Dale Dyer - ornithological illustration

Photo Lisa Rifkind, AMNH


Book Projects

Birds of Belize - Steve Howell and Dale Dyer - Princeton University Press

  • A compact guide with all illustrations by myself (forthcoming Spring 2023).

Birds of Costa Rica - Dale Dyer and Steve Howell - Princeton University Press

  • A compact guide with all illustrations by myself (forthcoming Spring 2023).

Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico - Steve Howell and Dale Dyer - Princeton University Press

  • A compact guide with all illustrations by myself (in progress).

Birds of Puerto Rico, 3rd edition - H. Raffaele - Princeton University Press (2021)

  • many illustrations supplementing those from the West Indies guide

Birds of the West Indies, 2nd edition - H. Raffaele, Wiley, Garrido, Keith, J. Raffaele - Princeton University Press ( 2020)

  • many illustrations supplementing those of the first edition

Birds of Central America, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica & Panama - Andrew C. Vallely and Dale Dyer - Princeton U Press (October 2018)

  • A field guide, coauthored, and with all 260 plates by myself.

Birds of Brazil, Atlantic Forest of the Southeast – Ridgely, Gwynne, Tudor, Argel - WCS/Cornell U Press - 2016

  • The English language edition of the 2nd volume of the WCS series. 25 plates by myself.

Aves Do Brazil, Mata Atlantica Do Sudeste – Ridgely, Gwynne, Tudor, Argel - WCS/Cornell U Press - 2015

  • The Portuegese language edition of the 2nd volume of the WCS series. 25 plates by myself.

A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 3rd edition – ffrench - Cornell U Press - 2012

  • A field guide to which I contributed 12 plates

Birds of Brazil, the Cerrado and Pantanal region – Gwynne, Ridgely, Tudor et al - WCS/Cornell U Press - 2010

  • A field guide to which I contributed 30 plates – an ongoing project which will cover all of Brazil in a series of books.

The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in NY State – McGowan and Corwin - Cornell U Press - 2008

  • For which I made 25 B & W drawings

Birds of Peru – Schulenberg, Stotz, O’Neill et al - Princeton U Press - 2007

  • A field guide for which I made paintings resulting in about 15% of the illustrations.

Bull’s Birds of New York State – Editor Levine - Cornell U Press- 1998

  • A book on status and distributuion, for which I made 32 B + W drawings

All the Birds of North America - Editor/designer Griggs -HarperCollins – 1997

  • A field guide for which I contributed 16 plates of finches and sparrows etc.

many thanks to Utku Perktas