A Field Guide to Birds of the Gambia and Senegal

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Yale University Press, Jan 1, 2005 - Nature - 400 pages
This 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
 

Contents

Introduction
Major Habitats
The Senegambian Avifauna
4
Protected Areas in The Gambia
5
Protected Areas in Senegal
6
Using This Book
8
Plumage Topography
12
Colour Plates
14
Systematic Section
111
Useful Organisations
384
Bibliography
385
Index
390
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About the author (2005)

Clive Barlow has lived in The Gambia since 1985, where he runs birdwatching safaris. Tim Wacher was resident in The Gambia for five years working as a mammalian ecologist. Tony Disley is a bird artist based in Lancashire.

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