country as a whole.
Most of the illustations are excellent but they do vary in quality as there are several illustrators for the book. I find that I prefer the plates in the Clements Field Guide to the Birds of Peru (not currently available on amazon.com) somewhat over those of this book but in general if I could only have one book it would be this one for ease of use and accessibility to the information on range and distribution.
Also for a much more detailed (and better) review see Frank Lambert's review of this guide in WorldTwitch at [...]
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