Birds of western and central Africa / written and illustrated by Ber Van Perlo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perlo, Ber van.

Series:

Princeton illustrated checklists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Africa, West.

Birds.

Birds--Africa, Central.

Birds--Africa, West--Identification.

Birds--Africa, Central--Identification.

Central Africa.

West Africa.

Genre:

Field guides.

Physical Description:

384 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2002]

Summary:

This is the only pocket photographic guide to all the birds known to inhabit Western and Central Africa.

Contents:

Parts of a bird 8

Ostrich and Secretary Bird 1

Seabirds (Albatrosses and Frigatebirds) 2

Seabirds (Petrels and Shearwaters) 3

Seabirds (Tropicbirds, Storm Petrels, Guillemot and Razorbill) 4

Seabirds (Gannets and Boobies) 5

Waterbirds (Cormorants, Pelicans and Darter) 6

Large Herons and Storks 7

Small Herons, Night Herons, Bitterns and Egrets 8

Spoonbills, Ibises, Shoebill, Hamerkop and Flaminges 9

Grebes, Penguin, Diver, Geese and large Ducks 10

Ducks 11

Raptors (Bat Hawk, Honey Buzzard and Kites) 13

Raptors (Fish Eagles, Osprey and Vultures) 14

Raptors (Vultures and Griffons) 15

Raptors (Bateleur, Serpent and Snake Eagles) 16

Raptors (Harriers) 17

Raptors (Cuckoo Falcon, Lizard and Grasshopper Buzzard, Hawks) 18

Raptors (Sparrowhawks) 19

Raptors (Buzzards) 21

Raptors (Eagles and Hawk Eagles) 24

Raptors (Kestrels and Falcons) 25

Guineafowl, Peacock, Partridges and Francolins 27

Quails, Flufftails, Buttonquails and Crakes 29

Rails, Gallinules, Moorhens, Coots and Finfoot 30

Cranes and Bustards 31

Shorebirds ('Pied' Shorebirds, Thicknees and Jacanas) 32

Shorebirds (Rutt, Butt breasted Sandpiper, Coursers and Pratincoles) 33

Shorebirds (Lapwings) 34

Shorebirds (Godwits, Dowitchers, Golden Plovers and Curlews) 35

Shorebirds (Plovers) 36

Shorebirds (Tringas, Terck and Upland Sandpiper) 37

Shorebirds (Sandpipers and Stints) 38

Shorebirds (Snipes, Sandpipers, Turnstone and Phalatopes) 39

Skuas and large Gulls 40

Gulls 41

Terns and Noddies 43

Pigeons 44

Doves 45

Trogons, Mousebirds, Lovebirds and Parrots 46

Turacos and Go-away Birds 47

Cuckoos 48

Large Owls and Coucals 49

Nightjars 51

Spinetails and Swifts 53

Kingfishers 55

Bee-eaters 56

Rollers, Wood Hoopoes, Scimitarbill and Hoopoe 57

Hornbills 58

Tinkerbirds and Barbets 59

Honeybirds and Honeyguides 61

Woodpeckers 62

Broadbills, Pittas and Larks 64

Swallows, Martins and Saw-wings 67

Wagtails and Pipits 68

Cuckoo-shrikes and Longclaws 69

Bulbul and Greebuls 70

Green- and Brownbuls, Bristlebills and Leafloyes 72

Wheatears, Whinchat, Stonechat, Blackstart and Chats 73

Redstarts, Nightingales, Bluethroat, Palm Thrushes, White-starred Robin and Scrub Robins 74

Forest-Robin, Robin, Akalats, Alethes, Flycatcher and Ant Thrushes, Chats 75

Robin Chats and Ground Thrushes 76

Thrushes, Ring Ouzel, Rock Thrushes, Chatterer and Babblers 77

Illadopsises and Babblers 78

Warblers (Acrocephalus, Bradypterus and Schoenicola) 79

Warblers (Locustella, Hippolais, Phylloscopus, Hylia and Hemitesia) 80

Warblers (Cisticola and Prinia) 82

Warblers (Phyllolais, Spiloptila, Urorhipes and Apalis) 83

Warblers (Eremomela, Camaroptera and Sylvietta) 84

Warblers (Hypergerus, Poliolais, Chloropeta, Melocichla, Bathmocercus, Macrosphenus and Amaurocichla) 85

Parisoma, Hyliotas, Warblers (Drymocichla and Sylvia) and Flowerpecker Finches 86

Paradise Flycatchers and true Flycatchers 87

Wattle-eyes and Batises 89

Flycatchers, Penduline Tits, Tit-hylia, Creeper and Tits 90

White-eyes, Speiropses and Sunbirds 91

Sunbirds 92

Helmet Shrikes, Brubru, Bulbul Shrike, Tchagras, Puffbacks, Boubous and Nicators 94

Boubous, Bush Shrikes and Gonoleks 95

Shrikes 96

Orioles, Piapiac, Crows and Ravens 97

Red-winged and Glossy Starlings 98

Drongos, Oxpeckers, Starlings and Picathartes 99

Buffalo and Sparrow Weavers, Sparrows, Petronias, Grosbeak, Brambling, Chaffinch and Cut-throat 100

Weavers 101

Malimbes, Queleas, Red-headed, Parasitic and Bob-tailed Weaver 103

Whydahs and Bishops 104

Small Finches (Pytilias, Blackfinches, Olivebacks and Firefinches) 105

Small and long-tailed Finches (Seedcrackers, Bluebills, Twinspots, Widows and Indigobirds) 106

Small Finches (Twinspots, Crimsonwings and Waxbills) 107

Small Finches (Quail and Locust Finches, Mannikins, Goldbreast, Cordon-bleus) and Buntings 108

Oriole and Trumpeter Finch, Linnet, Greenfinch, Grosbeak, Seedeaters and Canaries 109.

Notes:

Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0691007144

9780691007144

OCLC:

51649302

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