Bookcover: Multi-Ethnic Bird Guide of the Sub-Antarctic Forests of South America

Multi-Ethnic Bird Guide of the Sub-Antarctic Forests of South America

Ricardo Rozzi — author. 

April, 2010

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176

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100 color illus. 2 audio CDs. Bib. Index.

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About Rozzi's Multi-Ethnic Bird Guide of the Sub-Antarctic Forests of South America

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A copublication between the University of North Texas Press and the Universidad de Magallanes, in support of the joint Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program

The sub-Antarctic forests of South America are the world’s southernmost forested ecosystems. The birds have sung in these austral forests for millions of years; the Yahgan and Mapuche peoples have handed down their bird stories from generation to generation for hundreds of years.

In Multi-ethnic Bird Guide of the Sub-Antarctic Forests of South America, Ricardo Rozzi and his collaborators present a unique combination of bird guide and cultural ethnography. The book includes entries on fifty bird species of southern Chile and Argentina, among them the Magellanic Woodpecker, Rufous-Legged Owl, Ringed Kingfisher, Buff-Necked Ibis, Giant Hummingbird, and Andean Condor. Each bird is named in Yahgan, Mapudungun, Spanish, English, and scientific nomenclature, followed by a description, full color photographs, the bird’s distribution map, habitat and lifestyle, and its history in the region.

Each entry is augmented further with indigenous accounts of the bird in history and folklore. Two audio CDs (included) orient the reader with the birdcalls and their names in four languages, followed by numerous narratives of Yahgan and Mapuche stories about the birds translated directly from interviews with elders of both communities.

“Highly original in its approach of combining information on natural history and biodiversity with information on the region’s human cultural and linguistic diversity.” —Chris Elphick, coauthor of The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior

“Full of the rich complexity of human/animal relations as well as being a beautiful and informative guide to the birds of South America.” —David Rothenberg, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Classroom Adoption

Multi-Ethnic Bird Guide of the Sub-Antarctic Forests of South America is a recommended text for use in classrooms where the following subjects are being studied: Environmental Studies.

This unique book blends cultural ethnography with an illustrated guide to the forest birds of southern Chile and Argentina. Fifty bird species are named in Yahgan, Mapudungun, Spanish, English, and scientific nomenclature, followed by a description, full color photographs, distribution map, habitat and lifestyle, and history in the region. Each entry is augmented further with indigenous accounts of the bird in history and folklore. The book includes two CDs with recordings of birdcalls and their names in four languages, followed by numerous narratives of Yahgan and Mapuche stories about the birds translated directly from interviews with elders of both communities.

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[“University of North Texas for "Introduction to Subantarctic Biocultural Conservation"”]

About the Author

RICARDO ROZZI is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas, and the Universidad de Magallanes in Chile. He is co-author of Multi-Ethnic Bird Guide of the Sub-Antarctic Forests of South America, Miniature Forests of Cape Horn, and Magellanic Sub-Antarctic Ornithology (UNT Press).

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