A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Jamaica

About this book

With a rich avifauna of more than 300 species that includes some 25 endemics, the island of Jamaica is an increasingly popular birding destination. Containing hundreds of photographs, "Birds of Jamaica" provides full photographic coverage of every species on the Jamaican list (including vagrants).

Concise text for each species covers identification, voice, habitats, confusion species, status and distribution, with a map for resident and migrant birds. This guide is an essential companion for anyone visiting this amazing island.

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Biography

Ann Sutton is a zoologist, tour leader and photographer fromJamaica, where she has lived for more than 30 years. She and herhusband Robert have written a number of books and magazine articles onthe island's avifauna. The late Audrey Downer, who died in 2008, was arenowned ornithologist who wrote a number of titles on the birds of theisland, including Birds of Jamaica (1990), the work that this latest volume revises and updates.