Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America

September 18, 2016 By John E. Riutta in Newly Noted Books Tags: Belize, Birds, book, burke, dean, El Salvador, fagan, field, Guatemala, guide, Harcourt, honduras, Houghton, komar, Mifflin, News, Peterson

Come this November, a new field guide will be added to the illustrious Peterson Field Guides series: the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America. Written by by Jesse Fagan and Oliver Komar with illustrations by Robert Dean and Peter Burke, this new guide will provide species accounts for more than eight hundred birds that are found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Needless to note, as these are presently some of the most popular western hemisphere destinations for traveling birders, the publication of this new field guide is timely indeed.

(Incidentally, this entry will be updated with a link to the publisher’s website just as soon as the book is added to it.)

John E. Riutta

Founder and publisher of The Well-read Naturalist. Inveterate autodidact. Has repeatedly been found out standing in many fields. Plays well with otters.

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