Awards

• Winner of WorldTwitch Best Bird Book - Africa 2001
• Winner of WorldTwitch Best Bird Book - Africa 2001.
• Winner of WorldTwitch Best Bird Book--Africa 2001 (United States)

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For birders with an interest in the region and those planning a trip, look no further. With the publication of this guide we have distilled into one book all the good elements of what has gone before but better... The plates are the book's tour de force and are simply outstanding... This is by far the best and most exciting guide available for anywhere in Africa. -- Ken Arber Surfbirds.com The illustrations in this guide are of a very high standard and show the detail needed for field identification whilst remaining of an artistic quality that makes the book an attractive object as well as a useful one... The brief descriptions are excellent and the language fresh and punchy... A very fine field-guide indeed and sets a new standard for regional African guides. Fatbirder.com As soon as you open the book, you'll realise that the standard of artwork is exceptional. The text is also of an unusually high standard... If you are planning a trip to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda or Burundi this is now unquestionably the most valuable book you can buy. And if you aren't yet planning a trip there this is the perfect book to get you dreaming. Birdguides.com If East Africa is in your dreams, this should fill the bill. -- Charles E. Keller Indiana Audubon Quarterly

For birders with an interest in the region and those planning a trip, look no further. With the publication of this guide we have distilled into one book all the good elements of what has gone before but better... The plates are the book's tour de force and are simply outstanding... This is by far the best and most exciting guide available for anywhere in Africa. -- Ken Arber Surfbirds.com The illustrations in this guide are of a very high standard and show the detail needed for field identification whilst remaining of an artistic quality that makes the book an attractive object as well as a useful one... The brief descriptions are excellent and the language fresh and punchy... A very fine field-guide indeed and sets a new standard for regional African guides. Fatbirder.com As soon as you open the book, you'll realise that the standard of artwork is exceptional. The text is also of an unusually high standard... If you are planning a trip to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda or Burundi this is now unquestionably the most valuable book you can buy. And if you aren't yet planning a trip there this is the perfect book to get you dreaming. Birdguides.com If East Africa is in your dreams, this should fill the bill. -- Charles E. Keller Indiana Audubon Quarterly

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Terry Stevenson has made Kenya his home since 1977 and is one of Africa's foremost bird-tour guides, having led numerous tours across the continent. He wrote ""The Birds of Lake Baringo"" while he was resident ornithologist there from 1981 to 1985, and is a member and advisor to the bird committee of Nature Kenya and to the East African Rarities Committee. John Fanshawe is the Africa consultant for BirdLife International. He has conducted research in the region for many years, and is widely regarded as unrivaled in his knowledge of East African birds and their conservation.

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