Field Guide to the Birds of Ecuador (Helm Field Guides)

Choosing a favorite field guide is a subjective endeavor, but I can't imagine another trip to Ecuador without this guide. Yes, its bulk is not insignificant, but the only compact guide for the country necessarily skimps on plumage variations and accompanying text.

Just a couple quibbles.The maps try to pack too much detail into a small area, like the Guayaquil and Esmereldas areas, giving the appearance of being a location where a species is found. Also some of the illustrations have funky lines outlining species, an example is the Capped Heron.Otherwise a 5 star guidebook.

Buen libro, me gustó justo lo que estaba buscando.

This book has incredible images of birds. I'm very pleased with it.

Compact and easy to bring on any trip

Lists all birds of equador, good for reference. Have not used it yet, got it for up coming trip.

good book and reasonable size considering the number of birds it needs to detail.

A brilliant up to date taxonomy of the birds and most common mammals in a compact form.. Clear easier to read range maps and equally easy to distinguish plates to better identify species.. Especially brilliant for Hummingbirds, tanagers the "antthings" so easily confused in earlier field guides.. For that matter, it is outstanding on all the families.Truly the one book that is a must for amateurs or hard core bird folks traveling and birding this wonderful nation. Thank you gentlemen for this wonderful guide.

Comprehensive field guide of mainland Ecuador birds, and that is very good. Nothing about Galapagos birds. On some drawings the colours are too vivid when compared to photographs of the same bird.

Dans la perspective de séjourner 2 ou 3 semaines dans ce pays aux plus de 1630 espèces d'oiseaux, j'ai fait l'acquisition de ce guide pour identifier les espèces les plus facilement observables et connaître les différents biotopes. Une carte des principales réserves est proposée dans le livre.Les illustrations de Restall et les cartes de distribution régionale sont claires. Les espèces sont souvent illustrées selon l'âge, le sexe, les sous-espèces.Il n'y a qu'au niveau de la description des chants que je ne comprends rien, mais là il me faudrait une formation ;o))En fin d'ouvrage, on trouve une liste des oiseaux les plus facilement observables et une check-list sur 19 pages.En revanche, si l'on prend le pays en tant qu'entité politique, il est bon de savoir que les espèces d'oiseaux des Îles Galapagos ne sont pas traitées.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Muy buen libro para identificar las aves de Ecuador, mas de 1600 especies, de los cuales mas de 130 son colibríesLas ilustraciones, mapas de distribución son muy buenasPor lo que he visto es, si no el mejor y mas completo, si uno de los mejoresSu unico inconveniente ..... su peso 1,158 kilos, pero es que, con tantas especies te sale un tocho de libro

Illustrations of every mainland Ecuador species. Drawings seem accurate although it is always difficult to get the exact same colours as the real-life birds. Maps, drawings and text on same page is very useful in the field. Book is heavy, but with 1600 species, it would be hard to make it lighter... Very useful to any birder travelling to Ecuador.

Very similar to the national geographic guide of North America or sibley’s! Love the layout and illustrations are on point