Hummingbirds, a group made up of more than 300 species exclusive to North and South America, are among the best-known and most popular of all bird groups, however they are spectacularly under-represented in the popular birding literature. This is the first truly comprehensive guide to these spectacular jewels of the forest.

Written by neotropical bird expert Guy Kirwan with photos by Rob Williams, this is the first book to include at least one photo of every species of hummingbird known, with images carefully selected to cover key ID criteria and covering as wide a range of age, sex and racial variety as possible. The text covers the biology and identification of each bird, and is accompanied by detailed maps.

It's rare that the birding world gets a book that it's genuinely been waiting decades for ' this is it.