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A guide to the birds of Mexico and Northern Central America /

When Steve Howell first visited Mexico in November of 1981, he arrived armed with a strong background of birding in Britain and the Western Palearctic, and an even stronger enthusiasm for the diverse and exotic birds of Northern Central America. But he also arrived without an adequate field guide. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:QL686 H6.833
Main Author: Howell, Steve N. G
Other Authors: Webb, Sophie (coaut)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Area covered
  • Geography and bird distribution
  • Climate and habitat
  • Migration History of ornithology in Mexico
  • Conservation
  • Birding in Mexico and northern Central America
  • Using this book
  • Taxonomy
  • Molt and plumage
  • Outline of the species accounts
  • Family and Species Accounts
  • Appendices on extinct species, hypothetical occurrence, birds of Pacific Islands and Caribbean Islands, and additional species of eastern Honduras.