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Central America

Copper-rumped Hummingbird Amazilia tobaci ŠIan Montgomery http://birdway.com.au

I have, so far, only been lucky enough to visit Trinidad & Tobago in this region. Although my oldest friend has made a trip to the magical Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is so far up everyone`s list of where I would most like to go birding not just because it has a very long list of very beautiful birds but also because it is a small country with many different avifaunal regions. The rest of the istmus would, no doubt, be just as popular if those countries were both safe and sensitive to the needs of the environment.

The Islands of the Caribean are not just tropical paradises but many are home to large numbers of endemics in relatively small geographical areas. Cuba and the Domincan Republic have a lot of endemics and are increasingly common birding destinations.

Bridging two continents; central America shares many migratory birds with both and must be a wonderful place to be at such times. One day I hope to see more of it.

In case your geography is as bad as mine... Mexico and Bermuda can be found on the North American pages.

useful reading

A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America

Steve NG Howell and Sophie Webb 851 pages, 71 colour plates, 39 line drawings, 1087 maps. Oxford University Press 1995
ISBN: 0198540124
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the West Indies

Mike Flieg & Allan Sander (Photographer) Paperback - 144 pages 2006 New Holland Publishers (UK)
ISBN: 1845375912
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Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America

Ber Van Perlo 336 pages, 98 col plates. Harper Collins 2006
ISBN: 0007134908
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Helm Identification Guides: Birds of the West Indies

Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith, Janis Raffaele, Tracy Pedersen (Illustrator); Kristin Williams (Illustrator) Hardcover - 511 pages (29 May, 1998) Christopher Helm
ISBN: 0713649054
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Where to Watch Birds ? Central America & the Caribbean

by Nigel Wheatley and David Brewer ? Helm 2002
See Fatbirder Review
ISBN: 071364687X
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useful information

Proact

Coordinator Honduras and Central America: Dean Milverton
Members: 4
Join us at http://www.proact-campaigns.net/team
Contact your coordinator via mailto:info@proact-campaigns.net

clubs

Caribbean Conservation Association

http://www.ccanet.net/
The Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA) is a non-governmental organization which has for over twenty nine years focused on the conservation, protection and wise use of the region`s natural and cultural resources. CCA has taken a leadership role in these activities and its initiatives have acted as a catalyst for many of the major environmental programmes launched in the Caribbean.

InfoNatura

http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/
Welcome to InfoNatura, a source for conservation information on the birds and mammals of Latin America and the Caribbeanmore than 5,500 common, rare, and endangered species in 44 countries and territories. InfoNatura is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with Conservation Data Centers in 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries...

Optics for the tropics

http://www.opticsforthetropics.org/
Optics for the Tropics, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charity organization providing quality optical equipment in the Caribbean and Latin America where resources are very limited. We distribute equipment to ornithologists and educators working to further bird conservation...

Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds

http://www.scscb.org/
The Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB) is the largest single regional organization committed to the conservation of wild birds and their habitats in the Greater Caribbean region, including Bermuda, the Bahamas and all islands within the Caribbean basin. The overarching objective of the SCSCB is to increase the ability of Caribbean ornithologists, resource managers, conservation organizations, institutions, and local citizens to conserve the birds of the Caribbean and their habitats...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

1991 [April] Michiel de Boer

http://home.zonnet.nl/michiel.1/centralam/centralam.htm
This is a report of a birding holiday of four weeks in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize...

local guides

Adventure Camera

http://www.adventurecamera.com/
Adventure Camera, Incs. Wildside Birding Tours offers scheduled, guided small group tours to Central & North America (10 people maximum plus two leaders) as well as custom tours, guided or unguided, for any number of people.

Caligo Ventures

http://www.caligo.com/about/index.html
Since 1983 Caligo Ventures has specialized in group travel for natural history clubs and organizations; principally to Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, Ecuador, and Peru, as well as Kenya...

Ecocolors

http://www.ecotravelmexico.com/indexe.html
This unique eco-tour is specially design for bird watchers. We will be able to visit the main protected areas in the Yucatan peninsula such as Sianka`an, Holbox, Coba, and El Eden, as well as Guatemala and Belize rainforest. Mexico has around 1,040 different bird species, just in the Yucatan peninsula there are 509 different species in 62 families, from which 12 are endemic, with 4 subspecies, 2 morphos and 14 hipotetical registers. Belize and Guatemala have also more than 550 species of birds.

Lost World Adventures

http://lostworldadventures.com
Lost World Adventures arranges specialised tours and expeditions in South America and other exotic New World destinations. Our company was founded in 1986, when we pioneered our first adventure trips into Venezuela. We now arrange travel throughout Latin America, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

Tanager Birding

http://www.tanagerbirding.com/
Budget priced birding to Central and South America and beyond ... We specialise in economic birdwatching holidays to destinations such as Venezuela, Peru and other Latin and Central American countries. In 2006 we are also birding Sweden to see Northern Owls and Woodpeckers on their breeding grounds.

places to stay

Ecotourism in America

http://www.ecotourisminamerica.com/
This is a website entirely devoted to nature based travel in the Americas. Here you can find a detailed description of each establishment organized by name, country or activity...

Travel Roomers

http://www.travelroomers.com/
This site offers you the chance to travel the world for a simple trade, become a part of the travelroomers community and it will will revolutionize the world of travel forever. We are offering you a list of people from everywhere in the world who are offering you free accommodations for a short stay at their home. When signing up to travelroomers you have to be willing to have travelers stay at your home some time in the future. Note that all you have to offer is a room, a couch or even a place to set up a tent at your house or apartment at a time that is suitable to you.

Cloud Forest Alive

http://www.quetzalcam.org/
This web site is being developed to help enhance global understanding of the unique and important cloud forests of Central America. Through their impact on water and soil quality, climate patterns, and numerous known and unknown plant and animal species, cloud forests profoundly affect life surrounding them and life around the planet in vital ways that are not commonly recognized.