Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba

AvArturo Kirkconnell,Orlando H. Garrido

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Cuba.The largest island in the Caribbean, Cuba contains a vast range of ecosystems, from scrub and grasslands to mountain ranges and coastal mangrove forests. These landscapes are home to an amazing diversity of avifauna, including 29 extant endemic species along with many other near-endemics and a large number of migratory birds, making Cuba a highly attractive destination for birders.Revised and updated throughout, this second edition includes high-quality colour plates illustrating more than 370 species recorded in the region, with informative text on facing pages for easy reference. Written by Cuba's two leading ornithologists, the concise species accounts describe key identification features, voice, habitat and behaviour, and are accompanied by accurate colour distribution maps.The definitive field guide to this magical birding destination, Birds of Cuba is an essential companion for any visiting birder or naturalist.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-07
Mått:152 x 228 x 14 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Helm Field Guides
Antal sidor:256
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781399421928

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Arturo Kirkconnell is one of Cuba's leading ornithologists. The former Curator of Ornithology at the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba in Havana, his curriculum vitae includes almost 100 scientific papers on the island's birds, and he is the co-author (with Guy Kirwan and Mike Flieg) of A Birdwatchers’ Guide to Cuba and (with Patricia Bradley and Yves-Jacques Rey-Millet) A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Cuba, along with two editions of the Helm field guide Birds of Cuba. Arturo has been leading birding tours in Cuba since 1988.The late Orlando H. Garrido was a leading ornithologist who contributed more than 60 years of service to the study of natural sciences in Cuba, where he curated the birds in Havana’s National Museum of Natural History. With degrees from the University of Miami and the University of Havana, Orlando was the senior author of Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba and a contributing author to Birds of the West Indies, along with the authorship of hundreds of scientific publications. A true Cuban legend, Garrido was both a respected naturalist credited with the description of more than 100 species,and a renowned tennis player, having played at Wimbledon several times in his youth.