:"The Birds of Africa" ''is also a five-volume handbook by George Ernest Shelley, published 1896-1912.'' ''The Birds of Africa'' is an eight-volume

ornithological handbook An ornithological handbook is a book (or series of books) giving summarised information either about the birds of a particular geographical area or a particular taxonomic group of birds. Some handbooks cover many aspects of their subjects' biology ...

. Its authors/editors are C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith and Emil Urban, and each volume contains colour plates painted by Martin Woodcock

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 Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

Volumes

The series contained the following volumes: # ''Ostriches to Falcons'', published in 1982 521 pp. # ''Gamebirds to Pigeons'', published in 1986 552 pp. + 32 color plates # ''Parrots to Woodpeckers'', published in 1988 611 pp. + 32 color plates # ''Broadbills to Chats'', published in 1992 609 pp. + 32 color plates # ''Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers'', published in 1997 669 pp. + 32color plates # ''Picathartes to Oxpeckers'', published in 2000 724 pp. + 36 color plates # ''Sparrows to Buntings'', published in 2004 666 pp. # ''The Malagasy Region'', published 2013 1024 pp.

References

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