Covering the first half of the passerines, this volume covers 91 species in total, including swallows, jays, crows, chiackadees, wrens, thrushes and starlings. As in other volumes the text is supported by hundreds of full colour pictures, including unique habitat photographs, detailed distribution maps, and excellent illustrations of the birds, their nests, eggs, and young.
`To say I am overwhelmed is to underestimate my reaction to the incredible achievement that The Birds of Columbia represents. The authors must be congratulated on what must be one of the most spectacular ornithological publications of the century [and the new] benchmark in regional ornithologies', Gordon L. Maclean, University of Natal.