Jon Curson is co-author of the definitive and widely acclaimed New World Warblers. He has spent much of the last 10 years studying birds at observatories and in the field in North America, and has made several long research trips to Mexico and the tropics. He has contributed several papers on American warblers to various ornithological journals and is a committee member of the Neotropical Bird Club.
David Quinn developed an interest in drawing and painting at an early age. He became a freelance artist in 1982 and his illustrations have appeared, to much acclaim, in a wide variety of natural history publications. He was voted British Birds 'Bird Illustrator of the Year' in 1987. David made several trips to North America specifically to gather material for this guide.
David Beadle is an artist from Canada with a great knowledge of South America and its birds. His previous books include New World Warblers (Helm, 2002) and Sparrows of the United States and Canada (Academic Press, 2002). He has travelled extensively in North America and northern South America gaining first-hand experience of most the species covered in this guide. He has been a professional illustrator for about two years, specialising in the avifauna of the Americas.
