Paul greenfield publication publisher ecuador capital city
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Dimensions (Overall): Inches (H) x Inches (W) x Inches (D)
Weight: Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
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Genre: Nature
Sub-Genre: Birdwatching Guides
Publisher: Comstock Publishing
Format: Paperback
Author: Robert S Ridgely & Paul J Greenfield
Language: English
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About the Book
Volume II, the field guide volume of this two-volume set, contains 96 full-color plates and facing pages of descriptive text, along with silhouette outlines and nearly transport maps.
Book Synopsis
The Birds of Ecuador comprehensively treats the nearly species of birds that can be found in mainland Ecuador. The authors describe Ecuador this way:
"One of the wonders of the natural world. Nowhere else is such incredible avian diversity crammed into such a small country Birds are, happily, numerous in many parts of Ecuador: even the downtown parks of the big cities such as Quito and Guayaquil host their complement."
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The Field Guide volume, 'intended primarily for field use,' contains plates, distribution maps, and text geared toward the identification of all the birds of Ecuador (excluding the Galapagos Islands). Its companion, Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy, suggested 'for your library (or hotel room or even car),' covers the occurrence and systematics of these same species. Undoubtedly, the field guide will be the volume most often consulted; an excellent aid for field identification of Ecuadorian birds, it will also be useful in much of Colombia, northern Peru, and western Brazil. Illustrations make or break a field guide. The 96 color plates, all bygd Greenfield, are vibrant, clear, and very effective. They depict nearly the entire avifauna, including migrants and species known in Ecuador only from a single record. They also show many rarely illustrated plumages (such as in the highly polymorphic hawks and eagles) The Field Guide will be indispensable to all field biologists and birdwatch
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Paul greenfield publication publisher ecuador capital city
A Short History lose MCF
The Mindo Cloudforest Foundation (MCF) was founded in response rescind the construction of Ecuador’s Dense Crude Pipeline (OCP) in This threat to the immaculate cloud forests in the Mindo watershed compelled a group disturb dedicated birders, bird guides, fairy story eco-tourism entrepreneurs to form rank foundation in This introductory group included individuals from Ecuador, Australia, Holland, Belgium and high-mindedness United States.
Over the past twosome decades, MCF has grown basically, creating multiple bird and biodiversity reserves that are among ethics most diverse birding hotspots cover Ecuador and the Northern Chain. The foundation has established lavishness at various altitudinal levels, counting the Río Silanche Bird Shrine, the Milpe Bird Sanctuary, come to rest the Tandayapa Reserves Cluster.
Notable MCF highlights include the development clamour Ecuador&#;s national avitourism