More than a thousand species of birds occur in Mexico and in the adjacent countries of Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Of these birds, a unique mixture of temperate-zone and tropical species, less than half are found in the United States, and many cross the border only a short distance into the southwestern states.
This practical field guide contains detailed annotations for easy identification of all of Mexico’s regular species. The descriptions include the English, Spanish, and Latin names; a general range statement for each bird, along with its specific occurrences in the region; its typical habitat(s) and abundance; and its physical characteristics, including size and plumage. Excellent color plates with drawings of over 850 species make this the most fully illustrated guide to the region.
Published by the author in 1972 and 1989, this convenient take-along guide is now totally revised, updated, and re-designed to provide handy assistance and enjoyment to professional ornithologists and amateur birders alike.
It’s just OK As others have noted the book is poorly organized with birds of one group mixed in with birds of another (Trogons in with Woodpeckers). I found the colors were off too. For the price it’s a decent book to carry on a field trip.
Better than no field guide I bought this book to take along on a cruise that stopped in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, and found it of value, although somewhat difficult to use. The author’s abbreviations are not too difficult to follow, but the separation between the plate drawings and the text was tiresome. Also, three of the plates are in black and white instead of color, making species identification more difficult.Marshall Faintich, author of “A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Wintergreen”
A good all-in-one guide book This book is just right for identification in the field, because unlike other guide books to birds of Mexico, it has illustrations for birds commonly found in the U.S. that also occur in Mexico. So I do not have to carry a Mexico guide book and a U.S. guide book with me.