A Birdwatchers’ Guide to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Caymans - Pelagic Publishing

A Birdwatchers’ Guide to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Caymans

Site Guide

  • Convenient guide to the best birdwatching locations
  • The Greater Antilles are a birdwatcher’s paradise
  • Travel tips and information help make the most of your trip
    £17.99
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    Tags:
    • Antilles
    • birding
    • birds
    • birdwatcher
    • birdwatching
    • Cuba
    • Jamaica
    • natural history
    • ornithology
    • popular wildlife
    • Puerto Rico
    • site guide

    Description

    A guide to birdwatching sites in the Greater Antilles: this book shows you where to go and when to visit for the best birding experience. This guide is best used alongside your field guide - it does not include information about identifying birds.

    This site guide covers the Greater Antilles, which comprises five groups of islands and six countries. From Cuba, with about 360 species, to the Cayman Islands, with just over 220, the Greater Antilles have recorded just over 550 species. This total includes more than 100 single island endemics and many more restricted range species, making the islands a very attractive proposition to the visiting birder.

    The site accounts have details of location and tips on birding strategy and accommodation. More than 80 sites are described, many with accompanying maps. A full species list shows exactly what has been seen in each country, and the selective list helps to target the best places to visit. As well as covering the best birding sites, the authors have tried to include some locations close to main holiday centres used by birders with families. This is a site guide, not an identification guide.

    Readership

    Birdwatchers and ornithologists

    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Pre-tour information
    Travel information
    Staying in the Greater Antilles
    Climate and clothing
    General safety, health and medical facilities
    Books and maps
    When to go
    CUBA
    - Zapata Peninsula
    - The West
    - The Centre and offshore islands
    - The Oriente
    JAMAICA
    - The North-west
    - The Central-south
    - The East
    HAITI
    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    - Around Santo Domingo and the East
    - The South-west
    - The North
    PUERTO RICO
    CAYMAN ISLANDS
    - Grand Cayman
    - Other islands
    Selective species accounts
    Full species list
    Mammals of the Greater Antilles
    Useful addresses, societies and clubs
    Select bibliography

    Bibliographic Information

    • 198 pages
    • B/w figures and maps
    • BISAC NAT0040000, SCI070040
    • BIC WNCB, PSVW6, 1KJC, 1KJWJ, 1KJD, 1KJP, 1KJM