A Field Guide to Birds of the Gambia and SenegalThis comprehensive book is the first field guide to the birds of The Gambia and Senegal, an area of West Africa popular with birders for its many tropical African birds. The guide provides full accounts of over 660 bird species and depicts nearly all of these in 48 beautiful color plates. "A first-rate book that is a fine contribution to bird literature. For the birder who has everything, this makes a great gift.”--Roy John, Canadian Field-Naturalist "A beautiful, succinct and very useful guide to the region's bird life."--Clay E. Corbin, Quarterly Review of Biology |
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A Field Guide to Birds of the Gambia and Senegal Clive Barlow,Tim Wacher,Tony Disley No preview available - 1997 |
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Adult male African areas barred BEE-EATER belly Bill black birds blackish Breeding male breeding plumage browner buff bush Casamance chestnut chin Cisticola coast coastal crest crown dark brown darker dense distinctive DISTRIBUTION Common DISTRIBUTION Frequent dry season duller edge feeding flanks flight feathers Flycatcher forest freshwater Gambia Gambia River glossy green gregarious grey-brown Gull habitats HABITS Favours head IDENTIFICATION Immature Indigobird lacks legs Locally common mangroves mantle nape neck nest Nightjar non-breeding northern Senegal numbers Palearctic Palearctic migrant paler patch perched Plate Plover plumage prominent rains records resident river rufous rump savanna savanna woodland seen Senegal River Senegambia Sexes differ Sexes similar Similar species Singing Cisticola smaller song spots STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Storm-Petrel streaked stripe Sunbird supercilium Tern thickets throat trees Uncommon underparts undertail underwing upper breast upperparts usually VOICE VOICE Song Warbler wet season whitish Widespread yellow