This guide includes information on each trail or location within each region, with detailed driving to walking directions, including flight information when relevant. The book is chock full of maps that are detailed and informative, and each location has an extensive bird list. Each location also lists recommendations for accomodations and meals in the vicinity.

An thorough introduction has valuable information about border crossings, geography, climate, habitats, endemics, migration, and conservation. It offers recommendations for when to come, field guides, clothing and equipment, tour guides and tour companies, what to know about birding in Panama. It also includes essential local information for the tourist.

The rest of the book is made up of valuable reference information. A section of species accounts lists the best locations to find rarities, specialties, and national or regional endemics. A complete species list registers 972 recorded species and a reference section suggests further reading. The book ends with not only an index of bird names, but also an index listing locations, accomodations, restaurants, and bird lists.

Published in Association with the Panama Audubon Society/Sociedad Audubon de Panamá, a BirdLife International Partner.

From the Publisher:

A Bird-Finding Guide to Panama is an essential tool for anyone traveling in search of Panama's spectacular birds and natural attractions. With more than 970 species and a growing infrastructure of good roads, eco-lodges, and restaurants, Panama is a premier birding and nature tourism destination in the neotropics. The country's unique geography, small size, and varied habitats make it easy to see a vast diversity of birds within a short time. The isthmus is a crossroads for the hemisphere's birdlife - Panama's varied avifauna includes such Central American specialties as the Resplendent Quetzal in its western highlands, while in the east, in San Blas and the Darién, species more characteristic of South America, such as the Blue-and-yellow Macaw, are found.

Divided into three geographic sections (Canal Area, Eastern Panama, and Western Panama), this bird-finding guide provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on Panama's best birding sites. Features include detailed site descriptions, directions, road and trail maps, and bird lists, as well as listings of birder-friendly hotels and restaurants. In addition to a comprehensive species list for the country, the book also contains information on where to find more than 360 species of special interest.

REVIEWS

"Anyone reading this book will quickly realize just how easy it is to get around in Panama and how many of the most sought-after birds of the neotropics can be easily found within its borders. A Bird-Finding Guide to Panama is clearly written, the maps are easy to follow, the directions are succinct and accurate, and there are good sections on conservation." -Scott Robinson, Katharine Ordway Professor of Ecosystem Conservation, Florida Museum of Natural History

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

George Angehr is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama.

Dodge Engleman and Lorna Engleman are lifelong birders with decades of birding experience throughout all parts of Panama.

OTHER BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR:

Directory of Important Bird Areas in Panama/Directorio de Áreas Importantes para Aves en Panamá. Panama Audubon Society, 2003.

Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Panama. Panama Audubon Society, 2006.

Lista de las Aves de Panamá. Volumen I: Ciudad de Panamá y alrededores. Incluyen Colón, Cerro Campana, Cerro Azul y Cerro Jefe. Sociedad Audubon de Panamá, 1995.

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