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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 is a lifelong birder and an experienced tour leader and bird guide. Over more than four decades he has led around 150 bird tours, and visited more than 90 countries on all seven continents. Nigel has field experience of around half of the bird species of the world. In between these extensive travels, he worked for 20 years as a leading publisher of bird books, latterly for Bloomsbury Publishing in the UK. He is also the author of numerous articles and three books, including an acclaimed Helm field guide, Birds of the Horn of Africa, and was co-author of Where to Watch Birds in Britain . Nigel has an insatiable appetite for travelling and birds, and is never happier than when he is helping others to see them. Terry Stevenson has lived in Kenya since 1977. He is one of Africa’s foremost bird tour guides, leading tours throughout Africa, India and Eastern Europe. Privately he has travelled extensively, birding in north and south America, Europe, Asia, Australia and to Antarctica. Together with John Fanshawe and Andy Roberts, Terry holds the World Big Day record for the number of birds seen in 24 hours – 330 species on 30 November 1986 – a record that still stands today! He is a co-author of the acclaimed Birds of East Africa , and is member of the East African Rarities Committee. John Fanshawe is an author and environmentalist. He has worked on bird and biodiversity conservation in East Africa since the early 1980s, primarily for BirdLife International. His research on the birds of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest in coastal Kenya led to work on conservation and development projects there, and a career supporting BirdLife’s global policy and communication programmes. With a particular interest in the role of the arts in the environmental movement, he also curates arts and science collaborations for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Klappentext This is 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. 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 specialise in the arid parts of Somalia and adjoining eastern Ethiopia, whilst the island of Socotra has its own suite of endemic species. The region is also an important migration route and wintering site for many Palearctic birds. Over 200 magnificent plates by John Gale and Brian Small illustrate every species that has ever occurred in the five countries covered by the guide, and the succinct text covers the key identification criteria. Special attention is paid to the voices of the species, and over 1000 up-to-date colour distribution maps are included. This long-awaited guide is a much-needed addition to the literature on African birds and an essential companion for birders visiting the region. 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 an...
