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Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Carrol L. Henderson
Publisher: University of Texas Press

To assist in id'ing the many (850+) bird species that live in costa rica, I purchased the field guide shown above, and have been reading it almost constantly since I got it. After all, I'm already taking a bird field guide and perhaps Lawson's book on birding locations in Costa Rica. I don't need more paperbacks weighting my luggage. For instance, Mealy Parrot (Birds of Costa Rica) was called Mealy Amazon. The Birds of Costa Rica: a Field Guide. So why would you or I be interested in this guide? And now it's gone digital with the release of the Costa Rica Birds-Field Guide app. Free ebook A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica (Comstock Book) pdf download.A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica (Comstock Book) by Gary Stiles, Alexander F. The legendary Stiles and Skutch is the original, and is still widely used. Skutch and Dana Gardner pdf download free. Birders flock to this Central American country to take in the sights and sounds of hundreds of bird species. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. All 365 species of parrots are included in the guide. As an avid young birder who dreams of the world outside her own North American bubble, my shelves are full of exotic field guides: Mexico, Costa Rica, Africa, Australia. As for field guides, in Costa Rica there are two good ones. The page providing examples of seven types of flight silhouettes would be an invaluable aid to differentiate types of parrots in the field. At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animals--over half a million species! The book's color-coded When I compared the names of parrots in my Birds of Costa Rica (Garrigues and Dean) with this guide, I had difficulty locating some of the species, since different names were used.