10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can It’s unique in two major ways.

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The end result is that the whole “biographic” area (NCA plus southern Mexico and northern Nicaragua) is home to 41 endemic bird species. Each family group starts with a description of what traits are common to the species within the family, its representation in Northern Central America, and other interesting, relevant facts.

El Salvador 231

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 231

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed.

2011 152

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152