{"product_id":"birds-of-tropical-america-9780292706736","title":"Birds of Tropical America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe guide to neotropical bird behavior that picks up where field guides leave off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirds of Tropical America\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive look into the lives of some of the most fascinating birds in the world. The book will entertain and educate the amateur birder and professional ornithologist alike and would be a valuable addition to libraries at home and university. * Condor *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilty, who has led birding expeditions to Central and South America and the Caribbean, supplies not a field guide to species identification but rather a natural history of tropical birds. He writes about tropical diversity, nesting habits, the structure of a rain forest bird community, biogeography, Andean genealogy, bird migration within the tropics, bird color and patterns, seed dispersal, foraging techniques, courtship rituals, and song patterns. This is a fascinating book for enthusiastic birders and stay-at-home naturalists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Hilty] deals with such fascinating topics as why there are so many species in tropical America, why antbirds don’t eat ants, why there are so many flycatchers, why tropical birds are so colorful (or not), how hummingbirds survive and even prosper in the Andes, and what makes manakins and cotingas do their curious songs and dances. He writes with knowledge, grace, and humor. . . . After [Alexander] Skutch, Hilty is the finest synthesizer and popularizer of the life of Neotropical birds.\u003c\/p\u003e * Birding *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDreams Meet Reality in the American Tropics: A Preface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvian Addresses: Structure of a Rainforest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBird Community Tropical Diversity: Why So Many Bird Species in Tropical Forests?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhosts of Rainforests Past: Amazonian Biogeography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-Andean Genealogy: Unraveling Ice Age Secrets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTropical Travelers: Migration Within the Tropics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Clubbiest of Clubs: Life in a Mixed-Species Flock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAntbirds Don't Eat Ants: Rhythms and Rituals at Ant Swarms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Is the Fairest? Colorfulness in Tropical and Temperate Birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFruit of the Land: Birds, Fruit and Seed Dispersal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnatomy of a Fruit Eater: Foraging Tactics of Fruit-Eating Birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Good Song and Dance: Alternative Life-Styles of Manakins and Cotingas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTerritories or Traplines? Hummingbird Foraging Strategies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold Reality: Highland Hummingbirds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSallying Forth: A Flycatcher Baedeker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding a Needle in the Haystack: A Vulture's View of Paradise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Costs and Benefits of Growing Old: Life and Love Among the Caciques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSound Strategies: Sopranos Should Sing From the Treetops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerilous Paradise: Tropical River Islands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Search of a Season: When Do Tropical Birds Nest?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400846614871,"sku":"9780292706736","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/birds-of-tropical-america-9780292706736","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}