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Field Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago | 
| Authors: Martyn Kenefick, Robin Restall, Floyd Hayes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 87991
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0300135572
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.0972983
EAN: 9780300135572
ASIN: 0300135572
Publication Date: March 28, 2008
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Product Description
Trinidad and Tobago, tropical islands on the continental shelf of northeastern South America, enjoy a rich diversity of bird species, including visitors from the nearby mainland and others traveling the migratory flyway from North America. This compact, portable field guide is designed to provide birders and ornithologists with all the up-to-date information they need to identify birds in the field. The book features color illustrations and descriptions of almost 470 different species—every species known to occur naturally in Trinidad or Tobago as well as those successfully introduced there. Following a brief description of the geography, habitats, and climate of the region, the guide offers instructions for identifying birds, watching safely, and discovering the places where particular species are most likely to be found. No resident or visitor to the islands will want to be without this essential guide.
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 Better of the guides available for T&T June 27, 2008
Basics: 2007, 1st edition, softcover, 256 pages, 107 color plates; 460+ species; no range maps
To date, this is the better of the field guides to cover these South American islands, seven miles off the coast of Venezuela. I say this for two reasons. One is the greater number of species included, which encompasses all migrants and all rare sightings. Even birds with just one sighting - or even zero sightings in the last decade - are illustrated. Secondly, more plumage variations are shown in this book. These include adult vs. juvenile vs. immature; male vs. female; fresh vs. worn; seasonal; and subspecies.
The text offers clear, detailed descriptions to aid with the identification. Voice, similar species, and status are also described. I like how the authors note if the bird is found on only one of the two islands.
After thumbing through the plates, you might notice most of the illustrations look familiar. The majority of the plates are taken directly from another book, "Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide, Volume I". New paintings were made for this T&T book for those species not found on the mainland. Some corrections were also made to the original plates.
For the most part, the artistry is good. My only dissent comes from a too-vertical posture for many of the flycatchers and hummingbirds, the cuckoos seem to be a bit to cartoonish, the falcons a little rigid, and some of the gulls and terns have some notable proportional problems. The Caspian Tern is perhaps the best (or worst) example.
Taking this guide on your travels to Trinidad and Tobago will help you with success in your birding excursion. I recommend it over the ffrench or the Herklots guides.
Other Related Books:
1) A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by ffrench
2) Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by ffrench
3) Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by Barrow
4) The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by Herklots
5) Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide; Volume I by Restall, Rodner, and Lentino
6) Birds of the West Indies by Bond
7) A Photographic Guide to Birds of the West Indies by Flieg
8) A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies by Raffaele
 Ffrench or Kenefick et al. that is the question April 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Given both Ffrench and Kenefick, Restall and Hayes (KRH)are about the same
price the question is which do you purchase? The response is easy.
Get a USED copy of Ffrench and a NEW copy of KRH!!!
Jack Clinton Eitniear
Excellent March 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent book for identifying the birds of Trinidad. The color plates are great and well detailed with the main identifying characteristics pointed out with arrows. The text is also very well written. This book really surpassed my expectaions. Anyone looking for a good book on the birds of Trinidad and Tobago will be extremely happy with this.
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