"all in all it is a very "slick" piece of work. Very well done. "Thomas S. Schulenberg "...This amazing book ... is just crammed with useful, and accurate, information... " Robert S. Ridgely "...It is clear and concise, and should serve as a model for future bird finding books... " John O'Neill LAUNCHED AT THE RUTLAND 2004 BIRD FAIR http://www.birdfair.org.uk (2004 Events, Sunday's lectures) - featured in the Caretas Magazine

Pages: 384 Weight: 630 gr Size: 15.5 cm x 21.5 cm Material: pages: couche 90 gr/m2 cover: couche 300gr/m2, mate-plastified Copyright: partida registral: 00536-2004 Legal Deposit: No. 1501332004-6072 - ISBN: 9972-33-092-3

- how to bird in Peru in 152 sites - nearly 1300 species mentioned in the text - 7 regional maps and 60 site maps - 3 thematic color maps - a complete up-to-date Peru checklist - description of the 15 Biogeographic bird-regions - description of the 42 most important bird habitats - 50 color photographs of Biogeographic regions and habitats

Editorial Team
General Editor & text: Thomas Valqui
Edition Coordinator: Walter H. Wust, Layout: Gabriel Herrera, Claudia Santillana, Pili Pestana/EcoNews.
Text reviews: Bud&Margaret Widdowson,
Color maps: Patricia Huertas
Site maps: Jose Felix Roncal
Vover Art: Gary Bloomfield
Cover design: Celia Schaefer /Graph & Consult SRL
Photographs: Walter Wust
Line Drawings: Dan Lane
Printing and Binding: Grafica Ñañez S.A. Lima-Peru grafica.nanez@terra.com.pe

Peru: Natural Eden of Birds

Edition 2005
This coffee - table book is a good introduction to Peru´s birdlife. In an agile text it goes over Peruvian Birds history, diversity, endemism, threat, main biogeographic units and birdwatching