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Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Fully Revised and Updated Third Edition
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Herbert A. Raffaele
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English
Published/Copyright:
2021
About this book
The only fully illustrated guide to feature all the bird species of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
This portable and informative field guide describes the bird species found on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fully updated, the guide presents all 347 species, both naturally occurring as well as introduced, and highlights 19 endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Species are sorted by habitat to facilitate identification and extra illustrations are provided for birds similar in appearance.
- The only fully illustrated guide to feature all 347 bird species in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
- Species sorted by habitat for easier identification
- Text and illustrations on facing pages for ease of identification
- Extensive introduction covering taxonomy, migration, biogeography, and conservation
- Useful information on birding hotspots throughout the region
Author / Editor information
Herbert A. Raffaele is the author of many books, including Wildlife of the Caribbean and Birds of the West Indies (both Princeton). He is former chief of the Division of International Conservation at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Clive Petrovic is an environmental specialist with the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency of the British Virgin Islands. Sergio A. Colón López is an editor of El Bien-Te-Veo, published by the Puerto Rican Ornithological Society. Lisa D. Yntema is an ecologist and conservation biologist in St. Croix. José A. Salguero Faria is a wildlife biologist and ornithologist involved in avian conservation in Puerto Rico.
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"This book will be a useful asset for anyone visiting [Puerto Rico]."---Keith Betton, British Birds
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
August 10, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9780691219257
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
224
Other:
87 color plates and 2 b/w maps.
eBook ISBN:
9780691219257
Keywords for this book
Mangrove; Wader; Warbler; Endemism; Tern; Puerto Rican nightjar; Bird; Birds of the West Indies; Kingbird; Antillean crested hummingbird; Mangrove cuckoo; Loggerhead kingbird; Adelaide's warbler; Fauna of Puerto Rico; Bird migration; Frigatebird; Hispaniola; Bananaquit; American flamingo; Brown pelican; Virgin Islands National Park; Puerto Rican tanager; White-winged dove; Caribbean elaenia; Gray kingbird; Tropicbird; Parakeet; White-necked crow; Zenaida dove; Puerto Rican spindalis; Puerto Rican oriole; Waterfowl; Seabird; Oystercatcher; Gull; Ruddy duck; Northern mockingbird; Swallow-tailed kite; Nightjar; British Virgin Islands; Key West quail-dove; Spotted dove; Grebe; Baltimore oriole; Bird egg; Tortola; Songbird; Black-necked stilt; Quail-dove; Lesser Antillean bullfinch; Sandpiper; Macaw; Egret; Common gallinule; Caribbean; Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo; Bridled quail-dove; Hispaniolan parakeet; Thrush (bird); Blackpoll warbler; Ovenbird (family); Great blue heron; Domestic canary; Caribbean Sea; United States Virgin Islands; Golden-winged warbler; Plumage; Spotted sandpiper; Islet; American kestrel
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General/trade;
