Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H Garrido

Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H Garrido

The richness and diversity of Cuban birdlife features 354 recorded species that represent 20 orders and 60 families. The 21 living endemic species include the charming Cuban Tody, the striking and elegant Cuban Trogon (the national bird), the colorful...

All students of West Indian birds and, especially, all birders visiting Cuba should own this bookHighly recommended.

* Cotinga: Journal of the Neotropical Bird Club *

Written and illustrated by Cuban nationals, this book is a significant contribution to ornithology within that country.... There are 51 excellent plates showing all but two of the 354 species on the island. Distribution maps are large and clear. The book should be included in any library with an interest in the birds of the New World tropics either for travel or research.... Suitable for all levels of readers.

* Choice *

As ecotourists return to Cuba to see the country and its plants and animals, they may well wish to take along Orlando Garrido and Arturo Kirkconnell's Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Bird descriptions and paintings are useful and often imaginatively helpful.

* El Nuevo Herald *

Ornithologists, raptor biologists, and birders visiting Cuba (hopefully including Americans sometime soon) have in this highly recommended field guide an essential field research reference. The authors and artist deserve high praise for a job well done.

* International Hawkwatcher *

The guide and its excellent color plates are the product of Cubans (by necessity), which is unusual and welcome among guides published in the U.S.... As ecotourism to Cuba evolves, this book will be the choice of birders who visit the island.

* Wildlife Activist *

This is the first field guide that exclusively and comprehensively covers the relatively unknown avifauna of Cuba.... The book will be very useful for birders and ornithologists visiting Cuba as well as those who want to know what species occur there.

* The Condor *

It seems inevitable that the day is coming in which North American bird watchers will be traveling to Cuba. When that time comes they will want to have this guide.... The real strengths are the text and the maps. The range maps for each species are quite detailed, supported well by text information on range and status. The text also provides a usefully complete description of the bird.

* Bird Watcher's Digest *

Orlando H. Garrido and Arturo Kirkconnell are Curators, National Museum of Natural History of Cuba. Lester Short is emeritus director of the department of ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History.

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ISBN 13	9780801486319
ISBN 10	0801486319
Title	Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba
Author	Orlando H Garrido
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Year published	2000-08-01
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.