A complement to your field guide, this book is a guide to the birdlife with extensive species accounts, with detailed descriptions of appearance and behavior, seasonal status and abundance, distribution, habitat preferences, and habits. Includes color photos of many species and habitats. Family and species accounts for 284 species and 53 families of birds, glossary, birds and hiking in the region, and index.

Revised and updated by Robert S. Ridgely with Kenneth H. Klapper.