BIRDS OF AFRICA

7 volumes, the series complete in seven volumes, more than 4000 pages, numerous colour plates by Martin Woodcock, Peter Hayman and Ian Willis, other illustrations in the text and range maps, brown cloth gilt, a very good set in the dust jackets now preserved in Brodart protectors.

Editor’s note:  ‘Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject. The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, hundreds of informative line drawings, detailed range maps and extensive bibliographies.’

The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, hundreds of informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies. Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in African ornithology, including the evolution and biogeography of African birds. Diagnoses of the families and genera, often with superspecies maps, are followed by the comprehensive species accounts themselves. These include descriptions of range and status, field characters, voice, general habits, food, and breeding habits. Full bibliographies, acoustic references, and indexes complete this scholarly work of reference.

Vols. 1 to 6 published by Academic Press 1982 to 2000 . Vol.7 Nigel Helm London 2004.

A shipping weight of 25 kg.