10 May 2007 - One of the most important books to cover bird conservation in Ecuador and Peru has today been re-launched online through DarwinNet. /Biodiversity and Conservation in Tumbesian Ecuador and Peru/ was first published in 1995. The Tumbesian region, which stretches from northern coastal Ecuador south to just north of Lima in Peru. The region holds 24 threatened species and 8 near-threatened species. Additionally, there are 61 endemic species not classified as threatened. Sixteen Tumbesian endemics are globally threatened and for these the book describes present knowledge on distribution, number of traceable localities at which the species has been found, altitude range, habitat preferences, threats etc. Read more on www.birdlife.org
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