Editorial: Neotropical Birding 14: a tribute to Juan Mazar Barnett
James Lowen and Guy Kirwan
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Editorial: Welcome to Neotropical Birding 14
Christopher J. Sharpe
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Splits, lumps and shuffles
Alexander C. Lees
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Globally threatened birds: The end of hope for Alagoas Foliage-gleaner Philydor novaesi?
Alexander C. Lees, Ciro Albano, Guy M. Kirwan, Jose Fernando Pacheco & Andrew Whittaker
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Capital Birding: La Paz
German Pugnali and Daniel Alarcon Arias
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Birding Site: The state of Roraima, Brazil
Thiago Orsi Laranjeiras and Luciano Nicolás Naka
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Photospot: The blue treasure at the end of the world: Lear’s Macaw in the backlands of Bahia
Guy M. Kirwan
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Neotropical Notebook: Published and unpublished records
Compiled by Guy M. Kirwan, Dusan Brinkhuizen, Diego Calderon, Bradley Davis, Jeremy Minns and Ignacio Roesler
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Club news
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NBC Conservation Awards updates
Jez Bird
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Book Reviews
A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago reviewed by Christopher J. Sharpe
Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index reviewed by Christopher J. Sharpe
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