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Names: Howell, Steve N. G., author. | Dyer, Dale (Artist), illustrator.

Title: Birds of Costa Rica / Dale Dyer and Steve N.G. Howell.

Description: First edition. | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2023] | Series: Princeton

field guides | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022030128 (print) | LCCN 2022030129 (ebook) | ISBN 9780691203355 (pbk.

acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780691243351 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Birds—Costa Rica—Identification. | BISAC: NATURE / Birdwatching Guides |

TRAVEL / Central America

Classification: LCC QL687.C8 H69 2023 (print) | LCC QL687.C8 (ebook) | DDC 598.097286—

dc23/eng/20220719

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Cover Credit: Resplendent Quetzals, by Dale Dyer

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Dale: For my parents, Dwight and Emily Dyer