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Books about birds and birdwatching in Chile.

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Sub-Antarctic Magellanic Ornithology

The First Decade of Bird Studies at Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve

Ricardo Rozzi & Jaime E Jiménez

University of North Texas Press

2013

"The first synthesis of current knowledge of forest and wetland birds in the world's southernmost forests, Sub-Antarctic Magellanic Ornithology contains both original work by Rozzi and Jimenez and the results of a decade of research conducted by the scientists associated with the Omora Park. The first part is a guide to the forest bird populations and habitats in the Reserve, and a summary of the data recorded for the bird species captured with mist-nets and banded. The information is given in two pages for each species, with English, Spanish, and scientific names, as well as a full-colour photo, distribution maps, a table with original morphological information, a figure indicating abundance rates, and a brief description of the species' main features. The second part is a selection of twenty-two published articles on ornithological research at Omora Park during its first decade of studies, from 2000 to 2010. Eleven of the twenty-two articles were originally published in Spanish and are here translated and available to a larger readership."

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Patagonia: Flora & Fauna

Marcelo Beccaceci

Southworld

2013

Bilingual: Spanish / English

"Fold-out guide to birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, trees, bushes and flowering plants of the region."

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Field Guide to the Birds of Chile

Enrique Couve, Claudio Vidal-Ojeda and Jorge Ruiz

Fantastico Sur

2010

"A new and comprehensive field guide to the birds of Chile, describing and illustrating in colour every species – more than 450 in all – and providing concise species accounts. Indivdual species accounts cover identification features, similar species, habitat, range and behaviour. This will be an invaluable reference for anyone contemplating a trip to Chile, or for those with an interest in the natural history of southern South America."

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Patagonia & Antartida Guía de Campo / Patagonia & Antarctica Field Guide

Marcelo Beccaceci

Southworld

2010

Bilingual: Spanish / English

"The most popular guide in Patagonia, it includes over 500 full colour illustrations to identify birds, mammals, fish, amphibious, reptiles, trees, bushes and flowering plants. A map of all the Argentine and Chilean Parks and Reserves in Patagonia, and a map of the Antarctica continent. Detailed information on the natural history of Patagonia and Antarctica."

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A Wildlife Guide to Chile

Sharon Chester

Princeton / A & C Black

2008

"This is the first English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories-Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, San Felix y San Ambrosio, and the Juan Fernandez Archipelago. The colour plates depict species in their natural environments with unmatched vividness and realism. The combination of detailed illustrations and engaging, succint and authoritative text makes field identification quick, easy and accurate. Maps, charts and diagrams provide information about landforms, submarine topography, marine environment, climate, vegetation zones and the best places to view wildlife. This is an essential guide to Chile's remarkable biodiversity."

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Birds /Aves: Torres del Paine: Guia de Campo / Field Guide

Enrique Couve, Claudio Vidal

Fantastico Sur

Bilingual: English/Spanish

2004

"This is a comprehensive and up-to-date field guide of all the resident, migratory and accidental species occurring in this important World Biosphere Reserve, situated on the Chilean Patagonia. A total of 111 species are described and illustrated with more than 150 colour photographs. Each species account provides information on identification, status, habitat, distribution range, conservation, habits and breeding. The guide includes an appendix describing the status of 23 accidental or hypothetic species of the park."

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Multi-ethnic Bird Guide to the Austral Temperate Forests of South America

Ricardo Rozzi

Fantastico Sur

2004

"This is an illustrated guide to the forest birds of Southern Chile and Argentina, and the indigenous traditions associated with them. The book includes two CDs with recordings of bird calls. Through its illustrations, recordings and text, this work conveys the natural history and ethnography of the southernmost forests of the world."

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National Parks of Patagonia / Parques Nacionales de la Patagonia

Marcelo Beccaceci

Southworld

2004

Bilingual: Spanish / English

"The National Parks of Patagonia in Argentina are the premier parks in South America. This book displays magnificent photographs of each of these protected areas and serves, at the same time, as an introduction and guide to the amazing natural wonders of the southern Andes, lakes, glaciers, coastal wildlife and vivid windswept steppe of the southernmost region of the Americas."

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Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Chile

Manuel Marin

Lynx Edicions

Bilingual: English/Spanish

2003

"This comprehensive and meticulously researched work brings together a wealth of information, combining extensive recent data with a re-evaluation of the historical literature and re-examination of critical museum specimens, thus providing a complete update on the status of the 438 species reliably recorded in Chile. It includes: a complete species checklist in grid format; life-zone codes for every species; the latest taxonomic and systematic developments; an in-depth analysis of 34 hypothetical species; an evaluation of 10 species now considered erroneous; and detailed notes on rare, endemic and introduced species."

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Birds of Chile

Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke and David Beadle

Helm Field Guides

Christopher Helm

2003

"This is a field guide covering all species occurring in the country of Chile. Chile holds a great diversity of habitat types, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south. Chile supports an interesting range of breeding and visiting birds, including nine species found nowhere else in the world. This guide features concise, identification-focused text positioned opposite the colour plates to allow quick and easy reference. Detailed distribution maps are provided for every species, completing the essential field guide to the birds of this spectacular and tourist-friendly country."

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Birds of Chile

Alvaro Jaramillo

Princeton Field Guides

Princeton University Press

2003

"This is the essential new field guide to the birds of Chile. Representing a great diversity of habitats, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south, Chile is the breeding ground or temporary abode of 473 known species including 9 found nowhere else in the world. Birds of Chile covers them all, embracing not only the mainland but points offshore such as Easter Island as well as the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, plus the Falklands and South Georgia. In addition to being a friendly and fruitful birding destination in its own right, Chile is the starting point for many Antarctic cruises. Succinct, identification-focused text and distribution maps share a page opposite each of the 97 color plates to allow quick and easy reference. Between the boldfaced English name and the scientific name comes the Spanish name as used in Chile; this is important, for birders will find their quest far more enjoyable and effectual if they can explain to Chileans exactly what they are looking at, think they are looking at, or hope to be looking at."

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Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula: The Falkland Islands and South Georgia

Enrique Couve and Claudio F. Vidal

Fantastico Sur

2003

"This is a comprehensive field guide to all the resident, migrant and vagrant birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula, including the Falklands and South Georgia Islands. This is a unique region on the planet including the frozen austral fjords of Chile and the steep Argentina Atlantic coast that is virtually teemed with wildlife. Between are the Valdivian temperate forests that are the realm of the Chucao Tapaculo and the windy arid Patagonian Steppes where Rheas and Tinamous travel in groups. The guide describes over 400 species with over 2000 colour photographs. Descriptive accounts are provided for each species, covering identification, status, range and habits. Distribution maps are also included. It is hoped that this book will inspire the reader to observe, learn and therefore protect the rich but also fragile birdlife of this remote outer corner of the world."

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Illustrated Checklist: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica

Martin R De La Pena and Maurice Rumboll

Princeton University Press

2001

"South America, though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent, has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers. Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica illustrates and describes all the known species - more than 1,000 of them - in a vast swath of this underexplored birder's paradise, from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay to parts of Antarctica. Just some of the birds it covers are teals, tinamous, chachalacas, conebills, cuckoos, macaws, parakeets, parrots, penguins, nightjars, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, tyrants, and tanagers. The habitats range from torrid rainforests and cloudforests to grasslands, the world's driest desert, second highest mountain range, and ice caps. The 97 color plates depict each species' male in breeding plumage, with the female and young often shown as well. On the facing page are concise textual descriptions of each species, highlighting not only salient physical features and behavioral patterns but the calls or songs of each. Casual birders and ornithologists contemplating a journey to the region, or simply interested in a one-volume overview of its bird life, will not want to miss this book."

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Birds of the Beagle Channel and Cape Horn / Aves del Canal Beagle y Cabo de Hornos

Enrique Couve and Claudio F. Vidal

Fantastico Sur

2000

Bilingual: Spanish / English

"Provides a guide to all of the birds recorded in the region. Those found most commonly are accompanied by a comprehensive description detailing their geographical range and status, along with a photograph of the bird for identification purposes. Areas covered include: the Southern part of Chilean and Argentinian Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Staten Island (Argentina), the Southern islands of Beagle Channel including the Cape Horn Archipelago and Diego Ramirez Islands (Chile) and surrounding waters."

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Where to Watch Birds in Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile: An Identification Guide

Enrique Couve and Claudio F. Vidal

Fantastico Sur

1999

"This book is a photographic identification guide for all 105 species of birds present in Torres del Paine National Park. In the text, the reader will find valuable information about the natural history of every species and also the best locations in this UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, considered by many as one of the most beautiful National parks in the World. Its small size, concise descriptions and excellent photos makes it an ideal handbook when traveling in the Park, and for study before your visit."

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Illustrated Checklist: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica

Martin R De La Pena and Maurice Rumboll

Collins

1998

"This field guide illustrates and describes 1140 species of bird found in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and Uruguay. The text details what kind of habitat the birds are found in, key identification features and notes on the songs and calls of each species."

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A Checklist of the Birds of Chile

Steve Howell

American Birding Association

1996

A 31 page booklet.

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The Essential Guide to Birding in Chile

Mark Pearman

Worldwide Publications

1995

A guide to 41 birdwatching sites in Chile with travel information and an annotated checklist for the country.

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The Birds of Chile

Sharon R. Chester

Wantering Albatross

1995

A spiral bound 40 page guide.

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Chile: A Birders Field Checklist of the Birds of Chile

Dave Sargeant

1995

A 14 page booklet.

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The Birds of Chile

Braulo Araya and Sharon Chester

Latin American Tours

1993

A guide to nearly 450 species found in Chile.

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The Birds of Chile

Russell Rogers

International Field Checklist series

1992

A 10 page booklet.

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Birds of the High Andes

Jon Fjeldsa and Niels Krabbe

Apollo Books

1990

"The area covered is the temperate and alpine zones of the Andean region, from Venezuela and Colombia in the north, through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, to the southernmost point on the coast of Chile. For each species, there is a full description, including plumage, habits, voices, breeding, habitat selection and range, plus detailed distribution maps. The colour plates depict over two thousand separate plumages in nearly one thousand species and subspecies. In addition there are numerous line drawings showing differential details, postures and nests."

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Ornithological Gazetteer Of Chile

Raymond A. Paynter

Museum Of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

1988

A gazetteer and bibliography.

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Birds of Isla Grande (Tierra del Fuego)

Philip S. Humphrey, David Bridge, Percival W. Reynolds, Roger Tory Peterson

Preliminary Smithsonian Manual

Smithsonian Institution Press

1970

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Birds of Chile and the Adjacent Regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru

A.W. Johnson

Platt Establecimientos Graficos

1965

A two volume, 398 page guide to the birds of the area. With colour plates.

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Birds of Chile

Charles E. Hellmayr

Field Museum Of Natural History

Publication 308, Zoological Series, Volume XIX

1932

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Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, Volume 2: Ornithology

Part V: Psittacidae - Icteridae

Editor: William B. Scott

Witmer Stone

Illustrations: J.G. Keulemans and others

Princeton, The University / E. Schweizepbartsche Verlagshandlung

1927

Includes 14 colour plates by Keulemans and numerous black and white illustrations by others.

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Observations on the Birds of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile

Alexander Wetmore

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

1923

"The successful operation of the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty in according protection, hitherto uncertain, to migratory game and insectivorous birds, with resultant increase in many species, led naturally to inquiries regarding the present status of birds that migrate in winter beyond our borders. Particularly was this the case with those species, mainly shore birds, that pass south into the southern portion of the South American Continent. To gather first hand information on the questions involved the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, in May, 1920, dispatched the writer to Argentina with instructions to carry on the desired observations. During the extended period of field work incident to such a task there was abundant opportunity to make representative collections of native birds and to record many points of interest concerning their distribution and habits."

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Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, Volume 2: Ornithology

Part IV: Anatidae - Tytodidae

Editor: William B. Scott

William Earl Dodge Scott associated with R. Bowdler Sharpe / Witmer Stone

Illustrations: H. Grönvold and others

Princeton, The University / E. Schweizepbart'sche Verlagshandlung

1915

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Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, Volume 2: Ornithology

Part III: Charadriidae - Anatidae

Editor: William B. Scott

William Earl Dodge Scott associated with R. Bowdler Sharpe

Numerous black and white illustrations

Princeton, The University / E. Schweizepbartsche Verlagshandlung

1912

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Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, Volume 2: Ornithology

Part II: Procellariidae - Charadriidae

Editor: William B. Scott

William Earl Dodge Scott associated with R. Bowdler Sharpe

Illustrations: H. Grönvold and others

Princeton, The University / E. Schweizepbart'sche Verlagshandlung

1910

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The Birds Of Tierra del Fuego

Richard Crawshay

Illustrations: J. G. Keulemans

Bernard Quaritch

1907

From the introduction:

"The Birds dealt with in this work do not claim to represent absolutely every species occurring in Tierra del Fuego; but they are, I believe, the most comprehensive collection yet made in the island, and include many recorded from there for the first time. Such as it is, this collection is the work of my own hands. Alone as I was, an amateur, these results were not attained otherwise than slowly and laboriously, indeed wearily enough at times; for although the greatest consideration was shown me by the white settlers, conditions of life in this region are hardly conducive to work of the kind. Fellow travellers, then, who have practical experience of what Bird-collecting means in the earth's bye-ways - where so many pursuits claim their share of attention, and there is always one's life to live from day to day - will understand something of the effort involved. As to this book, it is of the nature of a work of the kind that, no matter how assiduously or how long one may apply oneself, there abides with the conscientious author the knowledge at heart that the result is not as satisfactory as he could wish. Such is my feeling. The further I have progressed the more have I come to realize the immensity of the subject, to say nothing of collateral questions arising by the way. Its scope, in fact, is well nigh infinite. All I claim for this effort in the direction of comprehending it is that I have done my best."
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Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, Volume 2: Ornithology

Part I: Rheidae - Spheniscidae

Editor: William B. Scott

William Earl Dodge Scott associated with R. Bowdler Sharpe

Numerous black and white illustrations

Princeton, The University / E. Schweizepbart'sche Verlagshandlung

1904

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