The Birds of Africa
The Birds of Africa is an eight-volume ornithological handbook. Its authors/editors are C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith and Emil Urban, and each volume contains colour plates painted by Martin Woodcock [1]
- "The Birds of Africa" is also a five-volume handbook by George Ernest Shelley, published 1896-1912.
| Author | C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, Emil Urban |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Martin Woodcock |
| Publisher | Academic Press |
Publication date | 1982 - 2013 |
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
- The Malagasy Region, published 2013
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References
- C Hillary, Fry; Emil K, Urban; Stuart, Keith; Roger, Safford; Frank, Hawkins (2014). The Birds of Africa (Hardback ed.). A & C Black. ISBN 9781408190609. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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