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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. These are species which have been seen one or two or three times, but the rare sightings were unsupported by documentation. Conclusion.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources. The latter is a feature that probably only a birder would love, and Jon Dunn tells us from the beginning that he is not a lister (the exception being his home in the Shetland Islands).