This is by far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The Editors and artists have worked closely with the 16 authors of this volume - all internationally acknowledged experts on their bird families - to produce encyclopaedic accounts of each species. This volume completes the non-passerines, dealing with all species occurring on the continent - residents and visitors alike - in the following families: parrots, turacos, cuckoos, owls, nightjars, swifts, colies, kingfishers and ...
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This is by far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The Editors and artists have worked closely with the 16 authors of this volume - all internationally acknowledged experts on their bird families - to produce encyclopaedic accounts of each species. This volume completes the non-passerines, dealing with all species occurring on the continent - residents and visitors alike - in the following families: parrots, turacos, cuckoos, owls, nightjars, swifts, colies, kingfishers and their allies, and woodpeckers and their allies. All are illustrated, and all known biological information is included. The passerines (songbirds) will be covered in four forthcoming volumes, already in preparation.
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Very Good. Size: 12x9x2; Volume 3. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket sunned. Clean, unmarked pages. Folio. xvi, 611 p. : ill.; 32 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Woodcock, Martin. As new in As new jacket. As new hardcover in dust jacket. This volume completes the non-passerines and includes: Parrots, Parakeets and Lovebirds, Turacos, Go-away birds and Plantain-eaters, Cuckoos, Malkohas and Coucals, Barn owls and Bay owls, Nightjars, Spinetails and swifts, Mousebirds or Colies, Trogons, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Wood-hoopoes, Hoopoe, Hornbills, Barbets and Tinkerbirds, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers, Piculets and Wrynecks.
