Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #609091 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 656 pages

Synopsis
Catalogs the more than 800 species of birds found in Costa Rica, with notes on identification, habits, and distribution.

Customer Reviews

An absolute MUST!
This is a lavishly illustrated book with all of Costa Rica's 830 birdspecies depicted in color on 52 plates. This is also a valuable book ifyou visit any of Costa Rica's neighbouring countries. The book is not onlya field guide, but it is also a guide to birding in Costa Rica. Thespecies accounts are highly informative and set out in a simple format.Although the plates are a bit cramped and the illustrations are small,they are clear and well drawn.This book is a must for any birder visitingCentral America.

the definite field guide to birds of coasta rica
An excellent guide to Costa Rican bird. Although somewhat bulky to carry in the field, it is the definite guide to the area and no self-respecting birder should be without it. It contains all the birds one will find in Costa Rica and is the ideal book for a birding holiday in this area. The colour plates are excellent and the details of each bird are succinct and highlight the distinguishing marks precisely so that identification in the field is made all that easier.

A good book with some problems
This book is undoubtedly the best in the choice. The descriptions about the birds are brilliant and the grouping on the plates helps in the identification well. BUT, the book has some surprising deficiencies, especially compared to similar guide books. These are: the drawings often haven't illustrated the birds well either their pattern/colors or their shape; in some cases the drawings are expressly wrong and the pictures on the plates don't give help enough regarding the size of birds.