Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and is one of the planet’s richest places for bird diversity, especially when it comes to the number of endemic species. Brazil’s Atlantic Forest region is one of the most dazzling of all. Immediately surrounding São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, this area of Brazil is also a relatively accessible area to birders from around the world.
In the Birds of Brazil Field Guides, the Wildlife Conservation Society brings together a top international team to do justice to the incredible diversity of Brazilian birds. This second guide presents 927 bird species, 863 illustrated, that occur in just the southeastern Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlântica in Portuguese). Of these species, 140 are endemic and 105 near endemic to just this region; 83 of these are threatened. Modern and compact, this field guide provides illustrations of unparalleled quality, key field marks, and regional range maps to facilitate easy recognition of all species normally occurring in this vibrant and critically important area of Brazil.
Excellent portable yet detailed field guide to the birds of the region THE GOOD: This is the second volume in a planned five volume series of regional field guides that will, collectively, cover all of Brazil. It is a great solution to the dilemma existing for comprehensive single-country field guides with respect to the many species-rich South American countries: either they are too large and heavy for field use because they have to cover so many species, or they give abbreviated species accounts, often lack range maps, and use small illustrations with twenty…
The best bird field guide for the region, but with some issues A decent book, but I expected better considering the stellar reputations of the authors and illustrators. Despite my criticism, this is still the best field guide to use for birds within the geographical area it covers. It’s not too big, and easy to carry around in a small backpack or waist pack. Text, maps, and illustrations are all on the same spread, and overall they are of good to excellent quality.
Beautiful guide but a bit large for the field Beautiful book in the same Wildlife Conservation Society series with the Birds of Brazil: Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil. The series is published by the Cornell University Press. The authors are top notch and the illustrations are outstanding. The species range maps are next to the species description for ease of reference. English, Latin, and Portuguese names are provided and indexed. The main drawback for someone wanting to use this as a field guide is its size: 432 glossy pages, just…