Birds of the Horn of Africa : Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra /: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra. (2009)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Birds of the Horn of Africa : Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra /: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra. (2009)
- Main Title:
- Birds of the Horn of Africa : Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra
- Further Information:
- Note: Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe ; with contributions from Nik Borrow and Brian Finch ; illustrated by John Gale and Brian Small.
- Other Names:
- Redman, Nigel
Stevenson, Terry
Fanshawe, John
Borrow, Nik
Small, Brian E, 1959- - Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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, CLIMATE AND HABITATS; IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS; ORGANISATIONS AND WEBSITES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; PLATE 1: OSTRICHES; PLATE 2: ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS; PLATE 3: SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS; PLATE 4: STORM-PETRELS; PLATE 5: TROPICBIRDS AND FRIGATEBIRDS; PLATE 6: BOOBIES; PLATE 7: PELICANS AND GREBES. Plate 8: cormorants, darter and finfootplate 9: bitterns and night herons; plate 10: smaller herons; plate 11: egrets; plate 12: large herons; plate 13: hamerkop and mainly white storks; plate 14: mainly black storks; plate 15: giant storks and shoebill; plate 16: ibises; plate 17: spoonbills and flamingos; plate 18: large resident waterfowl; plate 19: whistling ducks, pygmy-geese and shelducks; plate 20: other resident waterfowl; plate 21: resident and migrant dabbling ducks; plate 22: migrant dabbling ducks; plate 23: diving ducks; plate 24: kites and secretarybird. Plate 25: fish-eating raptors and lammergeierplate 26: solitary vultures; plate 27: large plains vultures; plate 28: snake eagles; plate 29: harriers; plate 30: chanting goshawks and lizard buzzard; plate 31: open country sparrowhawks; plate 32: woodland and forest sparrowhawks; plate 33: woodland and forest hawks; plate 34:Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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, CLIMATE AND HABITATS; IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS; ORGANISATIONS AND WEBSITES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; PLATE 1: OSTRICHES; PLATE 2: ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS; PLATE 3: SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS; PLATE 4: STORM-PETRELS; PLATE 5: TROPICBIRDS AND FRIGATEBIRDS; PLATE 6: BOOBIES; PLATE 7: PELICANS AND GREBES. Plate 8: cormorants, darter and finfootplate 9: bitterns and night herons; plate 10: smaller herons; plate 11: egrets; plate 12: large herons; plate 13: hamerkop and mainly white storks; plate 14: mainly black storks; plate 15: giant storks and shoebill; plate 16: ibises; plate 17: spoonbills and flamingos; plate 18: large resident waterfowl; plate 19: whistling ducks, pygmy-geese and shelducks; plate 20: other resident waterfowl; plate 21: resident and migrant dabbling ducks; plate 22: migrant dabbling ducks; plate 23: diving ducks; plate 24: kites and secretarybird. Plate 25: fish-eating raptors and lammergeierplate 26: solitary vultures; plate 27: large plains vultures; plate 28: snake eagles; plate 29: harriers; plate 30: chanting goshawks and lizard buzzard; plate 31: open country sparrowhawks; plate 32: woodland and forest sparrowhawks; plate 33: woodland and forest hawks; plate 34: honey-buzzards and buzzards; plate 35: buzzards; plate 36: large brown eagles i; plate 37: large brown eagles ii; plate 38: hawk-eagles; plate 39: atypical eagles and harrier-hawk; plate 40: large eagles; plate 41: brown kestrels; plate 42: grey falcons and pygmy falcon. Plate 43: medium-sized dark falconsplate 44: medium and large dark falcons; plate 45: large falcons; plate 46: guineafowl and smaller gambirds; plate 47: montane francolins; plate 48: red-winged and savanna francolins; plate 49: quails and buttonquail; plate 50: flufftails and black crake; plate 51: crakes; plate 52: rails and gallinules; plate 53: coots and moorhens; plate 54: cranes; plate 55: bustards i; plate 56: bustards ii; plate 57: jacanas, painted-snipe and phalaropes; plate 58: large black and white shorebirds; plate 59: thick-knees; plate 60: coursers. Plate 61: pratincoles and egyptian ploverplate 62: smaller resident and migrant plovers; plate 63: smaller migrant plovers; plate 64: large wetland lapwings; plate 65: large dry country lapwings; plate 66: migrant plovers, ruff and turnstone; plate 67: sandpipers i; plate 68: sandpipers ii; plate 69: sandpipers iii; plate 70: sandpipers iv; plate 71: godwits and curlews; plate 72: snipes; plate 73: skuas; plate 74: smaller gulls; plate 75: large white-headed gulls; plate 76: dark-hooded gulls; plate 77: larger terns; plate 78: smaller terns; plate 79: pelagic terns and skimmer. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Christopher Helm
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (496 pages), illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
- Subjects:
- 598.0963
Birds -- Horn of Africa
Birds -- Horn of Africa -- Identification
Birds -- Horn of Africa -- Geographical distribution
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds
Birds
Birds -- Geographical distribution
Vögel
Africa -- Horn of Africa
Ostafrika
Electronic books
Field guides
Bestimmungsbuch - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781408135761
1408135760 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780713665413
0713665416 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.412599
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