Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil : : The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro / / Robert S. Ridgely, John A. Gwynne, Guy Tudor, Martha Argel.

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and is one of the planet's richest places for bird diversity, especially when it comes to the number of endemic species. Brazil's Atlantic Forest region is one of the most dazzling of all. Immediately surrounding São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:WCS Birds of Brazil Field Guides
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Birding in Brazil
  • The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil: Protecting Wild Brazil
  • Species Accounts
  • SERIEMAS
  • RHEAS
  • TINAMOUS
  • WOOD QUAILS
  • CHACHALACAS, GUANS, & CURASSOWS
  • SCREAMERS
  • DUCKS & SWANS
  • GREBES
  • FRIGATEBIRDS
  • TROPICBIRDS
  • CORMORANTS AND DARTERS
  • BOOBIES
  • ALBATROSSES
  • SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS
  • STORM PETRELS
  • PENGUINS
  • HERONS, BITTERNS, & EGRETS
  • IBISES & SPOONBILLS
  • LIMPKIN
  • STORKS
  • FLAMINGOES
  • AMERICAN VULTURES
  • HAWKS, EAGLES, & KITES
  • FALCONS AND CARACARAS
  • RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS
  • FINFOOTS
  • PLOVERS & LAPWINGS
  • SANDPIPERS, SNIPES, PHALAROPES
  • GULLS AND TERNS
  • STERCORARIUS
  • PIGEONS AND DOVES
  • PARROTS
  • CUCKOOS AND ANIS
  • TYPICAL OWLS
  • POTOOS
  • NIGHTHAWKS AND NIGHTJARS
  • SWIFTS
  • HUMMINGBIRDS
  • TROGONS
  • KINGFISHERS
  • MOTMOTS
  • PUFFBIRDS
  • JACAMARS
  • TOUCANS
  • WOODPECKERS
  • WOODCREEPERS
  • OVENBIRDS
  • LEAFTOSSERS AND MINERS
  • ANTTHRUSHES
  • ANTPITTAS
  • GNATEATERS
  • CRESCENTCHESTS
  • TAPACULOS
  • COTINGAS
  • JAYS
  • SWALLOWS AND MARTINS
  • MOCKINGBIRDS
  • WRENS
  • GNATCATCHERS AND GNATWRENS
  • PIPITS
  • THRUSHES
  • References
  • Index of English Names
  • Index of Portuguese Names
  • Index of Scientic Names