Avian Field Guide

‘Birds of the Transboundary Grenadines’ field guide project was a volunteer-driven effort to create a comprehensive, user-friendly identification field guide, featuring scientific and local ecological knowledge (LEK) and folklore from Grenadine citizens, and showcasing photographs taken within the Caribbean. This guide is a valuable resource for training local bird monitors, educating the general public, promoting sustainable tourism initiatives, enhancing the overall conservation and management of Grenadine resources, and is useful to both locals and foreigners with an interest in the avifauna of the region.

Specific goals for this project were to:

• Preserve LEK and cultural heritage unique to the Grenadine islands;

• Instill a sense of pride, ownership, and community-driven stewardship for the natural resources of the Grenadines;

• Educate tourists about the natural history of the region, while promoting Grenadines-specific environmentally conscious and sustainable tourism initiatives;

• Produce a valuable resource for local participation in conservation and management initiatives (e.g. monitoring) by compiling several regionally specific multi-disciplinary datasets; and

• Continue the existing momentum of participatory research and community outreach in the region.