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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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Extinct birds, such as Ivory-billed Woodpecker, are included. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots! Species Accounts names and species have been updated to all changes up to the 2019 American Ornithological Society Supplement.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

10,000 Birds

It will be interesting to see if the proposal is adopted and this guide becomes the first to employ the new official usage, or if it sparks other bird guide authors to revolt against the system. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 2019, 448p. Rick Wright agrees. There is also a strong educational component here. by Rick Wright.