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OUT OF PRINT

The Birds of Africa, Volume 4


Series: THE BIRDS OF AFRICA 4
Broadbills to Chats
Edited by Stuart Keith, Emil K Urban and C Hilary Fry
632 pages, 32 col plates, line illus, maps. [1992]
Academic Press (Via A & C Black)
 
Hardcover |  out of print | 1992
#10567 | ISBN-10: 0121373045
Illustrated by Martin Woodcock and Ian Willis
This is the first of four volumes on the passerines, and covers the broadbills to chats, a total of around 400 species. Includes the following groups:
broadbills - pittas - larks - swallows - wagtails - pipits - longclaws - cuckoo-shrikes - bulbuls - waxwings - dippers - wrens - accentors - thrushes - robins - chats
Each species account covers range and status, description, voice, general habits, food and breeding biology. Breeding species are covered in detail, non-breeding migrants more briefly, with emphasis on their status and behaviour whilst in Africa. Each species is fully illustrated in colour. Also includes full bibliographies, acoustic references and indexes of English, French and scientific names.
 
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