Arturo Kirkconnell is one of Cuba's leading ornithologists. The former Curator of Ornithology at the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba in Havana, his curriculum vitae includes almost 100 scientific papers on the island's birds, and he is the co-author of A Birdwatchers’ Guide to Cuba and A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Cuba, along with two editions of the Helm field guide Birds of Cuba. Arturo has been leading birding tours in Cuba since 1988.