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Travellers' Wildlife Guides
Series Editor, Les Beletsky
 The Travellers' Wildlife Guides is a series of travel-wildlife books aimed at environmentally conscious travellers (ecotourists) for whom some of the best parts of any trip are glimpses of animals in natural settings. The purpose of these books is to enhance enjoyment of a trip and enrich wildlife sightings by providing identifying information on several hundred of the most frequently encountered animals of a covered country or region, along with up-to-date information on their ecology, behavior, and conservation. For instance, for one of the recently published titles in the series, Peru, top wildlife artists produced splendid color illustrations of about 320 bird species, 70 mammals, 85 amphibians and reptiles, and 30 insects - the book truly includes most of the land animals that visitors to Peru are likely to encounter. Some of the books also include illustrations of sea creatures commonly sighted by divers and snorkelers (for instance, the book on Hawaii shows illustrations of about 200 fish and marine invertebrates).
"Beletsky's...guides are an inspired new concept in the field-guide genre." - Fiona Reid in the magazine Birding.
"As a natural history primer, this book sets the standard." - Michael Blair in the bird journal Ibis.
"One thing travelers to foreign countries discover is that it can be difficult, if not impossible, to find adequate field guides or information on the ecology of a destination. This sad situation has changed for the better with the launch of Les Beletsky's...series." - the magazine California Wild.
Travellers' Wildlife Guides currently available
Alaska
by Dennis Paulson and Les Beletsky
ISBN-13: 9781566566520
No. of animal species illustrated: 320 |
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Australia - The East
by Les Beletsky
ISBN-13: 9781566566148
No. of animal species illustrated: 640
Covers eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, eastern Victoria, and Tasmania. |
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Costa Rica
by Les Beletsky
ISBN: 1-56656-529-4
No. of animal species illustrated: 330
"...I cried when a copy of Les Beletsky's book was handed to me - if only I'd had it with me (when I traveled to Costa Rica). There are so many bad guides on the market trying to do what this book does so simply and so well." - Nick Baker, in the magazine BBC Wildlife. |
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Belize and Northern Guatemala
by Les Beletsky
ISBN: 1-56656-568-5
No. of animal species illustrated: 480
"Erudite, informative and readable, this...book...is the kind of guide that an ecotourist to the area really needs. No one should consider visiting the natural treasures of Belize and Guatemala without it." - Adrian Barnett in the magazine New Scientist. |
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Brazil - Amazon and Pantanal
by David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
ISBN: 1-56656-593-6
No. of animal species illustrated: 520 |
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Peru
by David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
ISBN: 1-56656-545-6
No. of animal species illustrated: 500 |
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Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
by David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
ISBN: 1-56656--530-8
No. of animal species illustrated: 500
"...anyone travelling to these places with the slightest interest in natural history should definitely pack a copy." - Gordon Hamlett in the magazine Bird Watching. |
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Florida
by Fiona Sunquist, Mel Sunquist, and Les Beletsky
ISBN-13: 9781566566513
No. of animal species illustrated: 550
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Hawaii
by Les Beletsky
ISBN: 1-56656-613-4
No. of animal species illustrated: 365
"This is a natural history guide for someone who is really serious about gaining an in-depth understanding of Hawaii's natural environment, animals and plants. It's very complete and very well done...the best one that I've seen for Hawaii." - David Taylor in the magazine Hawaii Island Journal. |
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Southern Africa
by Bill Branch, Chris & Tilde Stuart, Warwick Tarboton
No. of animal species illustrated: 515
Covers South Africa (Kruger National Park), Namibia, Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls), and Botswana (Okavango Swamps). |
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Southern Mexico
by Les Beletsky
ISBN-13: 9781566566407
No. of animal species illustrated: 515
Covers Cancun and the Yucatan Peninsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco |
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Thailand
by David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
ISBN-13: 9781566566940
No. of animal species illustrated: 590
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Coming Soon...
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Western Canada
by Dennis Paulson and Les Beletsky
No. of animal species illustrated: 330 |
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