The Birds of Barbados (BOU Checklist Series:24)

The latest in the BOU Checklist series, this one covers the increasingly popular tourist island of Barbados. Known for its endemics, Barbados is also a hotspot in the America’s for Western Palearctic vagrants, and so Common Cuckoo and Greenshank are among the star birds. The book follows the familiar layout, with an introduction to the environments and history of the island, and other wildlife and habitats available. Then follows a photographic section illustrating the many habitats and some of the species, before the main part of the book looks, species by species, at the avifauna.

Book reviewed by Su Gough