Birds of Costa Rica

A state-of-the-art illustrated field guide to the birds of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is among the most popular birding destinations in the world, with a breathtaking diversity of neotropical birdlife and stunningly beautiful habitats ranging from shady mangrove swamps to mist-enshrouded mountaintops and verdant rainforest. Birds of Costa Rica is the essential illustrated pocket guide to this biologically rich country. It covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the region and features facing-page plates and text that make field identification easy. Concise species accounts describe everything from size and distribution to voice, habitat, and status. This compact guide also features progressive taxonomy and a wealth of color range maps.

• Covers more than 800 species of birds found in Costa Rica
• Includes more than 200 superb color plates
• Features concise species accounts, facing-page plates and text, and up-to-date range maps
• Its compact size and field-friendly layout make it the ideal travel companion for any birder

"The paintings are so elegant. . . . An impressive work."---Rebecca Minardi, American Birding Association

"Costa Rica has long been a popular birding destination, and over time access to sites and our knowledge of the birds there has increased significantly. The authors have used all of that knowledge to produce an excellent, lightweight guide that will undoubtedly become the go-to guide for visitors to this wonderful country."---Frank Lambert, Frank Lambert Birding

"An exemplary field guide and a rich source of information on Costa Rican birds. . . . We anticipate that it will become the guide of choice for many years to come."---Luke Owen Frishkoff & Evan Matthew, Journal of Field Ornithology

"Lavishly and beautiful[ly] illustrated."---Geoff Carpentier, North Durham Nature

"This book is a MUST have for anyone birding Costa Rica!"---Ian Paulsen, The Birdbooker Report

"A very fine book, meeting all the established criteria for a successful modern field guide, and in many instances exceeding them."---David M. Gascoigne, Travels With Birds

"[U]pdated, informative, attractive, and even a little controversial. . . . Birds of Costa Rica will vastly enhance the capacity of users to accurately identify species which previously caused confused among many Costa Ricans and visiting birders. It will be a valuable resource for the study and greater understanding of the country’s avifauna."---Mercedes Alpízar, Birding

"An American Birding Association Best Bird Book of the Year"