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Science 14 September 2001:
Vol. 293. no. 5537, pp. 2004 - 2005
DOI: 10.1126/science.1060475
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Books

ORNITHOLOGY:
Dealing with Superabundant Diversity

A review by Thomas S. Schulenberg

The Birds of Ecuador Volume I: Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy. Volume II: Field Guide
by Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2001. Vol. I, 868 pp. Paper, $70. ISBN 0-8014-8720-X. Vol. II, 956 pp. Paper, $50. ISBN 0-8014-8721-8. Slipcased set. Paper, $110. ISBN 0-8014-8722-6.

Authors of field guides to the birds of tropical countries face the major challenge of addressing very diverse avifaunas within books that one could reasonably expect can be carried about in the field. Ridgely and Greenfield have opted to divide their coverage of Ecuador's more than 1500 species into an excellent identification guide and a companion volume that provides additional information on the occurrence and systematics of the birds.
The author is at the Environmental and Conservation Programs, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA. E-mail: tschulenberg{at}fieldmuseum.org

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)