--- product_id: 1696418 title: "Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica." price: "298.63 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1696418-birds-of-southern-south-america-and-antarctica store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica. **Price:** 298.63 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica. - **How much does it cost?** 298.63 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1696418-birds-of-southern-south-america-and-antarctica) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description South America, though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent, has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers. Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica illustrates and describes all the known species--more than 1,000 of them--in a vast swath of this underexplored birder's paradise, from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay to parts of Antarctica. Just some of the birds it covers are teals, tinamous, chachalacas, conebills, cuckoos, macaws, parakeets, parrots, penguins, nightjars, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, tyrants, and tanagers. The habitats range from torrid rainforests and cloudforests to grasslands, the world's driest desert, second highest mountain range, and ice caps. The 97 color plates depict each species' male in breeding plumage, with the female and young often shown as well. On the facing page are concise textual descriptions of each species, highlighting not only salient physical features and behavioral patterns but the calls or songs of each. Casual birders and ornithologists contemplating a journey to the region, or simply interested in a one-volume overview of its bird life, will not want to miss this book. Review: Great field guide for Argentina and neighboring countries. - This field guide was an excellent addition to our trip to Argentina (Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls National Park). It is easy to transport in a backpack (small and not too heavy) and the color plates make it relatively easy to identify the birds we saw. In addition, the geographic plates were useful so we could determine if the birds were usually found in the regions we visited. Furthermore, the names were given in both English and Spanish which made communicating with the local guides much easier. I highly recommend this field guide to anyone traveling in southern South America. Review: Five Stars - I used this book for several weeks in Patagonia and would buy and use it again. It is small, the illustrations were good but there are a few species not illustrated. The pelagics seen south of Cape Horn were often not in it, but this is to be expected. It's greatest strength is also a weakness. There are sooo many species that it covers. Almost all of the birds in it are not found in any particular region. The range maps being in the back takes time to adjust to. In fact though this matters very little. I just used color coded dots to mark the illustrations as to the area I was birding. Wide ranging species had several colored dots. I actually later appreciated having the separate range maps because when I prepared my own dot-coded ranges this worked very well. If you do not prepare with a manual anyway this will be a disadvantage because there are so many SA species that without preparation this manual will be slow to use. I rarely had Internet access. Hard copy like this field guide is necessary. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,460,539 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #111 in Antarctica Travel Guides #585 in Ornithology (Books) #2,167 in Ecology (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 150 Reviews | ## Images ![Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica. - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81dglVmJxGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great field guide for Argentina and neighboring countries. *by R***O on October 1, 2009* This field guide was an excellent addition to our trip to Argentina (Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls National Park). It is easy to transport in a backpack (small and not too heavy) and the color plates make it relatively easy to identify the birds we saw. In addition, the geographic plates were useful so we could determine if the birds were usually found in the regions we visited. Furthermore, the names were given in both English and Spanish which made communicating with the local guides much easier. I highly recommend this field guide to anyone traveling in southern South America. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars *by R***H on November 11, 2017* I used this book for several weeks in Patagonia and would buy and use it again. It is small, the illustrations were good but there are a few species not illustrated. The pelagics seen south of Cape Horn were often not in it, but this is to be expected. It's greatest strength is also a weakness. There are sooo many species that it covers. Almost all of the birds in it are not found in any particular region. The range maps being in the back takes time to adjust to. In fact though this matters very little. I just used color coded dots to mark the illustrations as to the area I was birding. Wide ranging species had several colored dots. I actually later appreciated having the separate range maps because when I prepared my own dot-coded ranges this worked very well. If you do not prepare with a manual anyway this will be a disadvantage because there are so many SA species that without preparation this manual will be slow to use. I rarely had Internet access. Hard copy like this field guide is necessary. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Portable and Useful Little Guide *by S***I on January 17, 2007* I am going birding in Bolivia -- which does not yet have it's own field guide -- later this year. So instead of carrying one guide I need to figure out which combination of books will strike a balance between usefulness and space/weight. I have a feeling this is going to be one of my main resources. It is very portable and so far about 85 percent of the birds I may potentially see are in here. In no way is this book intended to replace a full scale field guide such as "Birds of Columbia" by Hilty or "Birds of the High Andes" but then again it is less than one quarter the size and weight. Also, FYI -- it is quite a bit more than merely an illustrated checklist: you do get a small one paragraph description for each bird, a range map at the back which is a little inconvenient but many full size guides use this format also. The book is probably a little out of date as far as some of the finer points of taxonomy -- but many of the recent arguments are at least explained. All in all -- I feel this will be a very useful book to have along, though it will definitely not be the only book I'll have along. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1696418-birds-of-southern-south-america-and-antarctica](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1696418-birds-of-southern-south-america-and-antarctica) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-10-04*