Birds of Colombia

“The book provides information on names (local and national), range, size, identifying features, voice, altitudinal preferences, and status. Every species is accompanied by beautiful paintings showing species and sometimes subspecies if applicable. Having been to Colombia three times now, myself, would I buy this book? Absolutely yes. It is better and more thorough and current than anything else on the market.”

Geoff Carpentier, North Durham Nature Newsletter, Volume 8 Number 4, p. 9, October 2021

“Colombia is, without question, one of the world’s best, most diverse and most exciting birding countries. Similarly, the Handbook of birds of the world series, published by Lynx Edicions from 1992–2013, is one of the most incredible ornithological publications ever. Combine the two, and throw in the enormous experience and knowledge of the author, Steven Hilty, and there’s a certain amount of inevitability that we’re on to a winner… This really is a superb guide, and it would be churlish to try to find fault with it. Instead, I’m just going to say that I can’t recommend it highly enough and wish that I’d had it with me on all of my visits to this great country. Without question this is now the definitive field guide to Colombia’s birds, and any birder planning to venture there without it needs to seriously reconsider their packing list!”

Pete Morris, Neotropical Birding 29, pp. 76–77, August 2021

“This is a work of immense quality and devotion that will surely become the go-to resource for birders and ornithologists visiting and working in Colombia. Hilty’s work is likely to again set new standards for many more Neotropical field guides to come.”

Sam Jones, BirdGuides, 31 July 2021

“Hilty’s book is not the only recent Colombian field guide available. Since 2010, there has been an excellent pocket-sized guide published by ProAves, the Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia by Miles McMullan and Thomas Donegan (a much updated second edition was published in 2014 and then a third edition in 2018). This guide from Lynx is significantly more detailed and up-to-date, with better illustrations; although, of course, it is also much heavier. It is also worth noting that there have been many changes to the taxonomic status of birds in the neotropical region since 2018, so Hilty’s guide is now preferable as a field companion.”

Frank Lambert, The Birder’s Library, 9 June 2021