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List Price: $49.95Amazon.com's Price: $32.97 You Save: $16.98 (34%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
EAN: 9780691025124
ISBN: 0691025126
Label: Princeton University Press
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 412
Publication Date: June 15, 1992
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Sales Rank: 24189
Studio: Princeton University Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This is the first paperback version of the second edition of the popular A Guide to the Birds of Panama. In the second edition, published in 1989, the authors expanded information on the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras: approximately 200 new species were added to the material in the 1976 edition. Over 300 additional species, some of them Panamanian, were illustrated. Sixteen new plates were added, and three of the original plates were replaced by improved versions. Throughout the book changes were made to accommodate the explosion in knowledge of the birds of Panama and nearby areas and of neotropical birds in general. The basic sequence and systematics of the AOU 1983 Check-list were adopted. Also included in the revised edition was expanded and updated information on birdfinding in Panama, prepared with the assistance of two of Panama's best resident birders. The book also contains a special section outlining developments in Panama ornithology and conservation. "A sophisticated treatment of one of the world's richest avifaunas."--The Quarterly Review of Biology
Average Rating: 
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It remains the only guide specific to the birds of Panama so a birder headed to that country has almost no choice but to buy a copy. However, this is a 1989 update to a work originally completed in 1974 and it is sorely lacking many features that are incorporated into the "modern" field guides published in the last decade.
Significant problems with this book that hopefully a future Panama bird guide will address:
1) There are no range maps showing the distribution of species in ... Read More
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As other reviewers have noted, the abscence of pictures throughout most of the guide makes it a little tough to use. The info is great, regional abundance seems in-depth enough and the number of birds listed is complete. However not having been to the region before, I had to buy a birds of Costa Rica book to find pictures of many of the species I was unfamiliar with in my birding experiences. I believe the new guide (due out in 2008) will be a great addition your field guide collection. I'm unsure ... Read More
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I'm an experienced birder, but this was my first trip to Panama. The number of species found in Panama is amazing. I was very pleased that a book that I could actually take in the field was so complete! This is an excellent buy.
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I would recommend that anyone interested in the birds of Panama buy this book, however it is not the only book available about the birds of Panama. There is the Guia de Las Aves de Panama by Ridgely and Gawynne (ISBN 958-95245-0-8) and An Illustrated Field Guide to the Birds of Panama by Ponce y Muschett (ISBN 84-89127-76-X). It is best to have as much information as possible before a trip even if all these books have their shortcomings. Robert B Gillies, Volcan, Chiriqui, The Republic of Panama.
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The text in this book is excellent, with good descriptions of the various species and nice writeups of behavioral habits. However if you want to use the book as a field guide to identify the birds you are seeing, there are some flaws that make this hard to do:
1. Not all birds are represented in the color plates. None of the 15 swift species, for example, get an entry on the plates.
2. Some birds have no picture at all, not even a black and white line drawing in the text. Lesser Yellow ... Read More
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