The Birds of Africa

The Birds of Africa

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author = C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, Emil Urban
illustrator = Martin Woodcock
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The Birds of Africa is a seven-volume ornithological handbook. Its authors/editors were C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith and Emil Urban, and each volume contained colour plates painted by Martin Woodcock. A Concise Edition is in preparation, with a planned publication date of 2010.

Content

It covers all breeding species in full, with details of range, status, description, voice, general habits and breeding; non-breeding visitors are treated more briefly, with emphasis on their status and behaviour whilst in Africa.

Volumes

The series contained the following volumes:
# Ostriches to Falcons, published in 1982
# Gamebirds to Pigeons, published in 1986
# Parrots to Woodpeckers, published in 1988
# Broadbills to Chats, published in 1992
# Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers, published in 1997
# Picathartes to Oxpeckers, published in 2000
# Sparrows to Buntings, published in 2004


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