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A Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia [Hardcover]

Graham Harris (Author)

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Hardcover: 252 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; illustrated edition edition (8 Dec 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0691058318
ISBN-13: 978-0691058313
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16 x 2.7 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,225,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This is a guidebook to the birds and mammals of the coastal region of Patagonia, an area at the southern tip of South America. It describes the 185 species of birds and 61 species of mammals known to inhabit the land and sea along 2000 miles of the Patagonian coast, from Peninsula Valdes to the Strait of Magellan. It contains information on identifying all the birds and mammals of the region, as well as details of the natural history of some of the more common species.

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Great Guide to Patagonia 4 Jan 1999

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Format:Hardcover

This book is a great field guide to the area. The color plates are well drawn and are accurate. Very useful for identifying the species of this region.

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A very well done guide. 17 Jan 2000

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Harris' knowledge and research, coupled with an excellent artistic hand made this book a critical element to my Patagonian journey. Most notably, his plates are exceptional, and although not nearly as extensive, they are in most cases far superior to the recently released Collins Illustrated Checklist covering birds in the same region. Harris also includes solid notes on each species, sometimes going into very good depth. One frustration was the limits of Harris' coverage: the book is very much "coastal" Patagonia, and omits several species such as Andean Condors, or the beavers and woodpeckers of the Nothofagus forests. Know that Harris specifically covers Argentine Patagonia from Peninsula Valdes to Tierra del Fuego. Despite this constraint, the book aided me in identifying many species throughout inland Chile and the Chilean seaboard. Overall the guide made for a phenomenal travel companion.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Highly recommended 7 Jan 2002

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Format:Hardcover

Highly recommended for anyone traveling to Patagonia. The drawings are exemplary in comparison to any other available field guides to the region, particularly when used in combination with the de La Pena and Rumboll guide 'Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica'. I found Harris's illustrations and detailed descriptions to be much more extensive and truer to color and features than de La Pena. Particularly interesting was the inclusion of line drawings of mammal skeletons, which were much more common in the region than I ever imagined, and these drawings were extremely helpful in identification. However, a complementary bird guide is necessary when traveling south to the Beagle Channel, and toward the Andes, the route most vistors to Patagonia take. If you are limited to only one guide to the region, bring this one. If you have room for two, include de La Pena.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Great Guide to Patagonia 4 Jan 1999

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Format:Hardcover

This book is a great field guide to the area. The color plates are well drawn and are accurate. Very useful for identifying the species of this region.

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