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Las Aves de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Distribucion y Estatus
T Narosky and AG Di Giacomo
Distribution atlas for the Buenos Aires Province, covering 502 species.
127 pages, maps.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 25.95 - 1993 -
Order Code: #31341W Paperback
Key Areas for Threatened Birds in the Neotropics
DC Wege and AJ Long
Series: BIRDLIFE CONSERVATION SERIES 5
Presents the detailed information compiled and published in Threatened Birds of the
Americas: The ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book, with the aim of making this data more accessible
and useful to conservation planners, managers and decision-makers. Presented both
by area and on a country-by-country basis, priority and protected areas are documented,
and their location given on 2 maps per country.
312 pages, illus, tabs, maps.
BirdLife International
Price GBP 29.00 - 1995 -
Order Code: #33606W Paperback
OUT OF PRINT. Erling har den.
A Birders Guide to Travel in Argentina
N Gardner and D Gardner
Comprehensive guide to birding in Argentina, giving general background information
on organising a trip (travel, accommodation, climate etc) and full descriptions of
all the major ornithological sites in the country, how to reach them and what to
expect.
75 pages, 29 maps, A4 format. [1990]
Guia Para la Identificacion de las Aves de Argentina y Uruguay
T Narosky and D Yzurieta
Spanish version of Birds of Argentina and Uruguay.
Language: Spanish
Of related interest:
Birds of Argentina and Uruguay
345 pages, col illus, maps.
Country of Publication: Argentina
Price GBP 54.50 -Edition 4 1993 -
Order Code: #22849W Paperback
The Birds of Chile: A Field Guide
Braulo Araya and Sharon Chester
Covers all 448 species recorded on Mainland Chile, Easter Island and the Antarctic
Peninsula. Each is given English, Spanish, German and scientific names, full descriptions,
and distribution, with a line drawing.
400 pages, 400 line illus, 1 map.
LATOUR, Chile
Price GBP 27.95 - 1993 -
Order Code: #25508W Paperback
En bättre och modernare är;
Field Guide to the Birds of Chile. : Due November 2003.
Alvaro Jaramillo.
text opposite the color plates. Incl. Antarctic, Falklands, South Georgia. 288 pages. Paperback. Code 140020M #19.99
BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA Bengt-Eric har vol 1-2, Erling vol 1. Förkortas BSA.
Robert S Ridgely and Guy Tudor
Over 3,100 species of bird, a third of the world's total, are resident or migrant
in South America. This planned 4-volume work will, when completed, provide the most
complete guide to this incredible avifauna. It is written and illustrated by two
of the foremost authorities on neotropical ornithology, using extensive field observation
and study of museum specimens. Each volume starts with brief chapters on migration
and conservation. There then follows the colour plates, with brief notes on facing
pages. The bulk of the book comprises the text, giving for each species a full description,
similar species, habitat and behaviour, range, habits and voice, plus a distribution
map. The first two volumes are now published, completing coverage of the Passerines.
This series contains the following volumes:
Volume 1 - The Oscine Passerines
Volume 2 - The Suboscine Passerines Price: GBP 39.50 [1994] #5452W
Volume 3 - The Nonpasserines: Landbirds Price not yet announced [In preparation]
#5453W
Volume 4 - The Nonpasserines: Waterbirds Price not yet announced [In preparation]
#5454W
Birds of the High Andes Erling har den. Förkortas HA.
A Manual to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America
N Krabbe
A beautifully illustrated and much needed guide, written by two leading experts on
the birdlife of the High Andes. Of the world's 9000 bird species, nearly 900 are
found in this region, and are all described and illustrated here. The area covered
is the temperate and alpine zones of the Andean region, from Venezuela and Colombia in the
north, through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, to the southernmost point on
the coast of Chile. For each species, there is a full description, including plumage,
habits, voices, breeding, habitat selection and range, plus detailed distribution maps.
The colour plates depict over two thousand separate plumages in nearly one thousand
species and subspecies. In addition there are numerous line drawings showing differential details, postures and nests. A landmark work on the avifauna of South America.
880 pages, 170 x 240 mm, 64 col plates, line drawings, maps.
Country of Publication: Denmark
Price GBP 99.50 - 1990 -
Order Code: #6582W Hardback
Checklist of the Birds of South America
A Altman and B Swift
Welcome reappearance of this complete checklist of all the bird species occurring
in the mainland countries of the continent, together with those of the southern Caribbean
islands, whose avifauna is essentially South American.
84 pages [1989]
Field Check-List to the Birds of Argentina
R Straneck and G Carrizo
Useful checklist giving names for 983 species of Argentine bird in four languages
- Latin, Spanish, German and English. Includes a map of the provinces and space for
notes.
96 pages, line drawings.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 15.50 - 1991 -
Order Code: #17252W Spiralbound
GUIA DE AVES ARGENTINAS
Martin R De La Pena
A guide describing all the Argentine species, with habits, breeding, voice, habitat,
field description and distribution (including map). Text in Spanish, with each species
given local, Latin and English name. The colour plates by Luis Huber cover all described species. The most complete work currently available on the country. Originally
published in 6 volumes, both the Non-Passerine and Passerine volumes are both undergoing
revision and will condensed into a single volume each. Both will be published in
1996, the passerine volume preceeding the non-passerine volume by a few months.
This series contains the following volumes:
Part 5: Passeriformes I (First Edn)
Part 6: Passeriformes II (First Edn)
Complete Set (5 volumes) Price: GBP 91 #10636W
A Guide to the Birds of South America
RM De Schauensee
The 1982 reprint of this classic work, sadly without the colour plates, but still
invaluable for the information it contains.
463 pages, 4 maps, 22 line drawings [by George Sutton].
Kansas MNH, USA
Price GBP 29.50 - 1982 -
Order Code: #839W Paperback
Ornithological Gazetteer of Argentina
Raymond A Paynter
Series: ORNITHOLOGICAL GAZETTEERS OF THE NEOTROPICS
Much revised edition.
509 pages, 1 map.
Harvard MCZ, USA
Price GBP 84.50 -Edition 2 1995 -
Order Code: #42452W Paperback
Where to Watch Birds in South America Bengt-Eric har den. Förkortas W.
Nigel Wheatley
A general site guide, covering continental South America, the Galapagos Islands, the
Falkland Islands, Netherland Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago, and Antarctic seatrips.
Over 200 sites are detailed, with general travel information, accommodation, transport,
safety & health.
431 pages, b/w illus, maps.
Christopher Helm
Price GBP 16.99 - 1994 -
Order Code: #33661W Hardback [digital reproduction]
La Avifauna de la Isla de los Estados, Islas de Ano Nuevo y Mar Circundante
(Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)
Juan Carlos Chebez and YCC Bertonatti
Series: MONOGRAFIA ESPECIAL LOLA/LOLA SPECIAL MONOGRAPHS 1
Avifauna of this group of islands off the southern tip of South America.
64 pages, 2 maps, tabs.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 21.95 - 1994 -
Order Code: #41188W Paperback
Inventario de Aves del Parque Nacional el Rey Salta, Argentina
Realizado en el Marco del Convenio entre la Asociación del Plata y la Administracion
de Parques Nacionales
M Babarskas, JO Veiga and FC Filiberto
Series: MONOGRAFIA ESPECIAL LOLA/LOLA SPECIAL MONOGRAPHS 6
Inventory of this national park in northern Argentina.
44 pages, figs, maps.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 20.50 - 1995 -
Order Code: #50239W Paperback
Aves Argentinas - Lista y Distribucion
Martin Rodolfo de la Pena
Series: MONOGRAFIA ESPECIAL LOLA/LOLA SPECIAL MONOGRAPHS 18
244 pages, maps.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 9.50 - 1999 -
Order Code: #105127W Paperback
Birds of Argentina and Uruguay
A Field Guide
T Narosky and D Yzurieta
Covers all known Argentine and Uruguayan species, a total of 975 species. These also
represent 94% of those in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 95% in Paraguay, 52% in Bolivia,
and 85% in Chile.
Species accounts with brief identification hints, distribution maps and colour illustrations.
Overall quality is not as good as European or North American guides, but in the absence
of any similar guides, this is still an invaluable work.
Fourth Spanish Edition also available: #22849 47.50
337 pages, 2000 colour illus, line drawings, maps.
Country of Publication: Argentina
Price GBP 56.00 -Edition 2 1989 -
Order Code: #187W Paperback
Nidificacion de las Aves Argentinas
(Formicariidae a Cinclidae)
R Fraga and S Narosky
96 pages, figs.
AO del Plata, Argentina
Price GBP 25.50 - 1985 -
Order Code: #44806W Paperback
Cien Aves Argentinas
P Canevari and T Narosky
Describes 100 species of bird to be found in Argentina, each illustrated with a colour
photograph showing it in its natural habitat.
126 pages, col photos.
Country of Publication: Argentina
Price GBP 16.95 - 1995 -
Order Code: #45641W Paperback
OUT OF PRINT
Aves de Costanera Sur y Ciudad de Buenos Aires
T Narosky, D Yzurieta and C Henschke
Guide to birds to be found around Buenos Aires.
72 pages, col illus. [1996]
OUT OF PRINT
Las Aves de la Provincia de Buenos Aires: Distribucion y Status
T Narosky and A Di Giacomo
128 pages, b/w illus, maps. [1993]
Inventario de las Aves del Parque Nacional "Calilegua" Jujuy, Argentina
Di Giacomo, Di Giacomo and Caradonna
With pocket-size checklist.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 13.95 - 2000 -
Order Code: #65192W Paperback
OUT OF PRINT
Argentina: World Map for Argentina
Series: EURO COUNTRY, TOURING AND CITY MAPS AND ATLASES
Scale: 2M.
Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds
Theodore A Parker, Douglas F Stotz and John W Fitzpatrick
ASCII-delimited files. Contains all the raw data which was compiled and tabulated
in Neotropical Birds, a unique synthesis of ecological information on all 4,037 species
of birds found from Mexico south to Tierra del Fuego.
Of related interest:
Neotropical Birds
Chicago UP, USA
Price GBP 14.69 - 1996 -
Order Code: #76170W Diskette (DOS)
SPECIAL OFFER
Collins Illustrated Checklist: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica Erling m.fl. har denna. Bör skaffas av alla. Resans "Van Perlo". Förkortas BSSA.
Martín R de la Peña and Maurice Rumboll
Series: COLLINS ILLUSTRATED CHECKLISTS
The first field guide to illustrate every species of bird found in Argentina, Chile,
Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and Uruguay. 1140 species are illustrated in colour
and appear on pages opposite the text for quick and easy reference. The plates will facilitate the identification of males, females, and juveniles, and are complemented
by distribution maps. The text details the kind of habitat the birds are found in,
key identification features and notes on the songs and calls of each species.
304 pages, 97 col plates, 5 b/w plates, distribution maps.
Harper Collins
Price GBP 14.99 (reduced from 19.99 until 31/03/2004) - 1998 -
Order Code: #66504W Paperback
A Birders Field Checklist of the Birds of Argentina
Dave Sargeant
25 pages, 995+ species.
Price GBP 8.50 - 1995 -
Order Code: #82592W Spiralbound
SPECIAL OFFER
Birds of the Beagle Channel and Cape Horn / Aves del Canal Beagle y Cabo de Hornos
E Couve and C Vidal
Provides a guide to all of the birds recorded in the region. Those found most commonly
are accompanied by a comprehensive description detailing their geographical range
and status, along with a photograph of the bird for identification purposes. Areas
covered include: the Southern part of Chilean and Argentinian Isla Grande de Tierra del
Fuego, Staten Island (Argentina), the Southern islands of Beagle Channel including
the Cape Horn Archipelago and Diego Ramirez Islands (Chile) and surounding waters.
265 pages, col photos.
Country of Publication: Chile
Price GBP 11.95 (reduced from 14.95 until 31/03/2004) - 2000 -
Order Code: #113898W Paperback
Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Argentina/Lista Comentada de las Aves Argentinas Erling har denna. Taxonomiska kommentarer inlagda i vår checklista.
Juan Mazar Barnett and Mark Pearman
Provides a complete checklist in grid format with in-depth analysis of 54 hypothetical
species, detailed notes on 34 species recorded for the first time since 1987, notes
on the last record for 42 rarities, an evaluation of 34 species now considered erroneous, and a listing of threatened, endemic and introduced species. All information
is summarised with brief, cross-referenced species texts, and thus the Annotated
Checklist of the Birds of Argentina doubles as a field aid and a definitive reference
work, The list brings together a wealth of information, combining extensive recent data
with a re-evaluation of the historical literature and re-examination of critical
museum specimens.
Language: Text in Spanish and English
164 pages, tabs, maps.
Lynx, Spain
Price GBP 9.95 - 2001 -
Order Code: #121126W Paperback
Guia de Aves de Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego
Tito Narosky, Marcos Barbarskas and Dario Yzurieta
The authors of Birds of Argentina and Uruguay present this identification guide to
273 species, with information on distribution, observation sites, nesting, breeding
and migration. Extensive background is also provided on the various ecosystems of
the coasts, the steppe, the Andean chain and the achipelagos.
127 pages, col photos, illus, maps.
Price GBP 25.50 - 2001 -
Order Code: #125595W Paperback
FORTCOMING:
Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula
The Falkland Islands and South Georgia
E Couve and C Vidal
Comprehensive field guide to all the resident, migrant and vagrant birds of Patagonia,
Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula, including the Falklands and South Georgia
Islands. It describes over 400 species with over 1500 illustrations and photographs. Descriptive accounts are provided for each species covering identification, status,
range and habits. Distribution maps are also included.
c. 600 pages, photos, illus.
Country of Publication: Chile
Price GBP 19.99 - NYP 2003 -
Order Code: #134338W Paperback
The Birds of Argentina
Russell Rogers
Series: INTERNATIONAL FIELD CHECKLIST SERIES
18 pages
Country of Publication: USA
Price GBP 4.95 - 1992 -
Order Code: #86001W Paperback
Handbook of the Birds of the World.
Volym 1-8. Erling har alla.
Bird calls
Cantos de las Aves Argentinas
Songs of Argentine Birds
Roberto Straneck
Series: CANTOS DE LAS AVES ARGENTINAS
160 pages, 8 books, 4 cassettes, illus, maps.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 51.11 - -
Order Code: #67079W Cassette
Sonidos de Aves de Calilegua
Birdsounds of Calilegua
Niels Krabbe et al
The Calilegua National Park, created in 1979, is on the northern border of Argentina
and has an especially rich avifauna.
80 minutes, 35-page booklet included.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 47.59 - 2001 -
Order Code: #130191W Cassette
Songs of the Antbirds
Phyllis R Isler and Bret M Whitney
Antbirds are one of the largest, most diverse groups of birds in the New World, with
more than 270 species occupying a wide range of habitats in the vast Neotropical
region between northern Mexico and north-central Argentina. This three-CD set features
the songs of nearly all currently recognized antbird species.
3 CD set, 54pp booklet.
Cornell LO, USA
Price GBP 37.01 - 2002 -
Order Code: #134309W CD
VOICES OF ANDEAN BIRDS
This series contains the following volumes:
Volume 1 Birds of the Hill Forest of Southern Peru and Bolivia Price: GBP 13.51*
[2000] #123197W
Volume 2 Birds of the Cloud Forest of Southern Peru and Bolivia Price: GBP 15.22*
[2000] #123198W
Natural History & Travel Guides
The National Parks of Argentina and Other Natural Areas
Francisco Erize et al
First comprehensive overview of the numerous ecoregions of Argentina, with their ecological
features and their main plant and animal components. Describes the main protected
areas including all National Parks, as well as those firmly established or more promising natural reserves of the private and the provincial systems. These sites are
presented as subtopics within the chapters dealing with the respective ecoregions,
in order to combine a wider understanding of their ecology and their specific characteristics. Presents an overall view of the biological richness of the country.
238 pages, col photos.
Country of Publication: Argentina
Price GBP 39.00 - 1995 -
Order Code: #138979W Hardback
Insight Guide: Argentina
Edited by Huw Hennessey
Series: INSIGHT GUIDES
382 pages, photos, illus, maps.
Insight Guides
Price GBP 16.99 - 2000 -
Order Code: #74124W Paperback
OUT OF PRINT
Travel Companion: Argentina
G Leitner
Travel guide, describing over 2000 localities including national parks.
847 pages, illus, col photos, maps. [1991]
Lonely Planet Travel Guides: Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay Erling har den.
B Greensfelder, S Bao, C Hubbard, A Murphy and D Palmerlee
Series: LONELY PLANET TRAVEL GUIDES
744 pages, col photos, 136 maps.
Lonely Planet
Price GBP 14.99 -Edition 4 2002 -
Order Code: #130034W Paperback
Lonely Planet Walking Guides: Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
With Illustrated Flora and Fauna Section
Clem Lindenmayer
Series: LONELY PLANET WALKING GUIDES
A comprehensive adventure trekking guide to Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, with
over 28 detailed route descriptions, including: 27 high-quality, `road-tested' trekking
maps; an illustrated flora and fauna section; guidelines for environmentally responsible trekking; and walks in both accessible and more remote areas, including 16 national
parks and reserves.
305 pages, 12 pp col photos, b/w photos, illus, 27 maps.
Lonely Planet
Price GBP 11.99 -Edition 2 1998 -
Order Code: #70255W Paperback
Rough Guide: Argentina
Danny Aeberhard
Series: ROUGH GUIDES
704 pages, 12 col photos, maps.
Rough Guides
Price GBP 14.99 - 2000 -
Order Code: #105337W Paperback
A Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia
Graham Harris
First English guidebook to the region, covering the two thousand miles of the coast
of Argentinian Patagonia, from Peninsula Valdes to the Strait of Magellan. It describes
185 bird and 61 mammal species, with natural histories for the most common. Extensively illustrated by the author, all of the accounts list common names (English, Spanish
and scientific) and descriptions of behaviour, status and habitat, range, and distinguishing
characteristics. An essential guide for any traveller to the region, or any naturalist with an abiding interest in this spectacular corner of the planet.
231 pages, 33 col plates, 28 line illus, 243 maps.
Princeton UP, USA
Price GBP 52.95 -Edition 3 1998 -
Order Code: #75631W Hardback
Natural Patagonia: Argentina and Chile
Marcelo D Beccaceci
124 pages, col photos.
Pangaea, USA
Price GBP 22.50 - 1998 -
Order Code: #89588W Paperback
MAMMALS
Mammals of the Neotropics: Volume 2. Joakim har den.
The Southern Cone: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
John F Eisenberg and Kent H Redford
Series: MAMMALS OF THE NEOTROPICS
This volume covers the southern half of South America. After discussing the historical
biogeography and contemporary habitats of the region, the authors provide accounts
for 360 indigenous species. Each taxonomic group is considered as a whole, and within a worldwide geographical context. A major work, and a vital one considering the current
loss of biodiversity in South America.
430 pages, 10 b/w photos, 107 line illus, 352 maps, 8 col plates.
Chicago UP, USA
Price GBP 84.00 - 1992 -
Order Code: #10677W Hardback
OUT OF PRINT;
Guide to the Mammals of Salta Province, Argentina
(Guia de los Mamiferos de la Provincia de Salta, Argentina)
MA Mares
114 species. Text in Spanish & English.
320 pages, 131 illus. [1989]
Los Mamiferos de los Parques Nacionales de la Argentina
Sofia Heinonen and Juan Chebez
Series: MONOGRAFIA ESPECIAL LOLA/LOLA SPECIAL MONOGRAPHS 14
70 pages, figs, maps.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 22.50 - 1997 -
Order Code: #105123W Paperback
The Red Book of Threatened Mammals of Argentina
Argentinian Society for the Study of Mammals
Categorises 353 mammal species, including their vernacular and scientific names, categories
at national and international level, causes of threat, and related comments by an
important number of specialists. Includes a source of references to mammals of Argentina in general, and to particular groups of mammals, e.g. marsupials, rodents,
carnivores.
Country of Publication: Argentina
Price GBP 23.50 - -
Order Code: #125846W Paperback
Los Mamíferos de Jujuy, Argentina
M Monica Diaz and Ruben M Barquez
Jujuy is an upland area bordering on Chile and Bolivia. This identification guide
is the result of a 4-year study. It provides brief descriptions of 150 species, which
are illustrated with drawings, including multiple skull drawings.
326 pages, b/w illus, dist maps.
LOLA, Argentina
Price GBP 33.00 - 2002 -
Order Code: #142988W Paperback
Amphibians of Argentina: A Second Update, 1987-2000
Esteban O Lavilla and Jose M Cei
Series: MONOGRAFIE DI MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI, TORINO 28
Monographic treatise on the status of Argentinian amphibians from 1987-2000. A general
list and description of Argentine taxa is followed by a detailed nomenclatural discussion
and joined bibliographic records, together with a number of colour plates pointing out morphologically several of the never reproduced recent species of the list.
177 pages, 8pp col plates.
Torino MRSN, Italy
Price GBP 23.50 - 2001 -
Order Code: #124828W Hardback
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