Birds of Africa : South of the Sahara / Ian Sinclair, Peter Ryan ; assisted by Patrice Christy and Phil Hockey ; illustrated by Norman Arlott, Peter Hayman, and Alan Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Ian, 1948-

Contributor:

Ryan, Peter, 1962-

Series:

Princeton field guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Identification.

Birds.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Genre:

Field guides.

Physical Description:

759 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This compact and easy-to-use guide is the first book to describe and illustrate all of the birds found in sub-Saharan Africa. Detailing more than 2,100 species, it covers the entire Afrotropic Region, including Socotra, Pemba, and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea.

Stunning color illustrations depict most distinctive plumages as well as diagnostic flight patterns and major geographic variants. Range maps are provided for each species, and the well-formatted text highlights precise identification features and differences between similar species as well as providing concise information on habitat, status, and calls. All information is completely up-to-date, incorporating the latest taxonomy (including descriptions of many new species never before illustrated) and the most recent atlas surveys.

Offering unrivalled coverage of African birds in a single volume, this book will tempt many more birders to one of the world's richest faunas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 732).

ISBN:

0691118159

9780691118154

OCLC:

57506748

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