Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Armed with rudimentary Spanish, dangerous levels of curiosity and a record of poor judgement, Allison set off to tackle whatever South America could throw at him. Getting involved with conservation projects as well as seeking out the wildest and rarest... More about How to walk a Puma: my (mis)adventures in South America
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Venezuela is blessed with one of the largest avifaunas in the world. More than 1,400 species have been recorded in the country, thanks to a great diversity of habitats ranging from the High Andes to lowland Amazonian rainforest, and just about... More about Birds of Venezuela
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2001. Octavo, softcover. The most updated and complete checklist to the birds of Argentina. More about Annotated checklist of the Birds of Argentina
Cornell: Zona Tropical Publication, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. The unique geography and climate of Costa Rica make it a small country with extraordinary biodiversity. Here, North American and South American species of flora and fauna can be found side by side, taking advantage of the serendipitous conditions. The... More about National Parks of Costa Rica
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, map. Blending ethnography with a fascinating personal story, this book is an account of a political movement that arose in the early 1990s in response to decades of attacks on the lands and peoples of eastern Ecuador, one... More about Future for Amazonia: Randy Borman and Cofan environmental politics
Washington DC: Conservation International, 2003. Octavo, paperback, color illustrations, tables. The Marine Rapid Assessment Program's goal is to rapidly generate and disseminate information on coastal and near-shore shallow-water marine biodiversity. Its surveys yield appropriate and realistic recommendations for conservation, and have, at times, resulted in the finding of new species. More about A Biological Assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Caura River Basin, Bolivar State, Venezuela
London: A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. A comprehensive English-language guide to Chile's common flora and fauna. It is also the first guide to cover Chile and its territories Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, San Felix-San Ambrosio, and the Juan Fernandez Archipelago. It includes information on the best... More about A wildlife guide to Chile
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Octavo, colour photographs, line drawings. This field guide treats the extraordinary diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics. This stunningly illustrated guide features an easy-to-use whole-plant approach to seed identification that... More about Seeds of Amazonian plants
United States: Counterpoint, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. Since its discovery by Europeans in 1500, explorers, visionaries, soldiers of fortune, men of God, scientists, and slavers have been drawn to the legendary Amazon. This book is a sweeping chronicle of those brave and hardy souls, ranging from the Spanish seafarer... More about River sea: the Amazon in history, myth and legend
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps. This scientific masterpiece reveals many aspects of the lives of marsupial frogs and closely allied genera. Native to Central and South America, these amphibians differ from other frogs in that they protect their eggs after oviposition... More about Marsupial frogs: Gastrotheca and allied genera
Austin: University of Texas Press, (2005. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. This practical field guide contains detailed annotations for easy identification of all of Mexico's regular species. The descriptions include the English, Spanish, and Latin names; a general range statement for each bird, along with its specific occurrences in... More about A field guide to the birds of Mexico and adjacent areas: Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1999. Quarto, paperback, 16 colour plates, other illustrations, maps. This volume in the series provides a survey and synthesis of current knowledge of the more than 650 species of land and marine mammals found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, as well as information on the... More about Mammals of the neotropics, volume three: the central neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Cornell: Cornell University Press, (2012. third edition), Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, map. This new edition incorporates five decades of his notes and records of the island's birds to present in a handy and readable form detailed and comprehensive information about the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Showcasing 40 all-new colour... More about A guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Adrian Forsyth draws on four decades of personal encounters with the animals of the rainforests, including Poison-dart frogs, Three-toed sloths, Bushmasters, and Umbrellabirds, as a starting point to communicate key ecological topics such as biodiversity, coevolution, rarity, chemical defense, nutrient cycling... More about Nature of the rainforest: Costa Rica and beyond
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, distribution maps. Juan Freile and Robin Restall's Birds of Ecuador is a comprehensive guide to the varied, bounteous and endemic-rich avifauna of this biodiversity hotspot, replacing the previous two-volume Helm guide to the country (2001). All species and key subspecies are illustrated... More about Birds of Ecuador
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. The result of a three year intensive study by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of some of Chile's most threatened plant species. The major part of the book gives up to date information... More about Threatened plants of Central and South Chile: distribution, conservation and propagation
Rickmansworth: Evans Mitchell Books, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This book is a stunning book by British wildlife photographer and filmmaker, Nick Gordon. Nick has spent over 12 years of his life in Amazonia where he first went there to try and find, see and photograph that most elusive and... More about Wild Amazon: a photographer's incredible journey
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1997. Octavo, text illustrations, maps. The area covered is broadly representative of the central American fish fauna. More about Fishes of the continental waters of Belize
London: Thames and Hudson, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. This enthralling book brilliantly describes the passionate struggles that have taken place in order to utilize, protect and understand the wonder that is the Amazon. Hemmings riveting account recalls the adventures and misadventures down the centuries of the explorers, missionaries, indigenous Indians... More about Tree of rivers: the story of the Amazon
London: Thames and Hudson, 2009. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This enthralling book brilliantly describes the passionate struggles that have taken place in order to utilize, protect and understand the wonder that is the Amazon. Hemmings riveting account recalls the adventures and misadventures down the centuries of the explorers, missionaries, indigenous Indians... More about Tree of rivers: the story of the Amazon
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (2014. second edition). Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Takes readers on a stunning visual journey through one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. In these remarkable photographs, a puma stands majestically on a tree limb surveying the forest below; an iridescent blue... More about Costa Rica: a journey through nature
London: Helm, 1999. Octavo, paperback, 95 maps, text illustrations. Covers over 100 sites from Baja California to the Yucatan Peninsula (where 950 species can be seen). More about Where to watch birds in Mexico
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. John Kricher, a renowned ecologist and Galapagos ecotour guide, presents a detailed natural history of this spectacular archipelago. He looks at the amazing diversity of life found here, from iguanas to penguins, and explains the fascinating geology of these remote islands... More about Galapagos: a natural history
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. The first comprehensive field guide to all 207 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance of its borders. A diminutive nation with abundant natural wealth, the country is host to 146 species... More about Amphibians of Costa Rica: a field guide
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Provides the snapshot of South American fauna. With 252 photographs, this work presents descriptions of each of the mammal families found on the South American continent; and reveals the diversity of these incredible animals. It includes details about the "third... More about Mammals of South America