I'm going to Central America in a month (Guatemala and El Salvador) and am looking for a book that will be able to help me to ID some of the species I see (and hopefully photograph). Also if anyone knows of good amphibian guide books for Central America I'd be interested in that as well as there are plenty of frogs in all those rain forests!
I'm not aware of a bird guide specific to either of those countries, but you can check the American Birding Association - Sales site to see if there is. There are two books that would come pretty close:
Stiles and Skutch, Birds of Costa Rica, Cornell University Press, 1989.
Howell and Webb, Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Oxford University Press, 1995 (2001 Ed.)
I can't help you with amphibians; they don't have feathers.
I have this book. While it is designed for Costa Rica, maybe there are others from this author that are broader?? I've found this to be a great reference.
Thanks for the suggestions guys - that will probably be the way I need to go. The problem with El Salvador is that they only have 2% of their natural forest left (not an exaggeration) so it's not a hot-spot for birders/photographers, but from what I've read it IS just as full of diversity as other countries, and the birds are just more concentrated which SHOULD make it a little easier on me...
I have a list (don't have the website address right now) of birds of El Salvador, but so many of them are species I have no experience with, so I'll need photos and descriptions to be able to break some down into categories and narrow my search.
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I'm not aware of a bird guide specific to either of those countries, but you can check the American Birding Association - Sales site to see if there is. There are two books that would come pretty close:
Stiles and Skutch, Birds of Costa Rica, Cornell University Press, 1989.
Howell and Webb, Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Oxford University Press, 1995 (2001 Ed.)
I can't help you with amphibians; they don't have feathers.
I have this book. While it is designed for Costa Rica, maybe there are others from this author that are broader?? I've found this to be a great reference.
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4702
This link is just the first one I found via Google for the book. Not suggesting this as a source.
I have a list (don't have the website address right now) of birds of El Salvador, but so many of them are species I have no experience with, so I'll need photos and descriptions to be able to break some down into categories and narrow my search.
- Luke