Africa has the greatest diversity and numbers of birds and mammals on the planet. Collins African Wildlife is the perfect introduction to the wildlife and nature reserves of Africa, which has 70 of the World's top 100 parks for observing large numbers of birds and mammals. This excellent portable guide, provides 577 full colour photographs illustrating the mammals, birds, reptiles and insects of Africa. It includes range maps for 470 species and 850 different species are described in the text. A thumb-tab key is provided to help locate quickly the correct group of plates. Collins African Wildlife includes the Seychelles, St Helena, Reunion and Mauritius.