Illustrator Martin Woodcock Originally published 20 November 2014 | Publication date 1982 - 2013 | |
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The Birds of Africa is an eight-volume ornithological handbook. Its authors/editors are C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith and Emil Urban, and each volume contains colour plates painted by Martin Woodcock.
Contents
Content
It covers all breeding species in full, with details of range, status, description, voice, general habits and breeding; non-breeding visitors are treated more briefly, with emphasis on their status and behaviour whilst in Africa.
Volumes
The series contained the following volumes:
- Ostriches to Falcons, published in 1982
- Gamebirds to Pigeons, published in 1986
- Parrots to Woodpeckers, published in 1988
- Broadbills to Chats, published in 1992
- Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers, published in 1997
- Picathartes to Oxpeckers, published in 2000
- Sparrows to Buntings, published in 2004
- The Malagasy Region, published 2013
References
The Birds of Africa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA