The only fully illustrated guide to feature all the bird species of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

This portable and informative field guide describes the bird species found on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fully updated, the guide presents all 347 species, both naturally occurring as well as introduced, and highlights 19 endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Species are sorted by habitat to facilitate identification and extra illustrations are provided for birds similar in appearance.

The only fully illustrated guide to feature all 347 bird species in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Species sorted by habitat for easier identification
Text and illustrations on facing pages for ease of identification
Extensive introduction covering taxonomy, migration, biogeography, and conservation
Useful information on birding hotspots throughout the region

About the Author

Herbert A. Raffaele is the author of many books, including Wildlife of the Caribbean and Birds of the West Indies (both Princeton). He is former chief of the Division of International Conservation at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Clive Petrovic is an environmental specialist with the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency of the British Virgin Islands. Sergio A. Col�n L�pez is an editor of El Bien-Te-Veo, published by the Puerto Rican Ornithological Society. Lisa D. Yntema is an ecologist and conservation biologist in St. Croix. Jos� A. Salguero Faria is a wildlife biologist and ornithologist involved in avian conservation in Puerto Rico.

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Calluna Books specialise in buying and selling out of print bird books and other natural history books online, through our own mail order catalogues and by attending selected events and fairs. We have been trading since 1997 and are based in Northumberland where callers are welcome by appointment. We have in excess of 3000 titles of books, journals and reports in stock covering a wide range of natural history subject areas including birds, mammals, reptiles, floras, invertebrates, ecology, wildlife art and books on the general natural history of the UK and worldwide.

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