Ken Arber, Surfbirds.com, November 2001
"...this is by far the best and most exciting guide available for anywhere in Africa..."


Fatbirder.com, 2001
"...a very fine field-guide indeed and sets a new standard for regional African guides."


Birdguides.com, 2001
"If you are planning a trip to [East Africa] this is now unquestionably the most valuable book you can buy."


Review
As soon as you open the book, you'll realise that the standard of artwork is exceptional. The text is also of an unusually high standard…. If you are planning a trip to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda or Burundi this is now unquestionably the most valuable book you can buy. And if you aren't yet planning a trip there this is the perfect book to get you dreaming.


Book Description
The Birds of East Africa is the first comprehensive field guide to this spectacular region. Small and compact, the guide covers a remarkable 1388 species, and three experienced artists have painstakingly prepared 287 plates with almost 3400 images illustrating all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Set opposite the plates are concise descriptive accounts dealing with identification, status, habits and voice, and range maps. Background sections include notes on how to use the species accounts, nomenclature, conservation, where to send records, and maps of protected and other important bird areas. Includes:An overview of East African birds East African environment Seasonality Plumage Species accounts Common alternative names Conservation and threatened species The local scene Glossary, references, and an index Key Features:Small and compact Comprehensive species All distinctive plumages and races illustrated Color plates Illustrations All species ranges mapped Key protected and important bird areas mapped


About the Author
Terry Stevenson, Field Guides Tour Company, Nakuru, Kenya
John Fanshawe, BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

ANNOTATION

A comprehensive, pocket guide to all the birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It includes concise text on identification and stunning new illustrations from three of the best bird illustrators working today.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Birds of East Africa is the field guide to a spectacular region for birding. Covering all the resident, migrant and vagrant birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi it describes a remarkable 1388 species. Three experienced artists have painstakingly prepared 287 new plates showing 3400 images illustrating all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Set opposite the plates are concise descriptive accounts describing identification, status, range, habits and voice, and range maps for each species. Introductory sections provide notes on how to use the species accounts, the nomenclature adopted, conservation issues, where to send records, and maps of protected and other important bird areas.

SYNOPSIS

A comprehensive, pocket guide to all the birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It includes concise text on identification and stunning new illustrations from three of the best bird illustrators working today.

FROM THE CRITICS

Ken Arber - Surfbirds.com

For birders with an interest in the region and those planning a trip, look no further. With the publication of this guide we have distilled into one book all the good elements of what has gone before but better...a super-easy guide to utilize. ...The plates are the book's tour de force and are simply outstanding. ...this is by far the best and most exciting guide available for anywhere in Africa...

Fatbirder.com

The illustrations in this guide are of a very high standard and show the detail needed for field identification whilst remaining of an artistic quality that makes the book an attractive object as well as a useful one. ...The brief descriptions are excellent and the language fresh and punchy... a very fine field-guide indeed and sets a new standard for regional African guides.

Birdguides.com