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Guide to the Birds of the Falkland
Islands
Robin W. Woods, Franklin D. Coombs
(Illustrator): Buy from Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- The most useful book available about
the birds of the Falkland Islands
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Birds of Patagonia, Tierra Del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula: The Falkland Islands and South Georgia
Enrique Couve, C. Vidal: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
- This is a comprehensive field guide to all the resident, migrant and vagrant birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula, including the Falklands and South Georgia Islands. The guide describes over 400 species with over 2000 colour photographs. Descriptive accounts are provided for each species, covering identification, status, range and habits. Distribution maps are also included.
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Seabirds
Peter Harrison , with foreword by Roger
Tory Peterson: Buy from Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- This revised edition of Harrison's guide
to seabirds of the world, with full colour paintings of 1600 birds
covering 312 species, has been updated to include recent research.
The illustrations usually show several views of a species and
each bird has been given an individual account.
Photographic Handbook of the Seabirds of
the World
Jim Enticott, David Tipling: Buy from Amazon.co.uk
- Covering over 300 species of seabirds, this
revised edition aims to illustrate not only the adult bird, but
every significant plumage variation. The book presents 700 colour
photographs and up-to-date species descriptions, which include
details of habit and range, characteristic plumage and behavioural
features, sub-species and races where appropriate and vocalization.
Recommended Travel books for the Falkland Islands
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Falkland Islands: The Bradt Travel
Guide
William Wagstaff: Buy from Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- This Bradt guide focuses on the splendid
wildlife and spectacular terrain of the Falklands, including
offshore nesting colonies. Plenty of information is also
provided on Port Stanley, battlefields and offshore shipwrecks.
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Lonely Planet:
Antarctica
Jeff Rubin: Buy from Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- Jeff Rubin's guide-book to Antarctica
is a treasure, first of all because guide-books on Antarctica
are still very rare indeed, secondly because it is exhaustively
comprehensive in its detail and yet so readable.
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