Welcome to Neotropical Birding 23
James Lowen
2
The ultimate trek? Seeing Blue-bearded Helmetcrest in Colombia
Stephan Lorenz
3
The flamingos, the fable and the fair
James Lowen
13
Sympathy for the grebes: Hooded Grebe conservation programme update (2011–2017)
Ignacio Roesler, Laura Fasola And Patrick Buchanan
14
New eyes on the Neotropics
Josh Jones
25
Seeing Cuba’s endemic birds and other specialities
Christopher Sharpe
33
Book: New bird species from the Neotropics: 50 years of discovery
David Brewer
47
Thomas S. Schulenberg
55
Last call for the Peruvian Plantcutter
Jeremy Flanagan
61
An overview of bird records committees in the Neotropics
Juan Freile, Alejandro Solano Ugalde, Martyn Kenefick, Alexander Lees, Vítor Piacentini, Luis Sandoval, Thomas Valqui, Fernando Angulo-Pratolongo, Jhonathan Miranda, Olivier Claessens and Christopher Sharpe
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Club Noticeboard
Chris Balchin
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