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The only field guide to every species recorded in Seychelles, covering over 250 species. This compact field guide, based on Birds of Seychelles by Adrian Skerrett, Ian Bullock and Tony Disley (Helm 2000), is the only field guide to cover every species recorded in Seychelles. It covers more than 250 species, including all residents, migrants and vagrants. Concise text on facing pages highlights key identification features, including habitat, distribution, status and voice. The plates are based on the authors'' previous work, but with the addition on many new images.The text has been completely re-written and revised for this edition, and the plates have been re-worked to accommodate a number of new additions to the country''s list. There are now 12 more plates than in the first edition.>
List of contents
Introduction
AcknowledgementsHow to Use This Book
Glossary
Topography
Geography
Climate
Organisations and Websites
Important Bird Areas
Species Accounts (Plates 1-65)
Checklist of the Birds of Seychelles
Bird Names in the Official Languages of Seychelles
Distribution of Endemic Taxa in the Inner Islands
Distribution of the Endemic Taxa in the Outer Islands
References and Further Reading
Index
About the author
Adrian Skerrett is a leading authority on the birds of the Seychelles. He has written several books relating to the wildlife of the islands, and is Chairman of the Island Conservation Society on Mahé.Tony Disley is a leading British bird artist, based in Lancashire in the north of England. Tony has contributed illustrations of birds to many field guides on the Helm list, including Birds of The Gambia and Senegal, Birds of Melanesia, Birds of the Atlantic Islands and Birds of Seychelles.
