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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

10,000 Birds

And when writing a field guide, it is accepted practice to adopt one of the above and to stick to it, with any questions or disagreements safely ensconced in the text, not in an actual change of species. Howell turns all that on its head. It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^ 351-368.