Birds of the Galapagos, the Collins Field Guide to

By Michael Harris

Book Overview

No markings. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges slightly foxed. Includes numerous full color illustrations and index. Very clean, crisp, and tight copy. Not Ex-Library. All books... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002192373
• ISBN13: 9780002192378
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.

Customer Reviews

birds of Galapagos

This was a second hand book, will be useful to me on the trip, small and underlined areas someone did will be helpful.

Average field guide.

This is a nice field guide but it only has 4 color plates of 12 supplemented with some line drawings making it a little less visual than I would like. The contents of the introduction are as follows: How to use the species accounts; checklist of the birds of Galapagos; history of ornithology in Galapagos; climate; zonation of plants and birds; numbers of land birds, plants & altitude; the land birds of arid islands; breeding seasons; ecology; changes in the avifauna & its conservation; migrants; the birds likely to beseen. This is followed by "The Birds" section containing each species account; which are arranged by their family name (common names included too). The species accounts contain a brief indentification, flight, voice, food, breeding and distribution section; which sometimes has a map. Overall, it is a professional book considering the version I write about is from 1982 but I'm sure there are nicer guides today.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos

Excellent resource for birders of all skill ranges. Easy to use. Plenty of maps. Thorough introductory information. Highly recommended!