Honduras - info sources (1 Viewer)

Hi,
I'm off to Honduras birding in the summer and I am looking for any trip reports, useful web-sites and sound recordings for the area. So far, I can find little for Honduras - any suggestions?

Best wishes

Peter

Hi Peter,
This website has some useful info

http://www.birdinghonduras.com/

Good luck

Picked this up:
A good place to observe birds in the canopy above coffee trees is behind the small guesthouse or hospedaje in the Pech village of El Carbon, Olancho. Birds seen there by Canadian birdwatcher Derek Parent include the gray headed chachalaca, wood quail, brown-hooded parrots, wedge-tailed sabre wing hummingbirds, violet-headed hummingbirds, green-throated mountain gem hummingbirds, black-throated trogon, acorn woodpeckers, and shrikes, flycatchers, various wrens, a keel-billed toucan and the green toucanette.

For a field guide you might try 'A guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America' by Steve Howell and S. Webb. It's very good. While it covers most of Honduras (the western 2/3 of the country) it does also include an appendix with the 50 additional species that are found in Eastern Honduras.

Info on honduran birding

Peter Cosgrove was looking for information on Honduran birding sites for a trip this summer. My new site (mayanbirding.com) has information on more than 20 sites in the country, along with book reviews and information about rleavant bird recordings and their availablility. Another good site is birdinghonduras.com. this is a site that accompanies the excellent new book by Mark Bonta and David Anderson, which is perfect for anyone visiting the country.
Tom