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A descriptive record of South American birds that will serve both professional and amateur bird students and encourage conservation of these magnificent species

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Plan of the Book
• Migration
• Conservation
• The Plates
• The Suboscines, Order Passeriformes
  • Ovenbirds: Furnariinae
  • Woodcreepers: Dendrocolaptinae
  • Typical Antbirds: Thamnophilidae
  • Ground Antbirds: Formicariidae
  • Gnateaters: Conopophagidae
  • Tapaculos: Rhinocryptidae
  • Tyrant Flycatchers: Tyranninae
  • Manakins: Piprinae
  • Cotingas: Cotinginae
• Bibliography
• Index to English Names
• Index to Scientific Names

About the Author

Robert S. Ridgely, a leading ornithologist and author of A Guide to the Birds of Panama and The Birds of Ecuador, is Deputy Director of World Land Trust-US. He has served on numerous conservation-related boards, and currently is especially involved with Fundación Jocotoco in Ecuador, of which he is president.

Guy Tudor, a MacArthur Fellow and well-known bird artist and naturalist, was the principal illustrator of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela and A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.