Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: Kenya Tanzania Uganda Rwanda Burundi - Hardcover

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The Birds of East Africa is the first comprehensive field guide to this spectacular region. Small and compact, the guide covers a remarkable 1388 species, and three experienced artists have painstakingly prepared 287 plates with almost 3400 images illustrating all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Set opposite the plates are concise descriptive accounts dealing with identification, status, habits and voice, and range maps. Background sections include notes on how to use the species accounts, nomenclature, conservation, where to send records, and maps of protected and other important bird areas.Includes:

* An overview of East African birds
* East African environment
* Seasonality
* Plumage
* Species accounts
* Common alternative names
* Conservation and threatened species
* The local scene
* Glossary, references, and an index

* Small and compact
* Comprehensive species
* All distinctive plumages and races illustrated
* Color plates
* Illustrations
* All species ranges mapped
* Key protected and important bird areas mapped

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