Field Guide to Birds of Western Africa

2nd Edition

Nik Borrow author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:28th Aug '14

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Field Guide to Birds of Western Africa cover

A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Western Africa.

A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Western Africa

This field guide covers the avifauna of 23 countries, from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central African Republic, and south to Congo.

Now in its second edition, this magnificent guide has unrivalled coverage. Concise text covers identification, vocalisations, habitat and confusion species, accompanied by an accurate distribution maps. The 266 plates are opposite the text, and feature age, sex and subspecific variation for all 1300 species recorded in the region.

Authoritative yet relatively lightweight and portable in the field, this guide will enable birders to identify any species found in any of the countries covered. Birds of Western Africa is both an essential companion for birders in the field and an important work of reference.

This new volume will become essential for anyone visiting western Africa, and this book is light and handy enough to be ideal for field use. Don’t go west without it! * Birdwatch *
This is an excellent field guide, and can be thoroughly recommended to anyone visiting Western Africa. * Bulletin of the African Bird Club *
A vital purchase for any birder travelling to west Africa. * Birding World *
This revised and expanded edition of Birds of Western Africa is now the most up-to-date field guide available to the 1,285 species of birds found in the region … Includes more than 3,000 illustrations on 266 stunning color plates. * Ornithological Letters *

ISBN: 9781472905680

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1040g

592 pages

2nd edition