EDITORIAL
2 Welcome to Neotropical Birding 28
JAMES LOWEN
BIRDING SITES
3 Uruguay: gateway to Neotropical birdlife
ADRIÁN B. AZPIROZ
FEATURE
BEN STOCKWELL
NEW BOOK
28 Field identification of some look-alike Serpophaga tyrannulets and Plain Inezia from Argentina
MARK PEARMAN AND JUAN I. ARETA
FEATURE
35 Conservation action does prevent extinctions: a Neotropical perspective
JAMES LOWEN
IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP
45 The identification of Junin Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii
DAVID FISHER
FEATURE
49 Global Bird Weekend – in the Neotropics
PENNY ROBINSON
FEATURE
53 Saving the lord of the Andean skies
JAMES LOWEN
SPLITS, LUMPS AND SHUFFLES
THOMAS S. SCHULENBERG
PHOTOSPOT
69 Photospot: Ocellated Crake in the Brazilian Cerrado
DANIEL BRANCH
REVIEWS
72 Birds of Argentina and the
South-west Atlantic
RAYMOND JEFFERS
73 The birds of Cuba: an annotated checklist
PETE MORRIS
74 Illustrated checklist of the mammals of the world
James Lowen
75 All the birds of the world
James Lowen
77 Aves do Sudeste do Brasil
James Lowen
NBC NOTICEBOARD
78 NBC Noticeboard
Chris Balchin
CONSERVATION FUND
80 NBC Conservation Awards, 2019–20
ROB CLAY
FRONT COVER
Singing male Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea, west of Guichón, Paysandú, Uruguay, November 2009 (Adrián Azpiroz/Wild Punta del Este). One of several globally threatened birds that are readily found in Uruguay’s native grasslands (p3). This capuchino also breeds in neighbouring Argentina, a country that features twice in this issue (p28, p72).
