Field Guide to Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
$136.08
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2006
Summary
A comprehensive guide to the birds of Kenya and adjoining Northern Tanzania.
Kenya is one of the world’s great wildlife travel destinations, with a diverse and very large avifauna to accompany the big cats and large herbivores. This book, covering both Kenya and adjacent parts of northern Tanzania, covers all 1089 bird species known from the region, including vagrants.
The plates are packed with illustrations that cover all plumages and major races likely to b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780713675504 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0713675500 |
| Author: | Donald A. Turner, Dale A. Zimmerman, David J. Pearson |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Helm |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 995g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 140mm x 214mm |
| Series: | Helm Field Guides |
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Critics Review
Should give a major boost to birding and ornithology in this region, which has such a remarkably rich and fascinating avifauna. Altogether, very warmly recommended. * Wilson Bulletin *
This book very successfully fills a significant void in African field guides, and will be useful not only to bird watchers on safari and professional ornithologists in East Africa but also for many parts of Central Africa where few comprehensive, well-illustrated and up-to-date field guides are available. * Quarterly Review of Biology *
Dale Zimmerman, Don Turner and David Pearson joined forces with artists Ian Willis and Douglas Pratt to produce this mighty tome. * Travel Africa *
Donald A. Turner
Dale Zimmerman (1928–2021) was a long-time faculty member in the Department of Natural Sciences at Western New Mexico University. From the 1950s to the 2010s, Zimmerman travelled the globe, studying flora and avifauna on all seven continents. He was an Elective Member (1958) and Fellow (1999) of the American Ornithological Society.
David Pearson (1941–2017) was a giant of East African ornithology. He held academic posts at Makere University College in Kampala and Nairobi University, and pioneered ringing and migration studies of waders and passerines in the region, chairing the East African Records Committee for 14 years.
Donald A. Turner is a tour leader and birder based in Kenya. He was the founder of East African Ornithological Safaris.
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