The Collins Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa

Very Good used hardcover.  Sun fading to spine, and front & back end pages.  Tight binding.  Previous owner's name on ffep.

A revised 1980 edition of the standard Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa with descriptions of an additional 500 species and new color plates. 

The area covered by this book consists of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.  

Over 650 species are described and illustrated, providing a comprehensive coverage of the East African avifauna.  There are notes on field identification for a further 633 species under the heading 'allied species'.

The text gives details of plumage, size, voice, flight, habitat and distribution.  The color plates have been repainted for this edition and depict all the main species described in the text.