Pittas, Broadbills and Asities

Frank Lambert studied birds in the rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia for his doctorate and in Borneo during subsequent research. As an avid world birder since his teens, Frank has travelled the world in search of birds. He started his career working for conservation NGOs such as BirdLife International, but in recent years has mainly worked as an international bird guide. During his travels, Frank has seen almost all the species featured in this book. Apart from seeing birds, Frank’s main passion is to capture the sounds that they make. He has recorded the songs and calls of more than 5,000 bird species, most of which are freely available.

The late Martin Woodcock was one of Britain’s leading bird artists. A former chair of the African Bird Club, his greatest work was the art for the monumental Birds of Africa series, published between 1981 and 2007. Martin was a great student of tropical birds, and his other work included the plates for the first edition of this book. Martin completed the cover art before his passing in 2019.