The Birds of Africa, Volume III [Hardcover]

C. Hilary Fry (Editor), Stuart Keith (Editor), Emil K. Urban (Editor), Martin Woodcock (Illustrator), Ian Willis (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 11, 1988

The Birds of Africa is the first handbook to describe all the birds of the African continent in one series. These volumes have received worldwide acclaim for their clear, concise presentation of material and the excellent quality of the color plates, which vividly illustrate the African avifauna. The third volume completes the coverage of the non-passerine families, and marks the halfway point in realizing the late Leslie Brown's dream of a new African bird handbook. As in Volume 2, invited experts thoroughly describe each species under a comprehensive set of headings.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The quality and scope of the text and illustrations in this first volume augur well for the whole series. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone with any interest in the birds of Africa."
--NEW SCIENTIST
"On its way to becoming the standard work on African ornithology for the twenty-first century."
--NATURE
"The Birds of Africa will justifiably be regarded as indispensable for anyone having any interest in African birds...The quality of the publication make it value for money, and essential for every non-parochial birdwatcher's ornithological library."
--BRITISH BIRDS
"Another excellent volume in this indispensable series, covering parrots to woodpeckers."
--WORLD BIRDWATCH
"An impressive and beautiful compendium of African ornithology and will surely be the standard authoritative work on the subject for many years."
--INDIANA AUDUBON QUARTERLY
"My first comment comes from the heart...WOW! I have found the Birds of Africa to have outstanding up-to-date, encapsulated acciounts of Order, Suborder, and Families of Birds....One of the features I find most useful in the The Birds of Africa is the completeness and arrangement of the bibliographic citations....An excellent bibliography of acoustic references to the species included presents not only the citations, format, and sources, but also references to published errata. A list of recordists and the institutions in which their wortk has been deposited will greatly aid future researchers....Volume III completes the coverage of non-passerines and puts our knowledge of African birds onto a peak....The authors, editors, and publisher are to be congratulated. I look foward to volumes IV to VII."
--THE WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN

From the Back Cover

By far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The Editors and artists have worked closely with the 16 authors of this volume - all internationally acknowledged experts on their bird families - to produce encyclopaedic accounts of each species.
This volume completes the non-passerines, dealing with all species occurring on the continent - residents and visitors alike - in the following familes: parrots, turacos, cuckoos, owls, nightjars, swifts, colies, kingfishers and their allies, and woodpeckers and their allies. All are illustrated, and all known biological information is included. The passerines (songbirds) will be covered in four forthcoming volumes, already in preparation.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 611 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1st Edition. edition (February 11, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0121373037
• ISBN-13: 978-0121373030
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,206,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)