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The little book has an amazing breadth of information, and a quick thumbing through leads you to just about any family of birds you may want to find. -- Gary Clark, Houston Chronicle
Praise for previous Princeton Illustrated Checklists: "The books are compact, convenient guides for birders and scientists interested in identifying birds while visiting the regions. Their small, lightweight sizes make for easy packing and carrying in the back pocket while trudging around the countryside. They are the perfect alternative to the larger guides that are too large for travelling and often have more information than is necessary for field identification. -- "Condor
The best feature about the book is that it packs a lot of birds, more than 1,500 species, in a small guide that can be easily carried in the field. . . . Birds of Mexico and Central America is a god acquisition for anyone with a strong interest in the birds of the region. -- Frederic H. Brock, Wildlife Activist
This useful book adds to the continually growing list of field identification field guides illustrating Neotropical birds. It is recommended to ornithologists, birders, conversations biologists, naturalists, and educators, and ecotourism guides taking people on fields trips to Mexico and Central American. -- "International Hawkwatcher
A new entry into the Illustrated Checklist guides published by Princeton. The [book's] size makes it easy to carry in the field [and] important to travelers who have been burdened with the more weighty field guides previously published for this area.... The plates are well-done and should enable easy identification of the birds found there. A must for all birdwatchers visiting the region. -- Charles E. Keller, Indiana Audubon Quarterly
I would recommend this book highly to anyone birding or banding in Mexico or Central America. -- John Woodcock, American Bird Bander
I wouldn't think of visiting Panama without this series' volume. . . . Superbly designed to present as much visual information about the species included in as small and portable a format as possible. . . . [T]his book will be a constant companion to me while I am in Panama. -- John E. Ruitta, Well-Read Naturalist
Praise for previous Princeton Illustrated Checklists: "The books are compact, convenient guides for birders and scientists interested in identifying birds while visiting the regions. Their small, lightweight sizes make for easy packing and carrying in the back pocket while trudging around the countryside. They are the perfect alternative to the larger guides that are too large for travelling and often have more information than is necessary for field identification. -- "Condor
The best feature about the book is that it packs a lot of birds, more than 1,500 species, in a small guide that can be easily carried in the field. . . . Birds of Mexico and Central America is a god acquisition for anyone with a strong interest in the birds of the region. -- Frederic H. Brock, Wildlife Activist
This useful book adds to the continually growing list of field identification field guides illustrating Neotropical birds. It is recommended to ornithologists, birders, conversations biologists, naturalists, and educators, and ecotourism guides taking people on fields trips to Mexico and Central American. -- "International Hawkwatcher
A new entry into the Illustrated Checklist guides published by Princeton. The [book's] size makes it easy to carry in the field [and] important to travelers who have been burdened with the more weighty field guides previously published for this area.... The plates are well-done and should enable easy identification of the birds found there. A must for all birdwatchers visiting the region. -- Charles E. Keller, Indiana Audubon Quarterly
I would recommend this book highly to anyone birding or banding in Mexico or Central America. -- John Woodcock, American Bird Bander
I wouldn't think of visiting Panama without this series' volume. . . . Superbly designed to present as much visual information about the species included in as small and portable a format as possible. . . . [T]his book will be a constant companion to me while I am in Panama. -- John E. Ruitta, Well-Read Naturalist
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Birds of Mexico and Central America is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird in Central America from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Written and illustrated by Ber van Perlo, this handsome work covers more than 1,500 species.
Information on key identification features, habitats, songs, and calls is included as are distribution maps showing each species' location and prevalence. Enhanced with ninety-eight color plates, the book provides illustrations of all plumages for the adult males and females as well as the juveniles of each species. Illustrations appear opposite their relevant text for quick and easy reference.
Comprehensive and highly portable, this guide is a must for any birdwatcher visiting the region.
- More than 1,500 species described and illustrated
- Information on key identification features, habitat, and songs and calls
- Distribution maps showing each species' location and prevalence
- Illustrations of all plumages for each species
- 98 color plates, which appear opposite their relevant text for quick and easy reference
- Comprehensive and highly portable
- A must for all birdwatchers visiting the region
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simple but practical field guide,
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This review is from: Birds of Mexico and Central America: (Paperback)
I went to Mexico for the first time and used this field guide on site. I was always having my field guide on me, which is not too cumbersome with this relatively small format. I used it a lot and was satisfied with it, however it has 2 little problems:1) the maps are all at the end, so you're constantly like: "OK, plate 98, #3" [turn pages, turn pages, turn pages, turn pages...] "OK, 98! Oops, 98.3 was on the previous page"! You're better carefully studying what birds can be found in the area you're going first, and use these maps as less as possible on the field. 2) Very often, the text descriptions only apply to the breeding male plumage, and nothing is said on the female, young or nonbreeding (but don't worry, at least it is always illustrated). A relatively good guide nonetheless that I absolutely didn't regret buying, especially at this price.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Flight of Hand,
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This review is from: Birds of Mexico and Central America: (Paperback)
This book finds a practical way to compress the information about a vast variety of species into a practical travel format. Reading the locality map shadings for small endemic area can be challenging as the 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" maps often are displaying all of Mexico & Central America.Logical grouping and extensive plates with all species having illustrations and associated locality map. Excellent choice if you need to carry a single book covering the entire region.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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how can anyone surpass this?,
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Having recently been in Oaxaca, and being struck by the variety of birds there, I decided that I must have a guide specific to that area. And, zounds, does this guide deliver. I unhesitatingly recommend this book.
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