A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America

This completely new in-depth field guide covers the 1070 bird species, including North American migrants, found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and western Nicaragua. More than 180 species are endemic to this region. Richly illustrated with 71 colour plates and additional black-and-white drawings, it describes the birds' appearance, voice, habitat, behaviour (including nests and eggs), and distribution. Introductory chapters give essential background information. Once you have this book, you will wonder how you ever got by without it.

...The result of this immense labor is not just a very fine field guide, but also a manual to the birds of Mexico and northern central America. This extraordinary achievement is not likely to be improved in the near future...This wonderful book treats about 1070 species...the maps in Howell and Webb are excellent....mandatory reading not only for all birders but also for some professional ornithologists...superb, extremely well-prepared species accounts, its very clear range maps, and its magnificent plates, which are beautifully reproduced, all converge towards making this book an exceptional volume

Autorentext
Steve N. G. Howell and Sophie Webb are Research Associates at Point Reyes Bird Observatory, California.

Inhalt
Introduction: Area covered
1: Geography and bird distribution
2: Climate and habitat
3: Migration
4: History of ornithology in Mexico
5: Conservation
6: Birding in Mexico and northern Central America
7: Using this book
8: Taxonomy
9: Molt and plumage
10: Outline of the species accounts
11: Family and Species Accounts
Appendices on extinct species, hypothetical occurrence, birds of Pacific Islands and Caribbean Islands, and additional species of eastern Honduras
Bibliography
Index

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