New illustrated Colombian bird book (1 Viewer)

aegithalos · Apr 17, 2018

http://selva.org.co/2018/04/compra-la-guia-ilustrada-de-la-avifauna-colombiana/

Has anyone seen this, or images of the illustrations in it?

Cost is COP 100,000 (ca £25), plus postage, rates given within Colombia, enquire for international.

Keith

Andy Adcock · Apr 17, 2018

Looks as though it's not being marketed at English speakers at all or more properly, non Spanish speakers?

A

cajanuma · Apr 17, 2018

It looks to be excellent as the author and illustrator, Fernando Ayerbe, has already written and illustrated two guides in Spanish on the Tangara tanagers (https://america.bioweb.co/products/tangara-de-colombia) and hummingbirds (http://librocolibriesdecolombia.blogspot.it/) of Colombia. Neither one of these books are easily available outside of Colombia but they are both very good.

Sample pages can be seen here for those on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fernando.a...MDoxNTI1MTU3OTk5Oi0yMDEyMzA0NTAyODYwODUyMDAz/

There is essentially no text for individual species, just introductory paragraphs in Spanish for the various genera. Maps and illustrations cover subspecies as well. It seems to have been received enthusiastically by the Colombian birding community, I am hoping to be able to have some copies shipped to Italy.

fbeeldens · Apr 18, 2018

They had copies of the tanagers and hummingbirds books at the Ukuku lodge in the Canyon de Combeiba and spent some time perusing them. they looked quite good actually (was very tempted to buy them even though they were spanish only, but lacked the time in the end to pick up copies in Bogota)

KR,

Filip

aegithalos · Apr 19, 2018

cajanuma said:
It looks to be excellent as the author and illustrator, Fernando Ayerbe, has already written and illustrated two guides in Spanish on the Tangara tanagers (https://america.bioweb.co/products/tangara-de-colombia) and hummingbirds (http://librocolibriesdecolombia.blogspot.it/) of Colombia. Neither one of these books are easily available outside of Colombia but they are both very good.

Sample pages can be seen here for those on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fernando.a...MDoxNTI1MTU3OTk5Oi0yMDEyMzA0NTAyODYwODUyMDAz/

There is essentially no text for individual species, just introductory paragraphs in Spanish for the various genera. Maps and illustrations cover subspecies as well. It seems to have been received enthusiastically by the Colombian birding community, I am hoping to be able to have some copies shipped to Italy.

Excellent, thanks for the helpful links.

Keith

Andy Adcock · Apr 19, 2018

I can never understand why they don't publish in English as well as Spanish, they'd sell more books surely?

I'd buy this book and the Tanager title if they were in English.

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