Field Guide to Birds of the Horn of Africa : Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- The plates -- Species accounts -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Taxonomy and nomenclature -- BIRD IDENTIFICATION -- Learning to identify birds -- Individual variation -- Moult -- BIRD TOPOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY -- GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND HABITATS -- IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS -- ORGANISATIONS AND WEBSITES -- SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- PLATE 1: OSTRICHES -- PLATE 2: ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS -- PLATE 3: SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS -- PLATE 4: STORM-PETRELS -- PLATE 5: TROPICBIRDS AND FRIGATEBIRDS -- PLATE 6: BOOBIES -- PLATE 7: PELICANS AND GREBES -- PLATE 8: CORMORANTS, DARTER AND FINFOOT -- PLATE 9: BITTERNS AND NIGHT HERONS -- PLATE 10: SMALLER HERONS -- PLATE 11: EGRETS -- PLATE 12: LARGE HERONS -- PLATE 13: HAMERKOP AND MAINLY WHITE STORKS -- PLATE 14: MAINLY BLACK STORKS -- PLATE 15: GIANT STORKS AND SHOEBILL -- PLATE 16: IBISES -- PLATE 17: SPOONBILLS AND FLAMINGOS -- PLATE 18: LARGE RESIDENT WATERFOWL -- PLATE 19: WHISTLING DUCKS, PYGMY-GEESE AND SHELDUCKS -- PLATE 20: OTHER RESIDENT WATERFOWL -- PLATE 21: RESIDENT AND MIGRANT DABBLING DUCKS -- PLATE 22: MIGRANT DABBLING DUCKS -- PLATE 23: DIVING DUCKS -- PLATE 24: KITES AND SECRETARYBIRD -- PLATE 25: FISH-EATING RAPTORS AND LAMMERGEIER -- PLATE 26: SOLITARY VULTURES -- PLATE 27: LARGE PLAINS VULTURES -- PLATE 28: SNAKE EAGLES -- PLATE 29: HARRIERS -- PLATE 30: CHANTING GOSHAWKS AND LIZARD BUZZARD -- PLATE 31: OPEN COUNTRY SPARROWHAWKS -- PLATE 32: WOODLAND AND FOREST SPARROWHAWKS -- PLATE 33: WOODLAND AND FOREST HAWKS -- PLATE 34: HONEY-BUZZARDS AND BUZZARDS -- PLATE 35: BUZZARDS -- PLATE 36: LARGE BROWN EAGLES I -- PLATE 37: LARGE BROWN EAGLES II -- PLATE 38: HAWK-EAGLES -- PLATE 39: ATYPICAL EAGLES AND HARRIER-HAWK -- PLATE 40: LARGE EAGLES -- PLATE 41: BROWN KESTRELS.

PLATE 42: GREY FALCONS AND PYGMY FALCON -- PLATE 43: MEDIUM-SIZED DARK FALCONS -- PLATE 44: MEDIUM AND LARGE DARK FALCONS -- PLATE 45: LARGE FALCONS -- PLATE 46: GUINEAFOWL AND SMALLER GAMBIRDS -- PLATE 47: MONTANE FRANCOLINS -- PLATE 48: RED-WINGED AND SAVANNA FRANCOLINS -- PLATE 49: QUAILS AND BUTTONQUAIL -- PLATE 50: FLUFFTAILS AND BLACK CRAKE -- PLATE 51: CRAKES -- PLATE 52: RAILS AND GALLINULES -- PLATE 53: COOTS AND MOORHENS -- PLATE 54: CRANES -- PLATE 55: BUSTARDS I -- PLATE 56: BUSTARDS II -- PLATE 57: JACANAS, PAINTED-SNIPE AND PHALAROPES -- PLATE 58: LARGE BLACK AND WHITE SHOREBIRDS -- PLATE 59: THICK-KNEES -- PLATE 60: COURSERS -- PLATE 61: PRATINCOLES AND EGYPTIAN PLOVER -- PLATE 62: SMALLER RESIDENT AND MIGRANT PLOVERS -- PLATE 63: SMALLER MIGRANT PLOVERS -- PLATE 64: LARGE WETLAND LAPWINGS -- PLATE 65: LARGE DRY COUNTRY LAPWINGS -- PLATE 66: MIGRANT PLOVERS, RUFF AND TURNSTONE -- PLATE 67: SANDPIPERS I -- PLATE 68: SANDPIPERS II -- PLATE 69: SANDPIPERS III -- PLATE 70: SANDPIPERS IV -- PLATE 71: GODWITS AND CURLEWS -- PLATE 72: SNIPES -- PLATE 73: SKUAS -- PLATE 74: SMALLER GULLS -- PLATE 75: LARGE WHITE-HEADED GULLS -- PLATE 76: DARK-HOODED GULLS -- PLATE 77: LARGER TERNS -- PLATE 78: SMALLER TERNS -- PLATE 79: PELAGIC TERNS AND SKIMMER -- PLATE 80: MARSH TERNS AND BLACK-NAPED TERN -- PLATE 81: SANDGROUSE -- PLATE 82: GREEN AND BRONZE-NAPED PIGEONS -- PLATE 83: LARGE PIGEONS -- PLATE 84: WOOD DOVES AND NAMAQUA DOVE -- PLATE 85: RING-NECKED DOVES -- PLATE 86: LAUGHING AND TURTLE DOVES, AND LEMON DOVE -- PLATE 87: PARROTS AND LOVEBIRDS -- PLATE 88: TURACOS AND ALLIES -- PLATE 89: CRESTED CUCKOOS AND KOEL -- PLATE 90: GREY CUCKOOS -- PLATE 91: BLACK AND SHINING CUCKOOS -- PLATE 92: COUCALS AND YELLOWBILL -- PLATE 93: BARN OWLS AND MEDIUM-SIZED OWLS -- PLATE 94: SCOPS OWLS AND OWLETS -- PLATE 95: EAGLE-OWLS, FISHING OWL AND LITTLE OWL.

PLATE 96: NIGHTJARS I -- PLATE 97: NIGHTJARS II -- PLATE 98: NIGHTJARS III -- PLATE 99: WHITE-RUMPED AND LARGE SWIFTS -- PLATE 100: PLAIN SWIFTS -- PLATE 101: SLIM SWIFTS AND SPINETAILS -- PLATE 102: MOUSEBIRDS AND TROGONS -- PLATE 103: WATERSIDE AND WETLAND KINGFISHERS -- PLATE 104: WOODLAND KINGFISHERS -- PLATE 105: SMALLER KINGFISHERS -- PLATE 106: RESIDENT BEE-EATERS -- PLATE 107: MAINLY MIGRANT BEE-EATERS -- PLATE 108: BEE-EATERS AND ROLLERS -- PLATE 109: BLUE AND CHESTNUT ROLLERS -- PLATE 110: WOOD-HOOPOES -- PLATE 111: HOOPOES AND SCIMITARBILLS -- PLATE 112: DRY BUSH HORNBILLS -- PLATE 113: WOODLAND HORNBILLS AND GROUND-HORNBILLS -- PLATE 114: TINKERBIRDS AND BUSH BARBETS -- PLATE 115: WOODLAND BARBETS -- PLATE 116: GROUND BARBETS -- PLATE 117: HONEYGUIDES -- PLATE 118: WRYNECKS AND LARGER WOODPECKERS -- PLATE 119: SMALLER WOODPECKERS -- PLATE 120: BUSH LARKS I -- PLATE 121: BUSH LARKS II -- PLATE 122: BUSH LARKS III AND LONG-CLAWED LARKS -- PLATE 123: SHORT-TOED AND HOOPOE LARKS -- PLATE 124: OTHER LARKS -- PLATE 125: MASKED LARKS AND SPARROW-LARKS -- PLATE 126: MARTINS -- PLATE 127: SWALLOWS WITH RUFOUS OR GREY RUMPS -- PLATE 128: BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOWS AND SAW-WINGS -- PLATE 129: WAGTAILS I -- PLATE 130: WAGTAILS II -- PLATE 131: LONGCLAWS AND PIPITS I -- PLATE 132: PIPITS II -- PLATE 133: CUCKOOSHRIKES AND HYPOCOLIUS -- PLATE 134: PITTAS AND BULBULS -- PLATE 135: GREENBULS AND BROWNBULS -- PLATE 136: ROBIN-CHATS -- PLATE 137: MIGRANT NIGHTINGALES AND REDSTARTS -- PLATE 138: SCRUB ROBINS AND PALM-THRUSH -- PLATE 139: STONECHATS AND AFRICAN WHEATEARS -- PLATE 140: PALEARCTIC WHEATEARS -- PLATE 141: ENDEMIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN WHEATEARS -- PLATE 142: DULL RESIDENT CHATS -- PLATE 143: WHITE-WINGED CHATS AND BLUETHROAT -- PLATE 144: THRUSHES AND ROCK THRUSHES -- PLATE 145: THRUSHES -- PLATE 146: BRADYPTERUS AND GRASS WARBLERS.

PLATE 147: LOCUSTELLA AND LARGE ACROCEPHALUS WARBLERS -- PLATE 148: ACROCEPHALUS WARBLERS -- PLATE 149: CHLOROPETA AND HIPPOLAIS WARBLERS -- PLATE 150: CAMAROPTERA, WREN-WARBLER AND EREMOMELAS -- PLATE 151: CROMBECS AND BUFF-BELLIED WARBLER -- PLATE 152: PHYLLOSCOPUS WARBLERS -- PLATE 153: SYLVIA WARBLERS I -- PLATE 154: SYLVIA WARBLERS II -- PLATE 155: SYLVIA WARBLERS, PARISOMAS AND HYLIOTAS -- PLATE 156: SMALL STREAKED CISTICOLAS -- PLATE 157: SMALL RUFOUS-CROWNED AND STOUT CISTICOLAS -- PLATE 158: STREAK-BACKED AND PLAIN-BACKED CISTICOLAS -- PLATE 159: CISTICOLAS, PRINIAS AND ALLIES -- PLATE 160: APALISES AND ALLIES -- PLATE 161: MELAENORNIS AND BRADORNIS FLYCATCHERS -- PLATE 162: SMALL BROWN AND GREY FLYCATCHERS -- PLATE 163: MISCELLANEOUS MONARCHS AND FLYCATCHERS -- PLATE 164: BATISES AND WATTLE-EYES -- PLATE 165: BABBLERS -- PLATE 166: CHATTERERS, BABBLERS AND CATBIRD -- PLATE 167: TITS AND CREEPER -- PLATE 168: PENDULINE-TITS AND WHITE-EYES -- PLATE 169: SUNBIRDS I -- PLATE 170: SUNBIRDS II -- PLATE 171: SUNBIRDS III -- PLATE 172: SUNBIRDS IV -- PLATE 173: SUNBIRDS V -- PLATE 174: RESIDENT SHRIKES -- PLATE 175: MIGRANT SHRIKES -- PLATE 176: MIGRANT SHRIKES AND PUFFBACKS -- PLATE 177: BOUBOUS AND BUSH-SHRIKES -- PLATE 178: TCHAGRAS AND ROSY-PATCHED BUSH-SHRIKE -- PLATE 179: COLOURFUL BUSH-SHRIKES, BRUBRU AND NICATOR -- PLATE 180: WHITE-CROWNED SHRIKE AND HELMETSHRIKES -- PLATE 181: ORIOLES -- PLATE 182: DRONGOS AND DISTINCTIVE CROWS -- PLATE 183: CROWS AND RAVENS I -- PLATE 184: CROWS AND RAVENS II, AND PIAPIAC -- PLATE 185: OXPECKERS AND STARLINGS -- PLATE 186: LARGE RED-WINGED STARLINGS -- PLATE 187: GLOSSY BLUE STARLINGS -- PLATE 188: RUFOUS-BELLIED AND PALE STARLINGS -- PLATE 189: BICOLOURED STARLINGS -- PLATE 190: SPARROWS I -- PLATE 191: SPARROWS II -- PLATE 192: PETRONIAS AND SPARROW-WEAVERS.

PLATE 193: SOCIAL WEAVERS AND BUFFALO WEAVERS -- PLATE 194: PLOCEUS WEAVERS I -- PLATE 195: PLOCEUS WEAVERS II -- PLATE 196: PLOCEUS WEAVERS III -- PLATE 197: PLOCEUS WEAVERS, GROSBEAK WEAVER AND CUCKOO FINCH -- PLATE 198: QUELEAS AND RED-HEADED WEAVER -- PLATE 199: BISHOPS -- PLATE 200: WIDOWBIRDS -- PLATE 201: PYTILIAS AND TWINSPOTS -- PLATE 202: CORDON-BLEUS, GRENADIER AND CRIMSONWINGS -- PLATE 203: FIREFINCHES -- PLATE 204: WAXBILLS -- PLATE 205: WAXBILLS, SILVERBILLS AND QUAILFINCHES -- PLATE 206: MANNIKINS AND CUT-THROAT FINCH -- PLATE 207: WHYDAHS -- PLATE 208: WHYDAHS AND INDIGOBIRDS -- PLATE 209: CANARIES -- PLATE 210: SEEDEATERS I -- PLATE 211: SEEDEATERS II AND FINCHES -- PLATE 212: TRUMPETER FINCH AND BUNTINGS I -- PLATE 213: BUNTINGS II -- CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE HORN OF AFRICA -- APPENDIX 1: SPECIES ENDEMIC TO THE HORN OF AFRICA -- APPENDIX 2: HYPOTHETICAL SPECIES -- APPENDIX 3: LARGE WHITE-HEADED GULLS -- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- SOUNDS, SOUND RECORDISTS AND LOCALITIES.

This long-awaited guide is a much-needed addition to the literature onAfrican birds and an essential companion for birders visiting theregion.

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