Overview

This, the 6th volume in a set of seven, follows the standard taxonomic sequence and deals with songbirds from the babblers to the starlings. A new introduction brings the reader up to date with recent developments in the series and includes an essay on aspects of biogeography illustrated through African birds. Overviews of the families are followed by genus summaries (with associated superspecies maps, where appropriate) and the species accounts themselves, organised under standard headings: range and status, description, field characters, voice, general habits, food, breeding habits, and key references. Each species has a distribution map and many are illustrated with line drawings showing nests and behaviour.

Full Product Details

9780121373061

Table of Contents

Reviews

Each of these volumes represents a massive amount of work, and the editors and publisher, assisted by an impressive list of contributors, are to be congratulated on putting together the most comprehensive account of African birds ever written... This volume is a must for the African ornithologist... If you are serious about birds, you cannot afford to be without it. Birds and Birding This volume has been worth the wait. The first thing that strikes you is that this, quite simply, is a beautiful book. From the quality of the paper to the sumptuousness of the plates, here is something a little out of the ordinary. Birdwatch Little can or should be said against a work like this. Birds of Africa is the standard reference for the region with no rival and it is hard to imagine one anyway. All who work in African and tropical/south temperate ornithology owe a great debt of gratitude to the Birds of Africa team. Ibis Detailed but readable text, superb paintings and handsome production have already ensured that this series is the standard work on African ornithology. New Scientist Each volume in this excellent series raises the standards set by previous volumes, and this one is no exception... What more to say except than this volume and the rest of the series are simply indispensable for all African ornithologists? Malimbus

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available