Birds of the Horn of Africa : Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra /: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• 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: 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.
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.