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NEOTROPICAL
(Central and South America including Mexico and the Caribbean)

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Price is for the cloth (hardback) edition unless indicated otherwise. Buteo Books makes
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24-191. ANDREW, David. Watching Wildlife: Galapagos Islands. Lonely Planet, 2005. Where to go and what you will see there. Color photos, maps, directions. 152 pp. Paper. $24.99

340. ANGEHR, George R. Directory of Important Bird Areas in Panama/Directorio de Áreas Importantes para Aves en Panamá. Panama Audubon Society, 2003. 342 pp. Parallel text in Spanish and English. Fold-out appendices in rear pocket. Paper. $40.00

NEW! ANGEHR, George R. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Panama. Panama Audubon Society, 2006. A complete annotated list with up-to-date distribution and abundance information, including 33 newly recorded species. It also includes sections with details on new records, and recent taxonomic changes, as well as a complete update to Bob Ridgely's 1989 book "Guide to the Birds of Panama." 74 pp. Paper. $12.00

NEW! ANGEHR, George R., Dodge ENGELMAN, and Lorna ENGELMAN. A Bird-Finding Guide to Panama. Cornell University Press, 2008. Comprehensive and up-to-date information, including detailed site descriptions, directions, road and trail maps, bird lists, as well as listings of birder-friendly hotels and restaurants. Includes a comprehensive list and information on where to find more than 360 species of special interest. 391 pp. Hardcover - $65.00; Paper. $29.95
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341. ARBALLO, Eduardo and Jorge L. CRAVINO. Aves del Uruguay: Manual Ornitológico. Handbook of the Birds of Uruguay. Volume 1: Struthioniformes y Gruiformes. Montevideo: Editorial Hemisferio Sur, 2001. In Spanish with English summaries. Numerous color photos. Introductory material on the history of bird study in Uruguay, and life zones of the country. Additional volumes are anticipated. 466 pp. Paper. $115.00

23-216. ARENDT, Wayne J., John FAABORG, George E. WALLACE, and Orlando H. GARRIDO. Biometrics of Birds Throughout the Greater Caribbean Basin. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Volume 8, Number 1, 2004. CD-ROM included. 33 pp. Paper. $25.00

342. Asociación Bogotana de Ornitologia. Aves de la Sabana de Bogotá: Guía de Campo. Color plates of more than 200 species. In Spanish. 276 pp. Paper. $25.00

343. BANGS, Outram and Thomas E. PENARD. Notes on a Collection of Surinam Birds. Harvard MCZ Bulletin, Volume 52, no. 2, 1918. Pp. 23-93. Paper. $10.00

344. BARNETT, Juan Mazar. Lista Comentada de las Aves Argentinas/Annotated Checklist of Birds of Argentina. Lynx Edicions, 2001. 164 pp. Paper. $19.50

345. BEAVERS, Randell A. The Birds of Tikal: An Annotated Checklist for Tikal National Park and Peten, Guatemala. Texas A&M, 1992. 153 pp. Cloth - $29.50; Paper - $12.95

NEW! BILDSTEIN, Keith L., David R. BARBER, and Andrea ZIMMERMAN, editors. Neotropical Raptors: Proceedings of the Second Neotropical Raptor Conference, Iguazu, Argentina, 2006. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Raptor Conservation Science Series No. 1, 2006. Articles on topics including Breeding Biology, Migration, Conservation and Natural History, Rehabilitation and Disease. 365 pp. Paper. $24.00

346. BINFORD, Laurence C. A Distributional Survey of the Birds of the Mexican State of Oaxaca . American Ornithologists' Union: Ornithological Monographs No. 43, 1989. 418 pp. Paper. $20.00 ON SALE FOR $9.95

347. BOND, James. Birds of the West Indies. Houghton Mifflin, Fifth Edition, 1985 (1993). Illustrated by Don R. ECKELBERRY, Arthur B. SINGER, & Earl L. POOLE. 155 species in color, 186 line drawings. Maps. 256 pp. Paper. $23.00

348. BONTA, Mark. Seven Names for the Bellbird: Conservation Geography in Honduras. Texas A&M, 2003. 231 pp. $35.00

349. BONTA, Mark and David L. ANDERSON. Birding Honduras: a Checklist and Guide. Annotated checklist with 701 species, fold-out maps in color, birding routes. Includes color photos of birds and habitats. 186 pp. Spiral. - OUT OF PRINT Check back for availability.

350. BRADLEY, Patricia. Birds of the Cayman Islands. Revised edition. Caerulea Press, 1995. Photographic field guide with maps, where to bird. Color photos by Yves-Jacques REY-MILLET. 261 pp. Updated with five new plates. Currently Unavailable
Copies of the first edition (1985) are still available for $10.00.

351. BRADLEY, Patricia E. The Birds of the Cayman Islands: An Annotated Checklist. British Ornithologists' Union Checklist No.19, 2000. Analysis of the breeding and migrant avifauna since ornithologists first visited in 1886. Maps, color photos. 253 pp. $65.00

352. BRODKORB, Pierce. Birds from the Gulf Lowlands of Southern Mexico. Michigan, MP No. 55, 1943. Map. 88 pp. Paper. $11.00

353. BUDEN, D. W. The Birds of the Southern Bahamas. BOU Checklist No. 8, 1987. 179 species, bibliography, 119 pp. Paper. $35.00

26-211. BYERS, Clive. A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peru. Ralph Curtis, 2007. Color photos of 252 common species in a pocket size format. Latin name, length, and concise text. 144 pp. Paper. $15.95

355. CHAPMAN, Frank M. The Distribution of Bird-Life in Ecuador: A Contribution to a Study of the Origin of Andean Bird-Life. American Museum of Natural History: Bulletin Volume 55, 1926. Five color plates by Louis Agassiz FUERTES, b&w photos, maps (1 folding, 1 colored). 784 pp. Paper. $100.00

356. CHAPMAN, Frank M. The Upper Zonal Bird-Life of Mts. Roraima and Duida. American Museum of Natural History: Bulletin Volume 63, Article 1, 1931. 135 pp. Paper. $30.00

357. CLEMENTS, James F. and Noam SHANY. A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru. Ibis Publishing, 2001. Over 1700 species, including all endemics, are illustrated on 127 color plates by Dana GARDNER, Eustace BARNES, et al. 283 pp. plus plates. Paper. OUT OF PRINT

358. CONTRERAS Julio R. Actualizaciones Ornitológicas para el Atlas Ornitogeográfico de la República del Paraguay. Passerifomes: Hirundinidae. Buenos Aires: L.O.L.A., 1995. Distribution maps of 14 species of swallows in Paraguay. 40 pp. Paper. $15.00

359. COUVE, Enrique and Claudio VIDAL. Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula; the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Editorial Fantastico Sur, 2003. Photographic field guide covering over 430 species. Maps. 656 pp. Paper. $59.00

24-204. COUVE, Enrique and Claudio F. VIDAL. Birds of Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia - Chile. Editorial Fantastico Sur. 111 species are described and illustrated with more than 150 color photographs. Includes Spanish, English, Scientific and German names.Parallel text in Spanish and English. 270 pp. Paper. $35.00

NEW! COUVE, Enrique and Claudio F. VIDAL. Albatrosses of the Southern Ocean / Albatros del Oceano Austral. Editorial Fantastico Sur, 2005. Bilingual English/Spanish, with detailed accounts, color photos and maps for each species. 99 pp. $37.50

360. DeGRAAF, Richard M. and John H. RAPPOLE. Neotropical Migratory Birds: Natural History, Distribution, and Population Change. Cornell University Press, 1995. Western hemisphere range maps for 361 species. 676 pp. Paper. $41.95

361. de la PENA, Martin and Maurice RUMBOLL. Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica. Princeton University Press, 2001. Color plates, maps. 304 pp. Paper. $29.95
Over 1,000 species illustrated in color, range maps; covers the birds of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Bolivia and Brazil.

362. de la PEÑA, Martin. Guía de Aves Argentinas. Buenos Aires: L.O.L.A. Segunda Edición. In Spanish. Expanded to cover nests and eggs. Illustrations, maps. Paper. Volumes V and VI of the first editions covering Passeriformes are still available at $30.00 each.

  • Tomo I - Rheiformes to Anseriformes. 1992. 126 pp. $30.00
  • Tomo II - Falconiformes to Charadriiformes. 1992. 166 pp. $30.00
  • Tomo III - Columbiformes to Piciformes. 1994. 142 pp. $30.00

NEW! DEVELEY, Pedro F. Guia De Campo: Aves Da Grande Sao Paulo, Brasil (Field Guide to the Birds of the Greater Sao Paulo Area, Brazil). Text in Portuguese and English. Color photos of 273 species of birds, with range maps and information about the biology of each species and its principal field marks. Useful for other towns and areas in the Atlantic Forest. 295 pp. Paper. $75.00

363. DICKERMAN, Robert W. Type Localities of Birds Described from Guatemala. WFVZ, 1987. Pp. 49-108. Paper. $10.00

364. DICKERMAN, Robert W. and William H. PHELPS, Jr. An Annotated List of the Birds of Cerro Urutani on the Border of Estado Bolivar, Venezuela, and Territorio Roraima, Brazil. AMNH: American Museum Novitates No. 2732, 1982. 20 pp. Paper. $6.00

365. DUBS, Balthasar. Birds of Southwestern Brazil: Catalogue and Guide to the Birds of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso and its Border Areas. Betrona, 1992. 58 color plates. A 9 ½" x 7" hardcover, more catalogue than guide. 164 pp. $45.00

366. EDWARDS, Ernest P. A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas: Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Third Edition. Texas, 1998. Color plates by Edward Murrell BUTLER depicting some 850 species. 209 pp. Cloth - $35.00; Paper - $22.95
No other field guide for Mexico includes as many North American species, 1070 species in all, making it possible to use this book as a single-volume guide to Mexican birds. Copies of the Second Edition (1989) are still available for $10.00.

367. EDWARDS, Ernest P. Checklist of the Birds of Belize and the Mexican Yucatan, Tikal and Palenque. A Supplement and Up-date for A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico. Published by the author, 2004. With errata and index. 18 pp. Paper. $4.95

368. EDWARDS, Ernest P. Regional and Habitat Guide for Finding Birds in Mexico. Sweet Briar, 1992. 38 pp. Paper. $6.50

NEW! EISERMANN, Knut and Claudia AVENDAÑO. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Guatemala / Lista Comentada de las Aves de Guatemala. . Lynx Edicions, 2007. A complete checklist, plus distribution maps, an analysis of new and special concern species, an evaluation of previously erroneously reported species, and notes on rare, endemic, and introduced species. 175 pp. Paper. $19.50

369. EMLEN, John T. Land Bird Communities of Grand Bahama Island: The Structure and Dynamics of an Avifauna. American Ornithologists' Union: Ornithological Monographs No. 24., 1977. 129 pp. Paper. $10.00

370. ENGELMAN, Dodge, George ANGEHR and Maria ALLEN. 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. With map and site descriptions. In Spanish & English. 60 pp. Paper. $15.00

25-204. ERIZE, Francisco, Jorge R. Rodriguez MATA, and Maurice RUMBOLL. Birds of South America, Non-Passerines: Rheas to Woodpeckers. Princeton, 2006. A concise field guide to the nearly 1,300 species of non-passerines. 156 color plates, range maps. 384 pp. Paper. $29.95
Designed to complement Ridgely and Tudor's handbook on the passerines: The Birds of South America, Volumes I and II.

371. FEDUCCIA, Alan. Evolutionary Trends in the Neotropical Ovenbirds and Woodhewers. AOU: Ornithological Monographs No. 13, 1973. 69 pp. Paper. $10.00

372. FERNANDES, Robert and Balram SINGH. Birds of Guyana. MacMillan Caribbean Pocket Natural History Series, 2004. Photographic identification guide. 90 pp. Paper. $19.95

373. FFRENCH, Richard. Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, Second edition. Macmillan Caribbean Pocket Natural History Series, 2004. Photographic identification guide covering 106 species, organized by habitat. Color photos by Roger NECKLES. 90 pp. Paper. $19.95

374. FFRENCH, Richard. A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, Second Edition. Cornell, 1991. Color plates by John P. O'NEILL and Don R. ECKELBERRY. 426 pp. Paper. $39.95

375. FITTER, Julian, Daniel FITTER, and David HOSKING. Wildlife of the Galapagos. Princeton, 2000. Color photos of over 200 common species, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and coastal and marine life. 254 pp. Paper. $19.95

376. FJELDSÂ, Jon and N. KRABBE. Birds of the High Andes: A Manual to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America. Apollo, 1990. Almost 1000 species, color plates, distribution maps. 880 pp. $165.00

377. FLIEG, G. Michael and Allen SANDER. A Photographic Guide to Birds of the West Indies. Ralph Curtis, 2000. 144 pp. Photos of 250 species. Paper. $15.95

23-231. FOGDEN, Susan C.L. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Ralph Curtis, 2005. Color photos of 252 common species in a pocket size format. Notes on birdwatching areas. 144 pp. Paper. $15.95

378. FORCEY, John. Birds and Birding in Central Oaxaca. Oaxaca: By the Author, 1998. [64 pp.] Site guide and annotated species list. Paper. $7.50

380. FORSYTH, Adrian and Ken MIYATA. Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America. Simon & Schuster, 1984 (1995). 248 pp. Paper. $14.00

381. FRIEDMANN, Herbert. Notes on Some Argentina Birds. Harvard, MCZ, 1927. Bulletin 68, No. 4, pp. 137-236. Paper. $12.00

382. GARRIDO, Orlando and Arturo KIRKCONNELL. Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Cornell, 2000. 51 color plates, maps. The first modern field guide for Cuba, all 350 species are illustrated, including 21 endemics. 253 pp. Cloth - $65.00; Paper - $29.95

26-221. GARRIGUES, Richard. The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide . Cornell University Press, 2007. 166 color plates by Robert DEAN depict over 820 species. A compact guide, easy to carry in the field, with distribution maps, and the most up-to-date bird list for Costa Rica. The concise text includes field marks, occurrence, habitat, behavior, and vocalizations. Also includes a quick reference to raptors and vultures in flight. 408 pp. Cloth - $60.00; Paper - $29.95

383. GENTRY, Alwyn H., editor. Four Neotropical Rainforests. Yale, 1990. Comparison of ecosystems in Brazil, Peru, Panama & Costa Rica. 627 pp. Cloth - $80.00; Paper - $50.00

384. GILLIARD, E. Thomas. The Birds of Mt. Auyan-tepui, Venezuela. American Museum of Natural History: Bulletin Volume 77, Article 9, pp. 439-580. 1941. Paper. $20.00

385. GOODWIN, Mary Lou. Birding in Venezuela. Fifth edition. Lynx Edicions, 2003. Maps, directions, species lists, travel, lodging, and safety. 332 pp. Paper. $30.00

386. GREEN, Clive. Birding Ecuador, Second Edition. Tucson, 1996. More than double the size of the first edition, includes index/checklist of species, maps. 215 pp. Spiral. Includes 2002 Update to Birding Ecuador. $30.00

387. GREEN, Clive. 2002 Update to Birding Ecuador. Available separately. 31 pp. Stapled. $5.00

388. GRISCOM Ludlow. The Distribution of Bird-life in Guatemala: A Contribution to a Study of the Origin of Central American Bird-life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: Volume 64, 1932. Folding maps. 439 pp. $50.00

389. GUNDLACH, Don Juan. Catalogo de las Aves Cubanas. Publicado en los Anales de las Sociedad EspaZola de Historia Natural, en 1873. Comentarios al Catálogo y Listado Actualizado de las Aves de Cuba realizados por Rafael PARDO. Valencia, 1996. Paper. $30.00

390. HAFFER, Jurgen. Avian Speciation in Tropical South America: With a Systematic Survey of the Toucans and Jacamars. Nuttall Publication No.14, 1974. 390 pp. $20.00

391. HAGAN, John, III and David JOHNSTON. Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds. Smithsonian, 1992. 609 pp. Cloth - $55.00; Paper - $29.95

25-212. HALLETT, Bruce. Birds of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Macmillan Pocket Natural History Series, 2006. Color photos of the breeding birds of the region plus the common migrants. 26pp. Paper. $19.95

392. HAVERSCHMIDT, F. and G.F. MEES. Birds of Suriname. Paramaribo: VACO, 1994. Color plates by Paul BARRUEL. An oversize, comprehensive handbook with extensive species accounts and illustrations. First published in 1968, this is a completely revised edition with six new plates. 579 pp. $200.00

395. HEINZEL, Hermann and Barnaby HALL. Galápagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's Birdlife. California, 2001. 272 pp. Paper. $24.95

396. HENNESSEY, A. Bennett, Sebastian HERZOG and Francisco SAGOT. Lista Anotada de las Aves de Bolivia / Annotated List of the Birds of Bolivia. BirdLife International, 2003. In Spanish with English, scientific, and Spanish names. 238 pp. Paper. $25.00 - PRICE REDUCED!

397. HILTY, Steven. L. Birds of Tropical America: A Watcher's Guide to Behavior, Breeding & Diversity. University of Texas Press, 2005. 320 pp. A reissue of the 1994 publication, with a new epilogue and updated references. Paper. $19.95; See the Sale section for the 1994 edition at a discounted price.

398. HILTY, Steven L. Birds of Venezuela. Second edition. Princeton University Press, 2003. 67 color and b&w plates by Guy TUDOR and John GWYNNE, line drawings, color habitat photos, range maps. 928 pp. Cloth - $99.50 ; Paper - $59.50
Based on "A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela" (1978) by Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee and William H. Phelps, Jr.

399. HILTY, Steven L. and W.L. BROWN. Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton, 1986. Color plates by Guy TUDOR, et al. Over half the species found in South America are included. 836 pp. Paper. $67.50

400. HORWICH, Robert H. and Jonathan LYON. A Belizean Rain Forest: The Community Baboon Sanctuary. Orang-utan Press, 1993 (Second Edition). 420 pp. Paper. $19.95

401. HOWELL, Steve N.G. A Bird-Finding Guide to Mexico. Cornell, 1999. B&W illustrations and maps. 100-plus top sites throughout Mexico. 365 pp. Paper. $32.95

402. HOWELL, Steve N.G. and Sophie WEBB. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, 1994. 71 color plates by Sophie WEBB - very nice artwork. Range maps. Widely considered to be the best guide to the region, despite its large size. Includes 1,070 bird species found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and western Nicaragua. 851 pp. Paper. $49.95

403. JACKSON, Michael H. Galapagos: A Natural History. Calgary (UBC), 1993. Revised and expanded. Color and b&w photos, maps. 315 pp. Paper. $24.95

404. JANZEN, Daniel H, editor. Costa Rican Natural History. Chicago, 1983. Photos and maps. Tropical biology by an array of contributors, 816 pp. Paper. $35.00

405. JARAMILLO, Alvaro. Princeton Field Guides: Birds of Chile. Princeton, 2003. 97 color plates illustrate all 473 known species. Range maps. 288 pp. Cloth - $60.00; Paper - $29.95

406. JOHNSON, T. H. Biodiversity and Conservation in the Caribbean: Profiles of Selected Islands. ICBP, 1989. Monograph No. 1, 144 pp. Paper. $22.50

407. JONES, H. Lee. Birds of Belize. University of Texas Press, 2004. The first complete field guide to all 574 known species. 56 color plates by Dana GARDNER. Range maps. 484 pp. Cloth - $60.00; Paper - $34.95

408. JONES, Lee and Andrew VALLELY. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Belize. Barcelona, Lynx Edicions, 2002. 72 pp. Paper. $12.50

409. KEITH, Allan R. The Birds of St. Lucia, West Indies. BOU: Check-list No. 15, 1997. 40 color plates of habitat and some endemic birds. 176 pp. $45.00

410. KEITH, Allan R., James W. WILEY, Steven C. LATTA, and Jose A. OTTENWALDER. The Birds of Hispaniola, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. BOU Checklist Number 21, 2003. Distribution, status, breeding, banding data, and taxonomy. Maps. 293 pp. $75.00

KENEFICK, Martyn, Robin RESTALL, and Floyd HAYES.

Field Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Yale University Press, 2008. Color illustrations and descriptions of almost 470 species. 288 pp. $40.00

411. KOMAR, Oliver and Juan DOMINGUEZ. Lista de Aves de El Salvador. SalvaNATURA, 2002. 522 species, 4 color plates. In Spanish, with scientific names. 76 pp. Paper. $7.00

412. KRICHER, John. Galápagos. Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. Color and b& w photos. A detailed natural history. 221 pp. $34.95

413. KRICHER, John. A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded. Princeton, 1997. Illustrated with color and b&w photos. 451 pp. Paper. $29.95

414. LABASTILLE, Anne. Ecology and Management of the Atitlan Grebe, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Wildlife Society Monographs No.37, 1974. 66 pp. Paper. $8.50

415. LATTA, Steven C. Common Birds of the Dominican Republic/Aves Comunes de la República Dominicana. Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola, 2002. In Spanish and English. Color photos of 60 birds. 66 pp. Paper. $10.00

25-219. LATTA, Steven C. Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Princeton University Press, 2006. 57 color plates. Distribution maps. The first comprehensive field guide devoted to Hispaniola's birds, covering more than 300 species, including thirty-one endemics. 258 pp. Cloth - $75.00; Paper - $35.00

416. LeCROY, Mary. Bird Observations in Los Roques, Venezuela. AMNH: American Museum Novitates No. 2599, 1976. 30 pp. Paper. $7.50

417. MARÍN, Manuel. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Chile / Lista Comentada de las Aves de Chile. Lynx Edicions, 2004. In English and Spanish. Complete checklist with maps, and status and sightings for hypothetical and rare species. 141 pp. Paper. $17.50

418. MARTIN, Thomas E. and Deborah M. FINCH, Editors. Ecology and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds: A Synthesis and Review of Critical Issues. Oxford, 1995. Contributors address such issues as population trends and limitations, habitat use, human effects, and management strategies. 489 pp. Cloth - $80.00; Paper - $40.00

419. McDADE, Lucinda A., et al, editors. La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest (Costa Rica). Chicago, 1994. 486 pp. Paper. $34.00

420. MEYER de SCHAUENSEE, Rodolphe. Guide to the Birds of South America. ICBP Reprint, 1982. Lacks color plates of the 1970 ed. 498 pp. Paper. $35.00

421. MILLER, Alden H., Herbert FRIEDMANN, Ludlow Griscom, and Robert T. MOORE, Editors. Distributional Check-List of the Birds of Mexico. Part II: Trogonidae to Fringillidae. Cooper: Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 33, 1957. 436 pp. Color plates. $25.00
Part I: Tinimidae to Trochilidae ( 1950) is out-of-print, but copies can be found.

422. MOYNIHAN, Martin. Geographic Variation in Social Behavior and in Adaptations to Competition among Andean Birds. Nuttall Publication No.18, 1979. 162 pp. $20.00

423. MURPHY, William L. A Birdwatchers' Guide to Trinidad and Tobago. Prion, Ltd, 2004. A new edition of Murphy's useful guide, now a part of the Prion series. An up-to-date list of areas of interest, with maps, information on permits and restrictions, best visiting times, seasonal variations. With a selective bird list, climate, transportation, accommodations, medical facilities and more. Plus a checklist of mammals, reptiles and amphibians. 172 pp. Paper. $39.95

424. NAROSKY, Tito and Alejandro G. DI GIACOMO. Las Aves de la Provincia de Buenos Aires: Distribución y Estatus. Mazzini (L.O.L.A.), 1993. In Spanish. Distribution maps. 128 pp. Paper. $20.00

425. NAROSKY, Tito and Dario YZURIETA. Birds of Argentina and Uruguay: A Field Guide. Gold edition (Fifteenth edition). Vazquez Mazzini Editores, 2003. 1000 species, 2000 illustrations, maps. 352 pp. Paper. $45.00
The book most often recommended by tour guides, back by popular demand. This is the English edition; the Spanish edition follows.

426. NAROSKY, Tito and Dario YZURIETA. Guía para la Identificación de Aves de Argentina y Uruguay. Edicion de Oro (Fifteenth edition). Vazquez Mazzini Editores, 2003. Color plates and distribution maps for 1000 species. In Spanish. 352 pp. Paper. $45.00
The Spanish language edition of the foregoing field guide.

427. NAUMBURG, Elsie. Studies of Birds from Eastern Brazil and Paraguay, Based on a Collection Made by Emil Kaempfer. Conopophagidae, Rhinocryptidae, Formicariidae (part.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: Vol. 74, Art. 3, pp. 139-205, 1937; (Concluding part of the study of the Formicariidae) Vol. 76, Art. 6, pp. 231-276, 1939; and Gazetteer and Maps Showing Collecting Stations Visited by Emil Kaempfer in Eastern Brazil and Paraguay. Vol. 68, Art. 6, pp. 449-469, 1935. 27 plates, b&w photos. Folding color maps. Three articles. Paper. $50.00

428. OBERLE, Mark W. Puerto Rico's Birds in Photographs. Second edition. Editorial Humanitas, 2000. Color photos of all breeding birds and common migrants. Includes a CD-Rom with 350 species accounts, bibliography, audio clips and 1,250 color photos. 129 pp. Paper. $29.95

429. PAYNTER, Raymond A. Jr., and others. Ornithological Gazetteers. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. Ornithologically significant localities of South American countries. Paper.

  • Argentina. 2nd Edition. 1995. $40.00
  • Bolivia. 2nd Edition. 1992. $15.00
  • Brazil. 1991. Two volumes. $40.00
  • Chile. 1988. $20.00
  • Colombia. 2nd Edition. 1997.$30.00
  • Ecuador. 2nd Edition. 1993.$20.00
  • The Guianas. 1985. $15.00
  • Paraguay. 2nd
  • Edition. 1989.$10.00
  • Peru. 1983.$20.00
  • Uruguay. 2nd Edition. 1994. $15.00
  • Venezuela. 1982.$20.00

430. PAYNTER, Raymond A., Jr. Nearctic Passerine Migrants in South America. Cambridge: Nuttall Publication, No. 25, 1995. Winter distribution of 68 taxa of Passerines which breed north of Mexico and have been recorded in South America. Species accounts and maps. 126 pp. $15.00

431. PEARMAN, Mark. The Essential Guide to Birding In Chile. Worldwide Publications, 1995. Finding guide with maps, travel, accommodations info. Detailed information for 41 sites. 96 pp. Paper. $27.50

432. PETERSON, Roger Tory & Edward L. CHALIF. A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize (British Honduras), El Salvador. Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Covers 1038 species, including 28 accidentals. 48 color plates opposite abbreviated text, plus expanded text throughout the book. 298 pp. Paper. $22.00

433. PHILLIPS, Allan R. The Known Birds of North and Middle America: Distributions and Variation, Migrations, Changes, Hybrids, etc. Two volumes. Published by the author. Part I: Hirundinidae to Mimidae; Certhiidae, 1986. 259 pp. Part II: Bombycillidae; Sylviidae to Sturnidae; Vireoni, 1991. Color plates and photographs. Breeding, wintering, and migration records, variations, more. 249 pp. $75.00/Volume; $140.00/Set

434. RAFFAELE, Herbert A. A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton, 1989. Revised edition. 254 pp. Cloth - $60.00; Paper - $29.95

435. RAFFAELE, Herbert, James WILEY, Orlando GARRIDO, Allan KEITH, and Janis RAFFAELE. A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies. Princeton University Press, 1998. 86 color plates, range maps, and locality checklist. 511 pp. $57.50

436. RAFFAELE, Herbert, et al. Princeton Field Guides: Birds of the West Indies. Princeton, 2003. Color plates by Tracy PEDERSEN, and Kristin WILLIAMS, et al. 94 color plates, color range maps. 216 pp. A field version with abbreviated text. Paper. $24.95

437. RAPPOLE, John. The Ecology of Migrant Birds: A Neotropical Perspective. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. 269 pp. Cloth - $35.00; Paper - $17.95

438. RAPPOLE, John H., Eugene S. MORTON, Thomas E. LOVEJOY, III, and James L. RUOS.. Nearctic Avian Migrants in the Neotropics: Maps, Appendices, and Bibliography. Second edition. Front Royal: Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center, 1993. Updated version lacking the 1983 text portion. 324 pp. Paper. OUT OF PRINT

439. RAPPOLE, John, Eugene MORTON, Thomas LOVEJOY III, and James RUOS. Aves Migratorias Neárticas en los Neotropicos. Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center, 1993. Translation of Nearctic Avian Migrants in the Neotropics. Apéndices: Lista de Especies, Uso de Hábitat, Uso de Alimento, Mapas de Distribución, y Estado...por Región y Paí s. Bibliografía. 341 pp. OUT OF PRINT

440. REINA, Ruben E. & Kenneth M. KENSINGER. The Gift of Birds: Featherwork of Native South American Peoples. Pennsylvania, 1991. 171 color photos. 137 pp. Paper. $49.95

441. REMSEN, J.V., Jr. & M.A. TRAYLOR, Jr. An Annotated List of the Birds of Bolivia. Buteo, 1989. Habitats, life zones, references. 79 pp. Paper. List Price - $15.00; On Sale for $3.95

442. REMSEN, J.V., Jr., Editor. Studies in Neotropical Ornithology Honoring Ted Parker. American Ornithologists' Union: Ornithological Monographs No. 48, 1997. 51 papers dedicated to Neotropical ornithology, 12 co-authored by PARKER. Color plates. 918 pp. $49.95 ON SALE FOR $9.95

26-251. RESTALL, Robin, Clemencia RODNER, and Miguel LENTINO. Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide. Two volumes. Yale University Press, 2007. Includes all the birds of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, and Trinidad and Tobago. Paper.

  • Volume I: Species Accounts. 3 maps, b&w illustrations of distinctive field marks. Habits, status, habitat, voice, and notes. 880 pp. $95.00
  • Volume II: Plates and Maps. 6,400 color illustrations on 306 color plates, covering 2,308 species, color distribution maps. 656 pp. $65.00
  • Two-Volume set. $150.00

443. RIDGELY, Robert and Paul GREENFIELD. The Birds of Ecuador. Cornell, 2001.

  • Volume I: Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy. Introductory material, including geography, climate, bird migration, endemic areas, and detailed information on the ecology, status and distribution of nearly 1600 species. Map. 864 pp. Paper. $74.95
  • Volume II: Field Guide. Color plates by GREENFIELD facing text pages which focus on field identification, species accounts with range maps. 752 pp. Paper. $52.95
  • Two-volume set with slipcase. $115.00

444. RIDGELY, Robert S. and Guy TUDOR. The Birds of South America. University of Texas Press. Ridgely and Tudor have been working on a Field Guide to the Birds of South America, which has delayed publication of further volumes in this series.

  • Volume I: The Oscine Passerines. 1989. Jays, swallows, wrens, thrushes, vireos, wood- warblers, tanagers, icterids, and finches. 31 color plates by Guy TUDOR. 516 pp. $95.00
  • Volume II: The Suboscine Passerines. 1994. Ovenbirds and woodcreepers, typical and ground antbirds, gnateaters and tapaculos, tyrant flycatchers, cotingas and manakins. 52 color plates by Guy TUDOR. 814 pp. $95.00

445. RIDGELY, Robert S. and John A. GWYNNE. A Guide to the Birds of Panama, with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, & Honduras. Second Edition. Princeton, 1989. 48 color plates illustrate over 850 species. 534 pp. Paper. $49.95
NEW!For an update to Ridgely's field guide, see above under ANGEHR.

447. ROBINSON, John G. and Kent H. REDFORD, Editors. Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation. Chicago, 1991. 520 pp. $62.00

448. RODNER, Clemencia, Robin RESTALL, & Miguel LENTINO. Checklist of the Birds of Northern South America. An Annotated Checklist of the Species and Subspecies of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and French Guiana. Yale University Press, 2000. Distribution, altitudinal range, taxonomic notes. Paper. 136 pp. $25.00

449. ROWLEY, J. Stuart. Breeding Records of Birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico. Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 1966. 98 pp. Paper. $7.00

450. ROWLEY, J. Stuart. Breeding Records of Land Birds in Oaxaca, Mexico. Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 1984. 150 pp. Paper. $14.50

24-254. ROZZI, Ricardo. Multi-ethnic Bird Guide of the Austral Temperate Forests of South America. Editorial Fantastico Sur, 2003. Illustrated guide with color photos, distribution maps, and Yahgan, Mapuche, Spanish, English and scientific names. Includes two CDs of bird songs, name, and indigenous stories. 141 pp. $75.00

451. RUSSELL, Stephen M. and Gale MONSON. The Birds of Sonora. Arizona, 1998. Color frontis and line drawings by Ray HARM. Distribution maps. 360 pp. $77.00
Sonora, the most northwestern state of mainland Mexico, enjoys a rich avifauna of over 500 species, the distribution and abundance of which is covered in great detail in this study.

452. RYAN, Thomas P. A Birding Guide to San Blas, Nayarit. 2005. Directions and details about birding locations in and around the San Blas area. Info on contacting field guides, climate, security and how to get there by auto, bus and air, maps, hotels, restaurants, maps and a checklist. 40 pp. Paper. $12.00

26-255. RYAN, Thomas P., Ricardo MONTIJO, and Yelitza Alvarez RYAN. Guia de las Aves de San Blas, Nayarit. Published by the author, 2006. In Spanish. Maps, checklist. 37 pp. Paper. $12.00

453. RYAN, Thomas P. Checklist of Birds Found in San Blas, Nayarit / Lista de las Aves de San Blas, Nayarit. 2003. Complete annotated list. 24 pp. Paper. $5.00

454. SALAMAN, Paul, Tomás CUADROS, Juan Guillermo JARAMILLO y Walter H. WEBER. Lista de Chequeo de las Aves de Colombia/Checklist of the Birds of Colombia. Sociedad AntioqueZa de Ornitologia, 2001. In English and Spanish. Lists subspecies, English, Spanish, and scientific names. 116 pp. Paper. $15.00

455. SCHALDACH, W.J., Jr. The Avifauna of Colima and Adjacent Jalisco, Mexico. WFVZ, 1963. 100 pp. Paper. $10.00

26-293. SCHULENBERG, Thomas S., Douglas F. STOTZ, Daniel F. LANE, John P. O'NEILL, and Theodore A. PARKER III. Birds of Peru. Princeton Field Guides, 2007. Covers 1,792 species with 304 color plates. Hardcover. $49.50 - NOW IN STOCK!

456. SEKERAK, Aaron D. A Travel and Site Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica: With Side Trips to Panama and Nicaragua. Lone Pine, 1996. Maps, bird lists, travel routes, guides and accomodation information. 256 pp. Paper. OUT OF PRINT

457. SICK, Helmut. Birds in Brazil: A Natural History. Princeton, 1993. Translated from the Portuguese by William BELTON with illustrations by Paul BARRUEL and John P. O'NEILL. 48 color illus., line illus., halftones, maps, 932 pp. $220.00

25-232. SIGRIST, Tomas. Birds of Brazil: An Artistic View / Aves do Brasil: Uma Visao Artística. Avis Brasilis, 2006. 160 pages of paintings, drawings, and sketches describing more than 1,800 Brazilian birds. Species accounts and family descriptions with distribution maps. Includes a CD of Brazilian bird song. 672 pp. Oversize. $195.00

458. SKUTCH, Alexander F. Life Histories of Central American Birds, III. Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Foricariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae. Cooper Ornithological Society, 1969. Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 35. 580 pp. Drawings by Don ECKELBERRY. The two previous volumes in this series are out-of-print and scarce. $45.00

459. SKUTCH, Alexander F. Life Histories of Central American Highland Birds. Nuttall Publication number 2 1967. 213 pp. $10.00

460. SKUTCH, Alexander F. New Studies of Tropical American Birds. Nuttall Publication number 19, 1981. 281 pp. $30.00

461. SKUTCH, A.F. Studies of Tropical American Birds. Nuttall Publication number 10, 1972. 228 pp. $15.00

462. SKUTCH, Alexander F. Trogons, Laughing Falcons, and Other Neotropical Birds. Texas A&M, 1999. Illus by Dana GARDNER. 222 pp. $29.95

463. SLUD, Paul. The Birds of Cocos Island (Cost Rica). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: Volume 134, Article 4, pp. 261-296, 1967. Paper. $12.50

464. SLUD, Paul. The Birds of Hacienda Palo Verde, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Number 292, 1980. 92 pp. Maps. Paper. $15.00

465. SMITHE, Frank B. and Raymond A. PAYNTER, Jr. Birds of Tikal, Guatemala. Harvard MCZ, Bulletin Vol. 128, No. 5, pp. 245-324. 1963. Paper. $10.00

466. SOUZA, Deodato. All the Birds of Brazil: An Identification Guide. Revised Second edition, 2006. A portable field guide with color plates of all the birds. The only comprehensive field guide to the birds of Brasil. The text and maps have been extensively updated to help both plan your trip and identify the birds during your stay. Paper. $59.95
Copies received slightly bumped corners in transit from the publisher, but nothing worse than it will receive with field use!
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467. STILES, F. Gary & Alexander F. SKUTCH. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Cornell, 1989. Fifty-two color plates by Dana GARDNER. 511 pp. Paper. $39.50

468. STORER, Robert W. Notes on Paraguayan Birds. Michigan Museum of Zoology, Occasional Paper No. 719, 1989. 21 pp. Paper. $2.00

469. STORER, Robert W. Two Collections of Birds from Campeche, Mexico. Michigan Museum of Zoology, Occasional Paper No. 621, 1961. 20 pp. Paper. $4.00

470. STOTZ, Douglas, John FITZPATRICK, Theodore PARKER, III, and Debra MOSKOVITS. Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation. Chicago, 1996. Tables, color plates, drawings, maps. 536 pp. Cloth - $100.00; Paper - $37.50

471. STOTZ, Douglas F., John W. FITZPATRICK, Theodore A. PARKER, III. Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds. Floppy disk to accompany the preceding title. $17.50

472. STUTCHBURY, Bridget J.M, and Eugene S. MORTON. Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds. Academic, 2001. 165 pp. Paper. $44.95

473. SWASH, Andy and Rob STILL. Birds, Mammals, & Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands: An Identification Guide: Second edition. Yale University Press, 2005. 53 color plates composed of assembled photographs, distribution maps. Updated with new photos and the latest distribution and taxonomic information, with corrections. 168 pp. Flexi-binding. $24.95

474. THURBER, Walter A. et al. Status of Uncommon and Previously Unreported Birds of El Salvador. WFVZ, 1987. 184 pp. Paper. $14.00

476. VALQUI, Thomas. Where to Watch Birds in Peru. Lima: Published by the author, 2004. 152 sites described in detail. 7 regional maps, 60 site maps, a complete checklist, description of the 15 Biogeographic bird-regions, description of the 42 most important bird habitats, travel directory. 382 pp. Paper. $39.95

25-239. VAN PERLO, Ber. Birds of Mexico and Central America. Princeton, 2006. Describes and illustrates every species of bird from Mexico to Panama. 98 color plates by the author illustrate more than 1,500 species. Distribution maps. Comprehensive, concise, and portable. 336 pp. Paper. $29.95

477. VAN TYNE, Jocelyn. The Birds of Northern Péten, Guatemala. Michigan Museum of Zoology, 1935. MP No. 27. Folding map. 46 pp. Paper. $7.50

478. WALKER, Barry. Field Guide to the Birds of Machu Picchu and the Cusco Region. Second edition. PROFONANPE, 2005. Illustrates all the bird species recorded in Machu Picchu, including Cuscao and Abra Malaga. 31 color plates illustrating 420 species, a color map of the Sanctuary and a comprehensive introduction that deals with the biogeography and conservation, and a checklist. Illustrated by Jon Fjeldsa. 217 pp. Paper. $39.00

479. WAUER, Roland H. and Victor EMANUEL. Birder's Mexico. Texas A&M, Natural Environment Series No 12, 2001. B&W photos, maps. An indispensable companion for anyone visiting Mexico to discover birds and explore their remote habitats. 304 pp. Paper. $18.95

480. WAUER, Roland H. A Birder's West Indies: An Island-by-Island Tour. Texas, 1996. Color and b&w photos. 238 pp. Cloth - $40.00; Paper - $19.95

482. WHEATLEY, Nigel and David BREWER. Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Princeton, 2001. Site guide with maps, directions, bird lists, and other information. 436 pp. Paper. OUT OF PRINT

483. WHEATLEY, Nigel. Where to Watch Birds in South America. Princeton, 1995. 200 plus sites, including the Falklands, Galápagos, and Antarctica. 431 pp. Cloth - $37.50; Paper - $24.95

484. WILLARD, David E., et al. The Birds of Cerro de la Neblina, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, Fieldiana, Zoology, New Series, No. 65, 1991. 80 pp. Paper. $19.00

485. WILLIS, Edwin O. and Yoshika ONIKI. Aves do Estado de Sao Paulo. Published by the authors, 2003. In Portuguese. Oversize Format, with 84 color plates by Tomas SIGRIST. 398 pp. $125.00

486. WILLIS, Edwin O. and Y. ONIKI. Nomes Gerais para as Aves Brasileiras. (Common Portuguese Names for Brazilian Birds.) Sao Paolo: Grafica da Regiao, 1991. In Portuguese. 79 pp. Paper. $15.00

487. Willson, Susan. Obligate Army-ant-following Birds: A Study of Ecology, Spatial Movement Patterns, and Behavior in Amazonian Peru. American Ornithologists' Union: Ornithological Monographs Number 55, 2004. Color photos. 67 pp. Paper. $10.00

488. WOLF, Larry L. Avifauna of the Cerro de la Muerte Region Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates Number 2606, 1976. 37 pp. Paper. $15.00

489. WOOD, D. Scott, Robert C. LEBERMAN, and Dora WEYER. Checklist of the Birds of Belize. Carnegie, 1986. 24 pp. Paper $6.00

26-270. WOODS, Robin and Anne WOODS. Birds and Mammals of the Falkland Islands. WildGuides, 2006. A photographic guide to the regularly occurring birds and mammals. Over 100 photographs illustrate the key identification features. Maps, index. 144 pp. $47.50

490. WOODS, Robin W. The Birds of the Falkland Islands. Nelson, 1975. Species accounts accompanied by color and b&w photos. 240 pp. $27.50 SALE - $4.95

491. WOODS, Robin W. and Anne. Atlas of Breeding Birds in the Falkland Islands. Nelson, 1997. Documents breeding distribution of birds of the Falklands including the endemic Falkland Steamer Duck and Cobb's Wren. Drawings and maps. 190 pp. $50.00



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