Coinciding with Colombia's 200th anniversary as a republic, the world's most bird-rich nation finally has a new field guide. It brings together original illustrations of all the country's birds, including most plumages variations, many new and even undescribed species, original text and up-to-date maps. Never before have so many species been described and illustrated for a national field guide. The guide features all-new texts, maps and illustrations for all of the birds recorded in Colombia, including offshore islands. Every species is illustrated and all of the non-pelagic species are mapped.
Plates are arranged to show illustrations, maps, text, field notes and notes on endemism and threat status side by side in a single information cell. Emphasis is placed on features that will be most useful in the field.
The book is more field-friendly than most other national guides for neotropical countries. At 250 pages long and just 12.5 x 21 cm, it is the first genuinely pocket-sized comprehensive field-guide for one of the biggest neotropical avifaunas.
All profits from this book will go toward the pioneering conservation work and unrivalled network of protected areas of ProAves in Colombia.
Related article: Colombian President congratulates ProAves on new Bird Guide:
The outgoing President of Colombia has endorsed this book, see:
http://www.proaves.org/article.php?id_article=896
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In our humble opinion:
This is a wonderfully compact, easy-to-carry field guide, with color illustrations depicting every species. It is well-suited to those for whom size is paramount, because it will easily fit into a large pocket or small bag.
In order to fit such a large avifauna into such a small book, the text is extremely concise, listing the English and Latin name, measurements, range and habitat, similar species, and field marks, alongside a color illustration and range map. There is no information about vocalizations. The more complex to identify similar species can be more difficult to determine with these illustrations, so for more advanced birders who want the complete species accounts we would recommend Steve Hilty's Guide to the Birds of Colombia, illustrated by Guy Tudor.
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