Zusatztext The authors and publishers are to be congratulated on bringing out this second edition only two years after the first! showing their dedication to keeping it up to date. Informationen zum Autor Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe, illustrated by Brian Small & John Gale Klappentext The definitive guide to the birds of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these are confined to the isolated highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, but a large number of larks and other grassland birds specialise in the arid parts of Somalia and adjoining eastern Ethiopia. The region is also an important migration route and wintering site for many Palearctic birds. This book is the perfect guide to the birds of the region; it also includes the remote Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in its coverage, which boasts a suite of endemics. More than 200 magnificent plates by John Gale and Brian Small illustrate every species that has ever occurred in the region. Succinct text covers the key identification criteria., with special attention is paid to the voices of the species, and more than 1000 accurate colour distribution maps are included. This comprehensive field guide is an essential companion for any birdwatcher visiting the Horn of Africa. Vorwort This is the second edition of the first field guide to the birds of this fascinating region, and a companion to Birds of East Africa by two of the same authors. Zusammenfassung This long-awaited guide is a much-needed addition to the literature on African birds and an essential companion for birders visiting the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Acknowledgements How to use this book: - The plates - Species accounts - Abbreviations - Maps - Taxonomy and nomenclature Bird identification: - Learning to identify birds - Individual variation - Moult Bird topography Glossary Geography, climates and habitats Important bird areas Organisations and websites Species accounts Checklist of the birds of the Horn of Africa Appendix 1: Species endemic to the Horn of Africa Appendix 2: Hypothetical species Appendix 3: Large white-headed gulls References and further reading Index Quick index to the main groups of birds ...

Vorwort
This is the second edition of the first field guide to the birds of this fascinating region, and a companion to Birds of East Africa by two of the same authors.

Autorentext

Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe, illustrated by Brian Small & John Gale

Klappentext

The definitive guide to the birds of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia

The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these are confined to the isolated highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, but a large number of larks and other grassland birds specialise in the arid parts of Somalia and adjoining eastern Ethiopia. The region is also an important migration route and wintering site for many Palearctic birds. This book is the perfect guide to the birds of the region; it also includes the remote Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in its coverage, which boasts a suite of endemics.

More than 200 magnificent plates by John Gale and Brian Small illustrate every species that has ever occurred in the region. Succinct text covers the key identification criteria., with special attention is paid to the voices of the species, and more than 1000 accurate colour distribution maps are included.

This comprehensive field guide is an essential companion for any birdwatcher visiting the Horn of Africa.

Zusammenfassung
This long-awaited guide is a much-needed addition to the literature on African birds and an essential companion for birders visiting the region.

Inhalt

Introduction
Acknowledgements

How to use this book:

• The plates
• Species accounts
• Abbreviations
• Maps
• Taxonomy and nomenclature
  Bird identification:
• Learning to identify birds
• Individual variation
• Moult
  Bird topography
  Glossary
  Geography, climates and habitats
  Important bird areas
  Organisations and websites

Species accounts

Checklist of the birds of the Horn of Africa
Appendix 1: Species endemic to the Horn of Africa
Appendix 2: Hypothetical species
Appendix 3: Large white-headed gulls

References and further reading
Index
Quick index to the main groups of birds