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Comprehensive, succinct and informative text for easy field useAlmost 1,100 species covered, with 124 colour plates plus line drawingsConcise species accounts describe appearance, status, range, habits and voiceThe essential guide to the birds of this impressive region

About the Author

Dale Zimmerman (1928–2021) was a long-time faculty member in the Department of Natural Sciences at Western New Mexico University. From the 1950s to the 2010s, Zimmerman travelled the globe, studying flora and avifauna on all seven continents. He was an Elective Member (1958) and Fellow (1999) of the American Ornithological Society.

David Pearson (1941–2017) was a giant of East African ornithology. He held academic posts at Makere University College in Kampala and Nairobi University, and pioneered ringing and migration studies of waders and passerines in the region, chairing the East African Records Committee for 14 years.

Donald A. Turner is a tour leader and birder based in Kenya. He was the founder of East African Ornithological Safaris.

Reviews

Should give a major boost to birding and ornithology in this region, which has such a remarkably rich and fascinating avifauna. Altogether, very warmly recommended.
*Wilson Bulletin*

This book very successfully fills a significant void in African field guides, and will be useful not only to bird watchers on safari and professional ornithologists in East Africa but also for many parts of Central Africa where few comprehensive, well-illustrated and up-to-date field guides are available.
*Quarterly Review of Biology*

Dale Zimmerman, Don Turner and David Pearson joined forces with artists Ian Willis and Douglas Pratt to produce this mighty tome.
*Travel Africa*