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An up-to-date field guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin IslandsThis portable and informative field guide describes the bird species found on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fully updated, the guide presents all 347 species, both naturally occurring as well as introduced, and highlights 19 endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Species are sorted by habitat to facilitate identification and extra illustrations are provided for birds similar in appearance. Facing pages conveniently juxtapose species accounts, distribution maps, and illustrations, and a section on birding hotspots pinpoints the best locations for finding specific birds. Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will be indispensable for birders and nature enthusiasts.The only fully illustrated guide to feature all 347 bird species in Puerto Rico and the Virgin IslandsSpecies sorted by habitat for easier identificationText and illustrations on facing pages for ease of identificationExtensive introduction covering taxonomy, migration, biogeography, and conservationUseful information on birding hotspots throughout the region

Birds --- Birds --- Virgin Islands --- Adelaide's warbler. --- African grey parrot. --- American flamingo. --- American kestrel. --- Anegada. --- Antillean crested hummingbird. --- Antillean nighthawk. --- Baltimore oriole. --- Bananaquit. --- Bird egg. --- Bird migration. --- Bird. --- Birds of the West Indies. --- Black-necked stilt. --- Blackpoll warbler. --- Bridled quail-dove. --- British Virgin Islands. --- Brown pelican. --- California quail. --- Caribbean Sea. --- Caribbean elaenia. --- Caribbean. --- Cattle egret. --- Cockatiel (aviculture). --- Columbidae. --- Common gallinule. --- Domestic canary. --- Egret. --- Elfin woods warbler. --- Endemism. --- Fauna of Puerto Rico. --- Frigatebird. --- Golden-winged warbler. --- Gray kingbird. --- Great blue heron. --- Grebe. --- Gull. --- Hispaniola. --- Hispaniolan parakeet. --- Indian peafowl. --- Islet. --- Jost Van Dyke. --- Key West quail-dove. --- Kingbird. --- Lesser Antillean bullfinch. --- Lesser Antilles. --- Loggerhead kingbird. --- Macaw. --- Mangrove cuckoo. --- Mangrove. --- Manx shearwater. --- Muscovy duck. --- Necker Island (British Virgin Islands). --- Nightjar. --- Northern bobwhite. --- Northern mockingbird. --- Ovenbird (family). --- Oystercatcher. --- Parakeet. --- Plumage. --- Prothonotary warbler. --- Puerto Rican bullfinch. --- Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo. --- Puerto Rican nightjar. --- Puerto Rican oriole. --- Puerto Rican spindalis. --- Puerto Rican tanager. --- Quail-dove. --- Roseate tern. --- Rosy-faced lovebird. --- Royal tern. --- Ruddy duck. --- Sandpiper. --- Seabird. --- Sharp-shinned hawk. --- Short-eared owl. --- Songbird. --- South America. --- Spotted dove. --- Spotted sandpiper. --- Swallow-tailed kite. --- Tern. --- Thicket. --- Thrush (bird). --- Tortola. --- Tropicbird. --- United States Virgin Islands. --- Venezuelan troupial. --- Vieques, Puerto Rico. --- Virgin Islands National Park. --- Wader. --- Warbler. --- Waterfowl. --- West Indian whistling duck. --- Wetland. --- White cockatoo. --- White-necked crow. --- White-winged dove. --- Yellow-billed cuckoo. --- Zenaida dove.