A Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal - Tapa blanda

This comprehensive book is the first field guide to the birds of The Gambia and Senegal, an area of West Africa popular with birders for its many tropical African birds. The guide provides full accounts of over 660 bird species and depicts nearly all of these in 48 beautiful color plates. "A first-rate book that is a fine contribution to bird literature. For the birder who has everything, this makes a great gift."-Roy John, Canadian Field-Naturalist "A beautiful, succinct and very useful guide to the region's bird life."-Clay E. Corbin, Quarterly Review of Biology

The Gambia is a popular tourist destination where many birders see their first tropical African birds. This small and accessible country shelters many migrants from the Western Palearctic from September to April, in addition to its resident West African birds. This is the first field guide to the birds of The Gambia, and it also covers the larger territory of Senegal, which almost entirely surrounds the country. The book's many features include: text covering every species on the Senegambian list - over 600 species in all; 48 Color plates depicting 570 species, including illustrations of virtually all birds of The Gambia and southern Senegal; and descriptions of species, which aid identification and provide information on habits, voice, status and distribution, and breeding.