Field guide covering the 1070 bird species found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and western Nicaragua.

Introduction: Area covered 1. Geography and bird distribution 2. Climate and habitat 3. Migration 4. History of ornithology in Mexico 5. Conservation 6. Birding in Mexico and northern Central America 7. Using this book 8. Taxonomy 9. Molt and plumage 10. Outline of the species accounts 11. Family and Species Accounts Appendices on extinct species, hypothetical occurrence, birds of Pacific Islands and Caribbean Islands, and additional species of eastern Honduras Bibliography Index

Steve N. G. Howell , Sophie Webb

`... a must for anyone with an interest in neotropical birds' David Tomlinson, New Scientist, August 1995 |d 26/08/1995