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Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide, 2nd Edition

Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide, 2nd Edition
By Andy Swash, Rob Still

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This simple-to-use, pocket-size volume offers a comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galápagos, encompassing all the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The second edition corrects and amends plates and text, as well as adds six new photos of the whales.
Reviews of the first edition: 
 “The essential field companion for Galápagos visitors.”—The Quarterly Review of Biology
 "I cannot conceive anyone going to the Galápagos without [this book] in hand." —Noble S. Proctor

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #62645 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-02-28
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Turtleback
  • 168 pages

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"Anyone traveling to the Galápagos Islands should have a copy." -- K. L. Williams, Choice

From the Publisher
Copublished with Pica Press

About the Author

Andy Swash is a zoologist and ecologist. Robert Still is an ecologist and a widely traveled naturalist.

Customer Reviews

The best pocket guide to Galápagos land and air critters5
Unless you are an advanced nature buff, birder, etc. this book should fulfill the need for travelers to recognize habitats and the land and air critters that inhabit them. Lavishly illustrated, good identification information, and even range maps- all very compact, and accurate. The information is next to the photo, so there's no paging back and forth- a good thing when you have a critter right in front of you. There's even a cross-referenced check-list by habitat! I'll definitely be taking this slender book with its strengthened, plasticized covers on my next trip to the "Islas Encantadas". You'll be glad you got this for your trip.

Wonderful Guide5
This book is, in the words of my 8-year-old son, "incredible"! The layout is very easy to understand, the photographic plates that show the various species in related groupings are marvelously well-done. The text is informative without being pedantic, and the plethora of full-color photographs and excellent illustrations make the book a joy to use. If you are going to the Galapagos, BUY THIS BOOK! Better yet, buy more than one, because you will wear it out so fast flipping pages and grabbing it out of your travelling companions' greedy hands. If you aren't going, but want to learn about the fauna of this unique archipelago, you will find no better resource.

A Superb Guide for Scientists5
A friend bought me this ID guide to take with me on a week-long cruise of the islands. The trip was magical and defies description; this ID guide was very helpful to me. It discusses not only the specific animals but also the ecology of specific vegetation zones of each island and documents sightings of each species. Not strictly for the layperson, because it requires some familiarity with scientific terms. I shared this guide with the National Park guides on our trip and they praised it highly - so I bought them each a copy. How's that for an endorsment?