Books Central & South America and Antarctica.
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Jon Fjeldså and Niels Krabbe Covers the birdlife of the temperate and alpine zones of the Andean region from Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Illustrations by Jon Fjeldså. 880 pages. More details...
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Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Argentina Juan Mazar Barnett & Mark Pearman Complete and updated checklist of the birds recorded in Argentina. 164 pages. More details...
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The Birds of the Southern Bahamas D W Buden BOU Checklist 8. More details...
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Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Belize Jones & Vallely 566 species reliably recorded in Belize. 71 pages. More details...
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H Lee Jones 56 colour plates illustrating 573 species. 234 maps. 484 pages. More details...
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All the Birds of Brazil: An Identification Guide Deodato Souza The only complete field guide to the birds of Brazil. This second edition contains new and improved maps to accompany the updated narrative. Colour illustrations are by the author and Osmar Borges. 356 pages. More details...
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Kevin Zimmer and Andrew Whittaker Available from early August 2010.
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Birds of Eastern Brazil / Guia de Campo: Aves do Brasil Oriental Ricardo Sigrist Available from 30 September 2008. ". . .although the plates vary in quality, even the poorer ones are better than previous guides. Some of the artwork for difficult groups like the antshrikes, antvireos, antwrens, antbirds and anthrushes is excellent." - Alan Martin, The Wetlands Trust 448 pages. More details...
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P E Bradley BOU checklist 19. 253 pages. More details...
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Sharon Chester 400 pages.
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Field Guide to the Birds of Chile Alvaro Jaramillo Also covers Peninsular Antarctica, the Falkland Islands & South Georgia. 98 colour plates. 240 pages. More details...
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Gary Stiles & Alexander Skutch 52 magnificent colour plates illustrating virtually every species. 522 pages. More details...
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Helm Field Guide Birds of Costa Rica Richard Garrigues & Robert Dean New portable field guide designed to help you correctly identify birds in this popular birding destination. Each species account begins with the unique field marks that distinguish it from similar species. Illustrations and text are on facing pages for easy reference. 416 pages. More details...
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A Photographic Guide to Birds of Costa Rica Susan Fogden Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 252 species. 144 pages. More details...
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Orlando Garrido & Arturo Kirkconnell Reprint under consideration. Helm Field Guide. 354 species including 21 endemics illustrated on 51 colour plates. Please be advised that Birds of the West Indies covers Cuba and is much better. It has better illustrations and the maps and descriptions are opposite the plates. 272 pages. More details...
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Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Steve Latta et al Describes and illustrates all 302 species known to have occurred on the island of Hispaniola. 379 pages. More details...
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Photographic Guide to the Birds of Ecuador and Galapagos Clive Byers Available from mid November 2008. Two hundred and fifty-two of Ecuador and the Galapagos's most interesting and spectacular birds are featured in this concise and easy to use guide, with each illustrated in full colour with key information on identification, habitat and distribution. 144 pages.
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Robert Ridgely & Paul J Greenfield 1596 pages.
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Birds & Mammals of the Falkland Islands R & A Woods Comprehensive photo guide, covering the regularly occurring birds and mammals most likely to be encountered on the islands and in the immediately surrounding waters . 128 pages. More details...
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Galapagos Diary: A complete guide to the archipelago's birdlife Hermann Heinzel & Barnaby Hall A tour of the islands plus a detailed field guide. Over 640 colour photos. 272 pages. More details...
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Birds, Mammals and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands Andy Swash & Rob Still Revised edition. A comprehensive guide covering every living species recorded on the islands. 168 pages. More details...
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Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Guatemala Eisermann & Avendano The most authoritative, detailed, and updated checklist of the 725 bird species recorded in Guatemala. 175 pages. More details...
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Steve Howell & Jon Dunn Available from early November 2008. A detailed reference to all 36 gull species of North and South America. 1,160 colour photos. A must-have for gull ID in Britain & Europe! We ran out of Stock at the recent BirdFair and are expecting more stock in October 2008. 528 pages.
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Allan R Keith, James W Wiley BOU Checklist 21. 320 pages. More details...
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Photo Guide to Birds of the Jamaica and the West Indies Michael Flieg & Allan Sander Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 252 species. 144 pages. More details...
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Roger Tory Peterson & Edward Chalif Peterson Field Guide. Describes 1038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador. 700 are illustrated in colour. 298 pages. More details...
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Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America Ber van Perlo Illustrates and describes over 1500 species that may be seen in Central America, from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 98 colour plates. 336 pages. More details...
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Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas; Belize, Guatemala & El Salvador Ernest Preston Edwards Revised edition. Illustrations of 850 species on 51 colour plates. 209 pages. More details...
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Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America Steve Howell & Sophie Webb Covers 1,070 species found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and western Nicaragua. 71 colour plates. 868 pages. More details...
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Key Areas for Threatened Birds in the Neotropics D C Wege & J Long
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Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide R Restall, C Rodner, M Lentino & R Williams Covers over 2,300 species and subspecies of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. 1536 pages.
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Robert S Ridgely & John A Gwynne Second edition, revised and expanded to include all the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. 850 species illustrated on 48 colour plates. 534 pages. More details...
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Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula including The Falkland Islands & South Georgia E Couve & C Vidal Comprehensive field guide describing over 430 species with photos of over 300 species in 2000 images. Absolutely stunning. 600 pages. More details...
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Tom Schulenberg et al Helm Field Guide. The long-awaited definitive field guide to the number one country for birds in the world! 304 colour plates, with text opposite the plates, and 1,800 colour distribution maps. 656 pages.
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Photo Guide to the Birds of Peru Cliver Byers Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 252 species. 144 pages. More details...
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Raptors of the World: A Field Guide James Ferguson-Lees & David A Christie Uses all of the plates from the Helm ID Guide Raptors of the World, with concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference book covering all 330 raptor species. 320 pages. More details...
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Annotated Checklist Birds of Northern South America Rodner, Restall, Lentino Annotated list of all the (2,236) species of birds in Aruba, Bonaire, Colombia, Curacao, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago and Venezuela. Includes information on subspecies, range and altitude. 144 pages. More details...
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Collins Field Guide to the Birds of South America: Non-Passerines: From rheas to woodpeckers JRR Mata, F Erize & M Rumboll 1,273 species on 156 colour plates opposite the relevant text for quick and easy reference. Includes all field identifiable species and subspecies. Distribution maps are included. The text gives info on key ID features, habitat, and songs and calls. 384 pages. More details...
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The Birds of St Lucia, West Indies Allan R Keith BOU Checklist 15. 176 pages. More details...
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Birds of Torres del Paine National Park - Patagonia Chile E Couve & C Vidal-Ojeda Stunning photo ID guide for over 100 resident, visiting or accidental birds in Torres del Paine NP. 271 pages. More details...
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Published by Neotropical Bird Club 15-column Neotropical Bird Club Checklist that includes status codes for each species. 36 pages. More details...
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Robin Restall, Floyd Hayes & Martin Kenefick An up-to-date field guide using the relevant images from the two-volume Birds of Northern South America (Restall et al. 2006). 107 colour plates. 256 pages. More details...
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Guide to Birds of Trinidad and Tobago Richard ffrench Second edition reprint. 29 colour plates covering over 400 species. 446 pages. More details...
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Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds Bridget Stutchbury & Eugene Morton Illustrates where, how and why tropical birds are so different from temperate zone birds. 165 pages. More details...
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Checklist to Birds of Venezuela Published by Neotropical Bird Club
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Steven L Hilty 2nd edition. Helm Field Guide. Covers all 1,381 known species and their subspecies. Illustrated with 67 colour and black-and-white plates which depict most of Venezuela's bird species. 896 pages. More details...
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Raffaele, Wiley, Garrido et al Helm ID Guide. 86 colour plates and distribution maps for all species. 512 pages. More details...
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Raffaele, Wiley, Garrido et al Helm Field Guide. Covers nearly 600 species, including around 180 endemics, on 92 colour plates. 224 pages. More details...
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Photograhic Guide to the Birds of the West Indies Mike Flieg and Allan Sander 300 colour photos. 144 pages. More details...
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WTWB = Where to watch birds
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A Birder's Guide to the Bahama Islands (including Turks and Caicos) Anthony White 1998. More than 150 birding sites on all of the major islands, numerous smaller cays, and the less developed "Family Islands" are described in the guide. 8 pages of colour photos of many of the Bahamian specialities. 302 pages. More details...
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Below Freezing: Antarctic Dive Guide Lisa Trotter 2nd edition. Details 27 dive sites on the Antarctic Peninsula & South Georgia, with maps and photos. 116 pages. More details...
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Birding in Brazil - Checklist & Site Guide Bruce Forrester 1993. 42 sites are listed with access, accommodation map & details of major species seen. 254 pages. More details...
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Globetrotter Wildlife Guide: Brazil John Malathronas 160 pages. More details...
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Brazilian Amazon and Pantanal: Travellers' Wildlife Guide David L Pearson, Les Beletsky 100 colour plates illustrate about 500 animal species. This includes about 90-100 amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 species of common trees and other plants. 501 pages. More details...
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WTWB Central America & Caribbean Nigel Wheatley & David Brewer 2001. Covers the best birding sites, taking into account habitat, timing, access and the time of year for each site. 432 pages. More details...
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Bruce Forrester 31 pages.
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Costa Rica: Travellers' Wildlife Guide Les Beletsky Colour illustrations of 350 of the most common amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds. 440 pages. More details...
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Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: Travellers' Wildlife Guide David Pearson & Les Beletsky Colour illustrations of more than 500 of the most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals - the species you are most likely to see. 480 pages. More details...
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Bruce Forrester 142 pages.
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A Birder's Guide To Explorer's Inn Simon Allen September 1995. THE quintessential birding location in the Peruvian Amazon. Impressed Duncan so much he crashed his car whilst reading a pamphlet about the lodge. 106 pages.
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Visitor's Guide to Falkland Islands (2nd Ed..) D Summers (2006) A guide to the sites of interest visited by cruise vessels, outlining history, geography, hikes and the historic sites and wildlife likely to be seen. 20 maps, 145 colour photos. 130 pages. More details...
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Watching Wildlife - Galapagos Islands David Andrew Ever dream you'd trip over a tortoise or blunder into a booby? This innovative guide will help you to identify and understand the Galapagos Islands' uniquely tame wildlife. 152 pages.
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Where to watch birds in Mexico Steve Howell 1999. Covers over 100 sites. 365 pages.
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Peru: Travellers' Wildlife Guide David Pearson & Les Beletsky Colour illustrations of nearly 500 of the most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. 520 pages. More details...
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Bruce Forrester (2001) Information on sites, accomodation and travel. Systematic list, maps. 55 pages.
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Thomas Valqui 2004. Details 151 sites, with concise accurate directions and well-presented maps. A valuable resource for anyone visiting this country. 376 pages. More details...
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Nigel Wheatley 1994. An overview of the best birdwatching sites. 107 maps. 432 pages.
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Published by Ocean Explorer Maps 2002. Visitor's map of Southern Chile and Argentina including Uruguay and the Falkland Islands. Detailed map of the Chilean fjords. Scale: 1:4,800, 000. More details...
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Visitor's Guide to South Georgia Sally Poncet & Kim Crosbie All wildlife covered extensively. All 23 key areas fully mapped. Full colour throughout, with stunning images of the scenery and the wildlife that inhabits these amazing islands. 180 pages. More details...
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Birdwatchers' Guide to Trinidad & Tobago William L Murphy 2004. Details the best places to stay, where to find and how to identify the species, seasonal abundance, and important local information (such as car hire, etc.). 170 pages.
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Mary Lou Goodwin 5th edition (2001). Includes all you need to know about visiting the main locations, including how to get to the sites, lodging, list of species in the area, and maps. 332 pages.
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Mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico Fiona A Reid Provides detailed accounts for each of the 346 species found in this region and includes 48 full-colour plates and numerous line drawings. 332 pages. More details...
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Coral Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific & Caribbean Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers 400 pages.
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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals Louise H Emmons 2nd edition. 315 species covered. 29 colour plates illustrating 220+ species. 307 pages. More details...
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Mammals of the Neotropics Volume 1 John F Eisenberg The Northern Neotropics: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana. 549 pages. More details...
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Mammals of the Neotropics Volume 2 John F Eisenberg & Kent H Redford The Southern Cone: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. 460 pages. More details...
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Mammals of the Neotropics Volume 3 John F Eisenberg & Kent H Redford The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. 610 pages. More details...
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A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife Hadoram Shirihai & Brett Jarrett A revised second edition of this comprehensive and popular guide. Every bird and mammal species occurring in the area is described in detail and the species accounts are illustrated with plates, maps and colour photos. 512 pages. More details...
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Antarctica: Bradt Wildlife Guide Tony Soper and Dafila Scott "For anyone Antarctica-bound, this is THE book. Tony Soper's facts and Dafila Scott's drawings cover the essentials of all the living things you will see and introduce the drama of the stage itself. Vital as longjohns." - Keith Shackleton 144 pages. More details...
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Antarctica: Exploring a fragile Eden Jonathan & Angela Scott A large-format, comprehensive account of one of the Earth's remaining wild places by TV wildlife expert Jonathan Scott, with breathtaking images by 2002 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Angela Scott. 192 pages. More details...
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Belize and Northern Guatemala: Travellers' Wildlife Guide Les Beletsky Colour illustrations of almost 500 of the most common amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds and coral reef life. 400 pages. More details...
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Globetrotter Wildlife Guide: Brazil John Malathronas 160 pages. More details...
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Brazilian Amazon and Pantanal: Travellers' Wildlife Guide David L Pearson, Les Beletsky 100 colour plates illustrate about 500 animal species. This includes about 90-100 amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 species of common trees and other plants. 501 pages. More details...
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Costa Rica: Travellers' Wildlife Guide Les Beletsky Colour illustrations of 350 of the most common amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds. 440 pages. More details...
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Adrian Hepworth Available from mid November 2008. Costa Rica is one of the world's top biodiversity hotspots. This superbly illustrated book investigates the key habitats including rainforest, cloudforest and paramo, and showcases the diverse abundance of wildlife they support. 176 pages.
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Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: Travellers' Wildlife Guide David Pearson & Les Beletsky Colour illustrations of more than 500 of the most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals - the species you are most likely to see. 480 pages. More details...
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Birds & Mammals of the Falkland Islands R & A Woods Comprehensive photo guide, covering the regularly occurring birds and mammals most likely to be encountered on the islands and in the immediately surrounding waters . 128 pages. More details...
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Nigel Sitwell Much more than a map - the Galapagos Explorer contains a large number of colour photos of a range of endemic animals and some plants from this most famous of island archipelagos.
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Birds, Mammals and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands Andy Swash & Rob Still Revised edition. A comprehensive guide covering every living species recorded on the islands. 168 pages. More details...
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Bradt Wildlife Guide: Galapagos Wildlife David Horwell & Pete Oxford A Visitor's Guide. 2005. Covers every aspect of both land and marine wildlife. Over 120 colour photos. 140 pages. More details...
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Traveller's Guide Wildlife of the Galapagos Julian Fitter, Daniel Fitter & David Hosking Covers 350 commonly seen species including birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates, plants and coastal and marine life. 256 pages. More details...
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Southern Mexico - Travellers' Wildlife Guide Les Beletsky Full colour illustrations of southern Mexico's most common fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. 488 pages. More details...
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Peru: Travellers' Wildlife Guide David Pearson & Les Beletsky Colour illustrations of nearly 500 of the most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. 520 pages. More details...
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Adrian Forsyth & Ken Miyata Life and death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America. More details...
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