This is a paperback edition of a highly-acclaimed guide to the 242 highly colourful species of tanager found in the Americas. The book has been out of print in the UK since 1991 and much in demand. Interest in neotropical birds has blossomed in Europe and this is the perfect time to reissue this marvellous reference. The 32 colour plates show 551 tanager plumages, illustrating every species, and there are 263 distribution maps. The text is definitive, covering every aspect of the species' natural history, with particular emphasis on field identification.