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 : A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.09729
EAN: 9780691087368
ISBN: 0691087369
Label: Princeton University Press
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: May 11, 1998
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Studio: Princeton University Press




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Product Description:
This is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of the West Indies to appear in more than fifty years. It covers all 564 bird species known to occur in the region (including migrants and infrequently occurring forms). Each species is represented by a full description that includes identification field marks, local names, status, habitat, voice, nesting, range, and comments about the bird. A map showing the bird's distribution accompanies each species account. Plumages of all species are depicted in eighty-six beautifully rendered color plates. Twelve of these plates feature individual endemics from each of twelve islands. Another seven plates feature the island endemics of the largest islands: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

Because the region is known for its extraordinary variety of avifauna and because no other accurate modern account of its birdlife exists, this book is a landmark publication that will be widely hailed by serious birders and amateur birdwatchers alike. The authors pay particular attention to endangered and threatened birds. For each island or island group, local experts have been invited to provide a survey of efforts made to date to conserve birds and their habitats. For many years there has been a need for an up-to-date field guide that could satisfy local residents, vacationing tourists, and "armchair travelers." At last, that need has been met with this fully illustrated Guide to the Birds of the West Indies.



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - One stop guide for the entire West Indies
This is by far, the best field guide for the birds of the Caribbean. While some of the larger islands such as Jamaica may have their own guide as well, this bookcaters for them as well as the small islands that don't have their own. The illustrations are among the best I have seen. The illustration of the vireos however, is a little below standard and the quality was upgraded in the pocket size book Birds of the West Indies (Princeton Field Guides). Nonetheless, this book has a wealth of information ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A good book but be sure you know what you want.
Raffaele's book is a very good one for the birds of SOME THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ONLY. He specifically states that he is not including birds of the islands off the Venezuelan coast or birds of Central America. We went on a cruise that included Aruba, Curacao, Panama and Costa Rica and my Birds of the West Indies was not useful at all. It's for birds of the Greater and Lesser Antilles only excluding islands off Venezuela. None of the rainforest birds we saw were in the book. So just be sure of what ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Bahama Birds
Just what I was looking for in a field guide to birds of the Carribean.




Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - It is the Bible for birding in the West Indies
This book is THE authority in the region. Yes, it is a heavy little sucker, and no, it is not a field guide per-se, but this book has so much useful information for the serious birder (not the coffee-table birder, but the take-it-to-the-toilet-with-you-to-read birder) that these handicaps are largely overcome.

Though recent hyperactivity by taxonomists and ornithologists working the region have made just a tiny teensy bit of the info in the book outdated, it is still a must-have for the no ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - More of a reference book than field guide
Just slightly smaller than 8.5 x 11 inch letter size with 500 pages and an inflexible, non-weather resistant cover, this book is too big and rigid to fit in anything other than a back-pack. It's not a quick reference field guide than you can quickly pop out of your coat pocket, and you'll ruin it if it gets caught in an otherwise lovely tropical drizzle. Additionally the way the book is organized does not facilitate quick on-the-fly identifications, the very kind that you most frequently need in the field. ... Read More




 

 

 

 

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