ROBERT S. RIDGELY, a leading ornithologist and author of A Guide to the Birds of Panama and The Birds of Ecuador, is Deputy Director of World Land Trust-US. He has served on numerous conservation-related boards, and currently is especially involved with Fundación Jocotoco in Ecuador, of which he is president.GUY TUDOR, a MacArthur Fellow and well-known bird artist and naturalist, was the principal illustrator of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela and A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.
John A. Gwynne is Chief Creative Officer/V.P. for Design emeritus, Wildlife Conservation Society. He is an artist of books including Field Guide to the Birds of Panama and Birds of Venezuela. Robert S. Ridgely is an executive of the World Land Trust. He is the renowned coauthor of Birds of Ecuador, also from Cornell, and author of The Birds of South America, Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America, and A Guide to the Birds of Panama. Guy Tudor is the Neotropics' most acclaimed bird artist, a MacArthur fellow, and principal illustrator of The Birds of South America, Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America, A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela, and A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Martha Argel is a widely known Brazilian ornithologist and translator of the Portuguese edition of this work.
