Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies

Description

Birds of the West Indies is the first field guide that covers and depicts all birds known to occur in the region, including infrequently occurring and introduced forms. Now fully updated and expanded, this stunningly illustrated book features detailed accounts of more than 600 species, describing field marks, range, status, voice and habitat. More than 100 beautiful colour plates depict plumages of all species, and the book includes distribution maps, a colour code for endemics, and an incisive introduction that discusses avifaunal changes in the West Indies over the past fifteen years.

Allan Keith is an ornithologist and the co-author of The Birds of Hispaniola, Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, Birds of New Hampshire, Birds of St Lucia, and Birds of the West Indies. Herbert A. Raffaele is the author of Wildlife of the Caribbean, A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies. He is former chief of the Division of International Conservation at the US Fish and Wildlife Service. James Wiley is a Cuban ornithologist and the co-author of The Birds of Hispaniola, Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti and Birds of the West Indies. Janis Raffaele is an ornithologist and the co-author of Birds of the West Indies. Orlando Garrido is a leading ornithologist and naturalist who contributed more than 60 years of service to the study of natural sciences in Cuba, where he curated on birds in Havana's National Museum of Natural History. He holds degrees from the University of Miami and the University of Havana, and is senior author of Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba, contributing author to Birds of the West Indies as well as hundreds of scientific publications.