Aves de Portugal

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Second edition, revised and updated, of the most complete field guide for the identification of birds in Portugal. Thanks to its geographical location and natural features, Portugal’s birdlife is rich and varied, including almost all of the terrestrial species of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as a wide variety of marine birds and some of those endemic to Macaronesia.

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Product code: GUI0044

ISBN: 978-84-16728-11-4

SKU: GUI0044 Categories: , , Tag:

Weight

0.6 kg

Size

12 × 20 cm

Language

Portuguese

Format

Hardback

Pages

264

Publishing date

November 2018

Published by

Lynx Edicions

Description

Second edition, revised and updated, of the most complete field guide for the identification of birds in Portugal.

Thanks to its geographical location and natural features, Portugal’s birdlife is rich and varied, including almost all of the terrestrial species of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as a wide variety of marine birds and some of those endemic to Macaronesia.

This Portuguese language field guide brings together in a single publication Continental Portugal, its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira and the Savage Islands. It will help you identify the 525 bird species present in the entire Portuguese geographical area.

Second edition, revised and updated, of the most complete field guide for the identification of birds in Portugal.

  • Treats the species present in all Portugal’s geographical areas; Continental Portugal, its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira and the Savage Islands.
  • Describes field identification characteristics, habitat, migratory status, distribution and conservation status of all regularly present species and common vagrants. Includes an appendix with a summary of other occasional species indicating their geographical origin and total number of sightings per region.
  • Completely updated texts.
  • Updated taxonomy following the HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the  Birds of the World.
  • 253 maps (100 of them new) detailing the areas of presence throughout the year.
  • More than 800 colour illustrations, many improved and others new, showing the main details for the identification of species in the field.
  • 525 species, 49 more than in the first edition.
  • Names of birds in Portuguese, Spanish and English, plus scientific names.
  • The Guide is given a new dimension with videos, photographs and sounds by means of QR codes linking each species to The Internet Bird Collection.

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