Aves de España [Birds of Spain]

About this book

Language: Spanish with multilingual name index in Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician

Fourth edition, revised and updated, of the most popular field guide to the identification of the birds of Spain. Recommended by SEO/Birdlife. Contains updated information on all bird species present in Spanish territories.

- Includes Peninsular Spain, Ceuta, Melilla, and the Balearic and Canary Islands.
- 599 species, 191 of them occasional or accidental, and 5 extinct.
- More than a thousand colour illustrations showing the main details for species identification in the field, with 129 new illustrations in this edition.
- More than 300 maps detailing the areas of presence throughout the year.
- Index with bird names in Spanish, Catalan, Basque, and Galician.
- QR codes linking to the SEO/BirdLife Guide to the Birds of Spain, providing access to complementary texts, illustrations, videos, photographs, and recordings of songs and other vocalizations.

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Biography

Eduardo de Juana Aranzana was, until his retirement, a teacher and researcher at the universities of Madrid, Complutense, and Autonomous. In the field of ornithology, he has conducted in particular studies on seabirds, steppe birds, and birds occasionally or accidentally present in Spain. In the field of conservation, he has closely collaborated with the Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO/BirdLife), where he held the positions of general secretary and president for many years.

Biologist and artist Juan Varela Simó has worked as a researcher in colonies of seabirds and served as Director of SEO/BirdLife. He is the author or co-author of 27 books, and his works have illustrated periodicals and more than 40 nature books. He has exhibited in over 60 museums and galleries in Europe and the USA, and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin. He is the official representative in Spain for the Artist for Nature Foundation (Netherlands), with which he collaborates on international projects. In 2015, he was awarded by the BBVA Foundation for his contribution to biodiversity conservation.