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Book Review https://doi.org/10.1071/PCv28_BR1 Birds of Columbia By S. L. Hilty 2021, Published by Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 605pp. Flexi-cover, 54.90€ (AUD $87.50) ISBN 978-84-16728-24-4 Dr Steven Hilty attained his Ph.D. in Zoology from the suggests that the South American audience was not completely University of Arizona and is currently a Research Associate overlooked. Overall, it is pitched as a field-guide for those who in Ornithology at the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History would put it into their backpack and go bird-watching in Museum of the University of Kansas. He has previously Columbia. authored guides to the birds of Columbia (Hilty et al. 1986) The strength of this book lies with its creators: Lynx’s team of authors, editors and illustrators, and the editor/author and Venezuela (Hilty 2002); both are frequently cited. He is eminently familiar with the region’s avifauna. Dr Steven Hilty. If there is a weakness it must be its This book is a comprehensive field guide to Columbian weight – which is too great for my pocket. But, what else avifauna. It is an unusually heavy field-guide at 1.2 kg since canbedonewhenyou h ave s uch abiodiverseassemblage it must present the most bird diverse country in the world of birds? This http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pacific Conservation Biology CSIRO Publishing

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Fulton, Graham R.
Pacific Conservation Biology , Volume 28 (5): 2 – Jan 1, 2022
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10.1071/PCv28_BR1
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https://doi.org/10.1071/PCv28_BR1 Birds of Columbia By S. L. Hilty 2021, Published by Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 605pp. Flexi-cover, 54.90€ (AUD $87.50) ISBN 978-84-16728-24-4 Dr Steven Hilty attained his Ph.D. in Zoology from the suggests that the South American audience was not completely University of Arizona and is currently a Research Associate overlooked. Overall, it is pitched as a field-guide for those who in Ornithology at the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History would put it into their backpack and go bird-watching in Museum of the University of Kansas. He has previously Columbia. authored guides to the birds of Columbia (Hilty et al. 1986) The strength of this book lies with its creators: Lynx’s team of authors, editors and illustrators, and the editor/author and Venezuela (Hilty 2002); both are frequently cited. He is eminently familiar with the region’s avifauna. Dr Steven Hilty. If there is a weakness it must be its This book is a comprehensive field guide to Columbian weight – which is too great for my pocket. But, what else avifauna. It is an unusually heavy field-guide at 1.2 kg since canbedonewhenyou h ave s uch abiodiverseassemblage it must present the most bird diverse country in the world of birds? This

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