Amateur birdwatchers and professional ornithologists alike have great difficulty identifying the approximately 2,950 species of birds that appear in South America. This book will be an invaluable aid as it includes more than 2,700 species of inland birds and over 1,400 color photographs, Each species account includes habitat and identification information...a very helpful range map is included for each bird. In 1978, John Dunning's first extensive identification book, "South American Land Birds", elicited critical praise and is being used world wide by thousands of birders and ornithologists who find it an invaluable aid to identification. After the success of that book, John Dunning worked tirelessly to add inland water birds to his collections of bird portraits (he describes his technique on p. 315). For twenty-five years prior to the publication of this book, he travelled to South America where he captured each bird, placed it in a special enclosure, photographed and released it...a remarkable feat when you view this vast collection.

South American Birds: A Photographic Aid to Identification

Science & Math

Dunning, John S.

Biological Sciences

Harrowood Books

1,400 color photographs illustratte 1,352 species Since the 1982 publication of his first identification guide South American Land Birds, John Dunning spent the last five years of his life working with his wife Harriet, photographing water birds and larger land birds to produce this remarkable collection of bird portraits. South American Birds is the result of three decades of work. Mr. Dunning captured, photographed and released most of the1,400 birds illustrated in this new book. It will be an indispensable aid for all birdwatchers. There is a very helpful section in the front of the book entitled "Learning to Identify South American Birds." Written by Frank B. Gill and other members of the Bird Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, this succinct section shows readers black-and-white renditions of the major bird families and distinguishing features. After checking this section, and finding the most probable bird family the reader is then given the s

Ridgely, Robert S.

A breathtakingly beautiful collection of 72 full-page color portraits from a photographer who has spent the last quarter-century capturing South American birds on film. Each portrait is described on an opposite page including range information, common and scientific names, and family information

Portraits of Tropical Birds

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Retratos De Aves Tropicales (Spanish Edition)

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