Birds of the Horn of Africa is widely regarded as the best field guide to the more than 1,000 species of resident, migrant, and vagrant birds found in northeast Africa―and it just got even better. Now fully revised and expanded, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide has been updated with the latest information on distribution, identification, and taxonomy. New vagrants to the region have been added; color plates, illustrations, and distribution maps have been thoroughly updated and improved; and much more―making this still the must-have guide for birders, naturalists, and travelers in the region.
Covers Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and the Socotra archipelagoFeatures more than 2,600 illustrations on 213 stunning color platesProvides a color distribution map for every speciesDetailed species accounts on facing pages describe key identification features, similar species, geographical variation, habitat, status, and voiceIncludes a glossary, identification tips, and information about habitatsKey identification features are shown more prominently in the textNow includes an annotated distributional checklist by country and a comparison table for large white-headed gulls
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- Birds of the Horn of Africa Ethiopia Eritrea Djibouti Somalia and Socotra Princeton Field Guides
… to order this book and the color plates are terrific. However I was really excited to order this book and the color plates are terrific. However, the range maps are so minute that they’re a joke. They are pretty well impossible to read, even with a magnifying glass. I realize that the only alternative is to have the range maps on a separate page, but that would be preferable to not being able to read them
Excellent Reference Guide I’ve been using this book while working and traveling in the Horn of Africa. It has been very useful … I really like the layout–the pictures are excellent representations of the species (and as one reviewer noted, subspecies). The flight profiles and range maps have been key to my identifying some birds–the hardest birds to identify I find are the plain ones and this book does a very good job of describing and showing the subtle variations required for positive identification. My copy is…
Matt Klope’s one cool dude… Being stationed in Djibouti I was amazed of all the birds that flew through the airfield. I tried to look them up but to no avail, I couldn’t find a book that would help. Last week Mat Klope came by to perform a wildlife survey of the birds and animals in Djibouti and in his hand was this book. I was amazed that someone even took the time to log the regions where the birds live. I’ve worked in the Aviation industry since high school and repaired countless aircraft after a “bird strike.”…