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Title: A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas : Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Third Edition by Ernest Preston Edwards, Edward Murrell Butler ISBN: 0-292-72091-2 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Substandard in almost every regard
Comment: To be sure, this field guide is better than having no field guide. If birds posed for observation, it would be a great field guide. But for the real world this guide is disorganized in text and illustrations beyond excuse. I'm not sure this is the author's fault. It may be due to the publisher cutting costs. Still, no excuse. A birder will pay a premium for a great field guide. Illustrations are jammed together on each plate with no regard to proportionate size, or to other birds on that plate. For example, kingfishers are intermixed with trogons, motmots, swallows and woodpeckers on 3 separate plates. The amazon kingfisher is on one plate; the similar green kingfisher is 2 plates later. Quick comparison is impossible. Seven trogons are together on one plate, but the elegant trogon is 2 plates later. Some woodpeckers are on each of plates 20, 21 & 22; the imperial woodpecker is on plate 45. First I cried, then I laughed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice pictures, but disorganized
Comment: This book has what Peterson's "Mexican Birds" lacks: good colour pictures of (nearly) all birds of Mexico and adjacent areas and their Spanish names. However, the presentation of the pictures is a mishmash. The descriptions of the birds are not detailed but very short. It is a pity that there is no information about the behaviour of the birds, often very important for identification.
Rating: 4
Summary: Birding in Belize
Comment: We used this book on a recent trip to Belize. It is THE book in use by local Belizian birding enthusiasts, and we only saw it for sale at one shop during our 12 day stay, so it might be hard to get once you're there. Birds of same species on different color plates slow you down, but the pictures are very good. Highly recommend taking this book with you if you plan to do any serious birdwatching.
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Title: A Bird-Finding Guide to Mexico by Steve N. G. Howell ISBN: 0801485819 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Mexican Birds : Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador by Roger Tory Peterson, Edward L. Chalif ISBN: 039597514X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico by Fiona A. Reid ISBN: 0195064011 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steven N. G. Howell, Sophie Webb, Steve N. G. Howell ISBN: 0198540124 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World: The Lowlands of Mexico, Northern Guatemala, and Belize by Julian C. Lee ISBN: 0801485878 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: 20 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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