Book reviews: Birds of East Africa
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Title |
| Birds of East Africa | |
| Author | |
| Dave Richards | |
| ISBN | |
| 1-85368 560 7 | |
| Edition | |
| 1995 | |
| Publisher | |
| New Holland Publishers | |
| Pages | |
| 144 | |
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This a small truly pocket sized book, measuring 10x19cm (4x7.5 inches). The size of
this series of books is very handy. You will always ahve room in your pockets to store one
or even a few of these little books. In this series there are guides on a number of
subjects. Its small size is a benefit but also a restriction. A book this small can of
course never be comprehensive. This one covers 265 bird species of eastern Africa.
Each bird is shown with a nice
color photograph, sometimes even two photographs if there are big differences in sex of
adult/immature. The photographs in this book are very good quality indeed. Most
photographs are made by the author, Dave Richards, who is a very good bird photographer.
There is also a distribution map for each bird. The text concentrates on identification of
the bird but it also has a few remarks about the habitat type where the bird can be found.
Conclusion: It is certainly not comprehensive but very small and handy. Nice for walking safaris and for beginning birders. More experienced birders are probably willing to carry the extra weigth of a book with more species.
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