Princeton University Press has been the leading publisher of high-quality reference books for birders for decades, providing a broad variety of books about birds. In addition, the Princeton Field Guides series is a growing selection of field guides to help you identify and learn more about birds from countries around the world. This month the Birds of Costa Rica had been published, and similar titles in the Princeton Field Guides series include the Birds of Southern Africa, Peru, India, China, Central America. the West Indies, East Africa, New Guinea, Belize, Botswana, Chile, and more – all beautifully illustrated and authoritatively written.

Birds of Costa Rica is the essential illustrated field guide to this bird-rich country, expertly authored by Dale Dyer and Steve Howell. It covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the nation and features facing-page plates, text, and color range maps that provide an all-in-one view of each species to help make field identification easier and quicker. Concise species accounts describe everything from size and distribution to voice, habitat, and species status of more than 800 species of birds found in Costa Rica – all illustrated in more than 200 superb color plates by Dale Dyer. This compact Princeton Field Guide makes it the ideal travel companion for birders and an important addition to any personal library.

A nation’s field guide may help you determine which country you would like to visit next, or it will help to inform you about the birds you can try to find during an upcoming trip. For more information about the new Birds of Costa Rica, see Birds of Costa Rica | Princeton University Press

For a closer look at many of the Princeton Field Guides, see All Books | Princeton University Press

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Caption: Birds of Costa Rica