From the foreword by Roger Tory Peterson
In East Africa, where Kenya alone boasts nearly 1,100 species, scarcely more than half are figured in the most widely used field guide. Because there has been so much guesswork by traveling birders about the hundreds of unfigured species, a superb team has finally done something about it and filled the gap. There will be no more guesswork.... The present volume should be hailed not only by birders but by conservationists aware of the urgent need for African governments to establish strong strategies to preserve their rich natural heritage.


Bird Watcher's Digest
Birds of Kenya is a superior achievement. . . . Any bird watcher visiting Kenya must have it.


Birding
"This book provides us with plates that not only address the most difficult identification problems but also delight us as works of art."


Review
This is one of the premier birding destinations on the planet, and this guide is indispensable for anyone birding the region. . . . [A]nyone going on a wildlife or birding safari in East Africa should have this beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched Field Guide Edition. . . . Most highly recommended.


Book Description
Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti Plains, tropical beaches, coral reefs, and such wildlife as elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, and rhinos. With all this, Kenya and northern Tanzania are the ultimate destination for safaris, adventure travel, and ecotourism. They also form one of the world's most spectacular regions for birdwatching, with a variety of species unmatched almost anywhere else--from the tiny Amani Sunbird to the eight-foot-tall Somali Ostrich, from the elegant flamingos of the Rift Valley lakes to carcass-eating vultures and snake-hunting eagles. This book is the definitive field guide for the thousands of birdwatchers and travelers who visit this breathtaking area every year. The guide features 124 color plates, depicting all 1,114 species in the area, including variations by subspecies, age, and sex. It contains over 800 range maps and succinct text that covers identification, voice, and distribution. Specially designed for use in the field, it is a compact version of the widely acclaimed Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, hailed on its publication in 1996 as the most comprehensive, accurate, and beautiful guide ever produced for the region. With its modest price, small trim size and sturdy, weather-resistant binding, this field guide is the one volume that every adventurous traveler to Kenya and northern Tanzania must have.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania treats the 1,114 species found within this region. Moreover, as many of these are widespread in eastern Africa, the book's effective coverage is much greater, including 90% of the 1,040 species recorded in Tanzania, 85% of Uganda's 1,004 species, and a majority of those in southern Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. The 124 colour plates and numerous line drawings illustrate every species (all but nine depicted in colour), and the comprehensive text provides full details on description, vocalization, habits and status and distribution, and for 1,058 species there is an up-to-the-minute distribution map. No other book on Africa's birds covers a regional avifauna in such depth and with such detailed illustrations. Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania is a major step forward in African ornithology and the definitive guide to East African birds.

FROM THE CRITICS

Jane E. Atkinson