Birds in Brazil : a natural history / by Helmut Sick ; illustrated by Paul Barruel with color plates by Paul Barruel and John P. O'Neill ; translated from the Portuguese by William Belton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sick, Helmut, 1910-1991.

Contributor:

International Council for Bird Preservation. Pan American Continental Section.

Standardized Title:

Ornitologia brasileira. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Birds--Brazil.

Birds.

Birds--Conservation.

Ornithology.

Brazil.

Ornithology--Brazil.

Birds--Conservation--Brazil.

Ecology.

Conservation of Natural Resources.

Medical Subjects:

Birds.

Brazil.

Ecology.

Conservation of Natural Resources.

Physical Description:

xvii, 703 pages, 47 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1993]

Summary:

Here is a substantially revised and updated English-language version of the only comprehensive, scientific treatment of Brazil's 1635 bird species. Written by the then dean of Brazilian ornithologists and published in Brazil in 1985, it not only lists every individual Brazilian species and provides detailed accounts for most of them but also gives an extensive treatment of the characteristics of each bird family found in the country. In addition, it analyzes the composition of Brazil's avifauna and relates it to the country's geography.

Notes:

Translation of: Ornitologia brasileira.

"Sponsored by the International Council for Bird Preservation, Pan American Continental Section.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [643]-703) and index.

ISBN:

0691085692

OCLC:

26014842