A fully revised and updated new edition of the award-winning,
bestselling field guide to East African birds
Birds of East Africa is widely regarded as one of the best field
guides to any region of the world. Named a BirdTwitch Best Bird Book of
the year for Africa when it was first published, it has become the go-to
guide for anyone visiting this spectacular birding region, which is home
to a remarkably diverse and colorful birdlife. Now this indispensable
guide has been fully revised and updated to make it even better.
Featuring revised text and distribution maps, the latest taxonomy, and
much more, this comprehensive but compact guide describes and
illustrates 1,448 species--all the resident, migrant, and vagrant birds
of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi--in convenient
facing-page layout. Featuring 289 color plates with more than 3,500
painstakingly rendered images, the guide depicts all the plumages and
major races likely to be encountered. Introductory sections include
information on conservation and where to send records, as well as maps
of important bird areas. More than ever, this is the must-have guide for
birding in East Africa.
- The standard field guide to the birds of East Africa--now fully
revised and updated
- New edition features revised text and distribution maps, the latest
taxonomy, and much more
- Covers all 1,448 regularly occurring species, with more than 3,500
images on 289 color plates
- Features concise, facing-page species accounts that cover
identification features, status, range, habits, and voice
- More than ever, the must-have guide for birding in East Africa
