Product Description

This new field guide uses all of the plates from Birds of Western Africa, with a concise, authoritative text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all 1285 species found in the region. The book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species, conveniently placed on interleaved pages within the colour plates. A number of new images have been painted for this new field guide and several of the plates have been replaced. This is the first comprehensive field guide to cover the birds of this exciting region, and will enable birders to identify any species found in any of the countries covered. Birds of Western Africa (Helm, 2001) was the first single-volume guide to cover all species of this region, which comprises all countries from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central African Republic and south to Congo.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124519 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Review
'a vital purchase for any birder travelling to west Africa' Birding World "[The authors'] knowledge and expertise shines through in this excellent field guide to one of the world's most exciting birding regions, and both are to be congratulated for completing the task admirably." Bull ABC (January 2007)

About the Author
The artist and author are both experienced birders who have spent a great deal of time birding in various western African countries. They previously worked together on Birds of Western Africa (Helm).

Customer Reviews

Field Guide to the Birds of Western Africa (Helm Field Guides)
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