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photos
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Field
Guides and nature books in English on Argentine wildlife
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This page provides a list of field guides that will help you to discover our birds and other animals on your visit to Argentina.
If you do intend to purchase a fieldguide from Amazon, I would ask you to enter the Amazon site linking from here.
Doing so should result in a small return from Amazon that can help to keep this site going. Many thanks! - Alec.
Make sure you visit the other pages of this site. It has hundreds of photos of some of the many animals that inhabit Argentina.
It covers mainly birds, but also other groups such as mammals, reptiles and butterflies.
¿Looking for a good english-speaking guide to show you the birds around Buenos Aires? CLICK HERE
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Birding
field guides for the region
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of Argentina and Uruguay - A Field Guide - Paperback Tito Narosky - Darío Yzurieta Gold Edition - 2003 - In English - (A Spanish-language edition is also available) The classical and most authoritative field guide to the birds of Argentina and Uruguay, in its 15th edition. Highly acclaimed for its concise descriptions using bold print to highlight main identification field marks. Accurate illustrations and range maps cover 975 species. Maps and illustrations are located right alongside the text for each species, affording quicker and easier identification. The Gold Edition includes new birds for the country and updated range maps, icons for nesting status and endagered species. New chapter covers the bird regions of the country. Color printing quality much improved over previous editions. A "must" if you are coming to Argentina. "This is the best true pocket field guide in the Neotropical market today... This is a well-designed, practical, pocket-sized field guide to the birds of Argentina and Uruguay, written and illustrated by two of the best field ornithologists in Argentina. It has excellent, concise and very carefully crafted text, useful range maps, and adequate illustrations... They have indeed thought out their text remarkably thoroughly, and have been able to pack in just what is indispensable, and to leave out the rest. This is truly a feat. The more I have used this field guide, the more my admiration for the authors has increased. And furthermore I don't need a backpack to carry their guide!" From: "FIELD GUIDES TO NEOTROPICAL BIRDS" - François Vuilleumier Department of Ornithology - American Museum of Natural History, New York |
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of Buenos Aires - Paperback Tito Narosky, Christian Henscke. Darío Yzurieta (Illustrator). José Leiberman (photo editor) First published: 2005 - In Spanish. English text is very brief, only 1 to 3 lines, with "bare essential" field marks. Basically derived of the nationwide field guide by Narosky & Yzurieta, restricted to the birds that can be found in and around Buenos Aires city. For each of the 223 species covered there is a description, illustration and now includes a small photo of the bird. Adiitionally, 51 less common species are also illustrated. If you will not be travelling to other regions of the country this field guide does have an advantage: fewer birds in the book will make bird identification easier, so you will not be troubled with patagonian and rainforest species. The introduction (in Spanish) recommends some specific birding locations in and around BA. |
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of Southern South America and Antarctica - Paperback Martín de la Peña and Maurice Rumboll First published: 1998 - In English Also authoritative. Has wider coverage as it includes Paraguay and Chile and southern Brazil and Bolivia. Indicates local names as used in each country. Some of the illustrations are lovely, while others are not too accurate or a little too small. Inexplicably, the bird layout of some of the plates does not keep to an easy order. Range maps are grouped at the back of the book, and this can be a problem as birders who are new to the region will need to refer to them very often. The print is rather small for a book that is meant for use in the field. |
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Checklist of the birds of Argentina - Paperback Juan Mazar Barnet and Mark Pearman First published: May 2001 - All texts are in English and Spanish Highly authoritative checklist providing the most up-to-date taxonomy. Indicates life zones and migratory status. Valuable information on rarities, hypothetical and erronously cited species, each dealt in great detail, noting factual historical sightings and other claims. Ten "tick" columns help you to record your sightings made in different localities. Note: this not an identification field guide, so does not provide species descriptions, illustrations nor range maps. |
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Birds of South
America: Non-passerines - an Illustrated Checklist - Paperback |
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Books
on Patagonian wildlife
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A
Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia
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Birds
of the High Andes
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by Graham Harris - 1998 - Hardcover A wonderful book with exquisite watercolours by the author, who lives in the area. Covers all the birds and mammals that one can expect to find in the region. Includes detailed information on behaviour and natural history of the more characteristic species. Has introduction to the landscape and vegetation and suggests conservation measures. The author is the founder of Fundación Patagonia Natural, a wildlife conservation NGO based in Puerto Madryn. |
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Jon Fjeldsa (Illustrator), Neils Krabbe Published 1990 - 876 pages A Manual to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America - Hardcover A veritable reference for the serious student of South Ameircan birds. |
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Must-have
books
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Birds
of the world:
Recommended English Names |
Where
to watch birds in South America
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The
Clements checklist of birds of the world
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Rare
birds Yearbook 2008 (supports Birdlife)
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Travel
Guides
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Food
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More
Travel Guides
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Travel,
and some tango books too!
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| GUIDING
- Please take note I offer full-day worry-free birding trips to the best
hotspots in the Buenos Aires area. We can visit productive nature
reserves or inland country areas with spectacular habitats that will really
"up" your list. Spring/summer species count should easily top
100 spp., and in winter you can expect about 80 spp. I can provide an
English-language field guide and checklist for the outing. I provide transport
and sort out meals for the day. I am normally available on weekends, but
can sometimes accomodate a weekday as well. If you are interested kindly email me. Alec Earnshaw Photo: Saffron-cowled Blackbird |
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