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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Species Accounts
Illustrations
Plate Caption Notes
Distribution Maps
Habitat Terminology
Taxonomy and Scientific Nomenclature
English Names
Abbreviations Used in the Text and Plate Captions
Terms Relating to Bird Identification
Colour Plates
PLATE 1: PELAGIC BIRDS (FRIGATEBIRDS, TUBENOSES AND BOOBIES)
PLATE 2: PELAGIC BIRDS (STORM-PETRELS, TROPICBIRD and MARINE TERNS)
PLATE 3: SMALLER TERNS IN FLIGHT
PLATE 4: LARGER TERNS AND SKIMMER in flight
PLATE 5: SMALL GULLS, TERNS and SKIMMER
PLATE 6: LARGE GULLS
PLATE 7: SUBADULT GULLS in flight
PLATE 8: SKUAS and ADULT GULLS
PLATE 9: STORKS and CRANES
PLATE 10: IBISES, SPOONBILLS and FLAMINGOS
PLATE 11: LARGE HERONS AND HAMERKOP
PLATE 12: SMALL HERONS
PLATE 13: HERONS and EGRETS
PLATE 14: PELICANS, CORMORANTS and DARTER
PLATE 15: GREBES, GEESE AND DUCKS
PLATE 16: DUCKS
PLATE 17: COURSERS, PRATINCOLES AND THICK-KNEES
PLATE 18: LARGE PLOVERS
PLATE 19: SMALL PLOVERS
PLATE 20: SMALL SANDPIPERS
PLATE 21: FLYING SANDPIPERS AND PLOVERS (Winter adults, except as indicated)
PLATE 22: SANDPIPERS, SHANKS AND PHALAROPES (Adults)
PLATE 23: GODWITS, CURLEWS, RUFF AND TURNSTONE
PLATE 24: LARGE PIED WADERS, SNIPE AND PAINTED-SNIPE
PLATE 25: GALLINULES, RAILS, JACANAS AND FINFOOT
PLATE 26: CRAKES AND FLUFFTAILS
PLATE 27: TURNICIDS, QUAIL, STONE PARTRIDGE AND FRANCOLINS
PLATE 28: FRANCOLINS AND GUINEAFOWL (Adults, except as indicated)
PLATE 29: BUSTARDS
PLATE 30: LARGE GROUND BIRDS
PLATE 31: VULTURES AND PALM-NUT VULTURE
PLATE 32: VULTURES AND EAGLES OVERHEAD (See plates of perched birds for status and habitat notations)
PLATE 33: BUZZARDS, ACCIPITERS AND CHANTING GOSHAWKS OVERHEAD (See plates of perched birds for status and habitat notations)
PLATE 34: MISCELLANEOUS LARGE RAPTORS OVERHEAD
PLATE 35: EAGLES, BUZZARDS, AND OTHER RAPTORS IN FLIGHT (See plates of perched birds for status and habitat notations)
PLATE 36: FLYING SPARROWHAWKS, CHANTING GOSHAWKS, PYGMY FALCON AND HARRIERS (See plates of perched birds for status and habitat
PLATE 37: FALCONS and KITES OVERHEAD (Adults except as indicated)
PLATE 38: AQUILA EAGLES
PLATE 39: BUZZARDS, HONEY BUZZARD, OSPREY AND EAGLES
PLATE 40: SNAKE EAGLES, FISH EAGLE AND BATELEUR
PLATE 41: CHANTING GOSHAWKS, HIERAAETUS AND GREAT SPARROWHAWK
PLATE 42: ACCIPITERS
PLATE 43: CUCKOO-HAWK, KITES, HARRIERS, AND GRASS HOPPER AND LIZARD BUZZARDS
PLATE 44: DARK-PLUMAGED RAPTORS (Adults, except as noted)
PLATE 45: FALCONS
PLATE 46: SMALLER FALCONS
PLATE 47: PARROTS AND SANDGROUSE
PLATE 48: STREPTOPELIA DOVES
PLATE 49: PIGEONS AND DOVES
PLATE 50: TURACOS
PLATE 51: CUCKOOS
PLATE 52: CUCKOOS AND COUCALS
PLATE 53: NIGHTJARS
PLATE 54: NIGHTJARS
PLATE 55: LARGER OWLS
PLATE 56: SMALLER OWLS
PLATE 57: SWIFTS
PLATE 58: MOUSEBIRDS AND TROGONS
PLATE 59: KINGFISHERS (Most juveniles have dusky or blackish bills and duller plumage)
PLATE 60: BEE-EATERS
PLATE 61: ROLLERS AND HOOPOE
PLATE 62: WOOD-HOOPOES AND SCIMITARBILLS
PLATE 63: HORNBILLS (Tockus and Bycanistes)
PLATE 64: BARBETS
PLATE 65: TINKERBIRDS, SMALL WOODPECKERS AND WRynecks
PLATE 66: WOODPECKERS
PLATE 67: HONEYGUIDES AND HONEYBIRDS
PLATE 68: GOLDEN PIPIT, LONGCLAWS, PITTA AND BROADBILL
PLATE 69: WAGTAILS
PLATE 70: PIPITS
PLATE 71: LARKS
PLATE 72: LARKS (Mirafra)
PLATE 73: SWALLOWS
PLATE 74: SWALLOWS IN FLIGHT (Adults unless otherwise stated)
PLATE 75: BULBUL, BRISTLEBILL, LEAF-LOVE, LARGER GreenbULS and NICATOR
PLATE 76: GREENBULS AND BROWNBULS
PLATE 77: GLOSSY STARLINGS (as seen in strong sunlight)
PLATE 78: STARLINGS AND OXPECKERS
PLATE 79: ‘RED-WINGED’ STARLINGS (As seen in strong sunlight)
PLATE 80: ORIOLES AND CORVIDS
PLATE 81: CUCKOO-SHRIKES AND DRONGOS
PLATE 82: BUSH-SHRIKES
PLATE 83: BUSH-SHRIKES
PLATE 84: SHRIKES
PLATE 85: SHRIKES AND HELMET-SHRIKES
PLATE 86: WATTLE-EYES AND BATISES
PLATE 87: FLYCATCHERS AND SHRIKE-FLYCATCHER
PLATE 88: MONARCH FLYCATCHERS, BLACK-AND-WHITE FLYCATCHER AND BLACK FLYCATCHERS
PLATE 89: BABBLERS AND CHATTERERS (Turdoides)
PLATE 90: ILLADOPSES, HILL BABBLER AND THRUSHES (Part)
PLATE 91: THRUSHES (Turdus, Monticola, Zoothera, Neocossyphus)
PLATE 92: THRUSHES (robin-chats, scrub robins, chats)
PLATE 93: THRUSHES (akalats, Irania, chats
PLATE 94: THRUSHES (Wheatears)
PLATE 95: WARBLERS (Acrocephalus, Bradypterus et al.)
PLATE 96: WARBLERS (palearctic migrants except Nos. 1–3)
PLATE 97: UNSTREAKED CISTICOLAS
PLATE 98: LARGER STREAKED CISTICOLAS
PLATE 99: SMALLER STREAKED CISTICOLAS
PLATE 100: AFRICAN WARBLERS (Apalis and relatives)
PLATE 101: AFRICAN WARBLERS (Prinia, Parisoma et al.)
PLATE 102: AFRICAN WARBLERS, LITTLE YELLOW FLYCATCHER AND WHITE-EYES
PLATE 103: AFRICAN WARBLERS (crombecs, camaropteras), TITS and CREEPER
PLATE 104: LONG-TAILED SUNBIRDS (mostly males) (Pectoral tufts often wholly or partly concealed)
PLATE 105: SUNBIRDS
PLATE 106: SUNBIRDS (adults, except as indicated)
PLATE 107: DULL-PLUMAGED SUNBIRDS (Adult females except as indicated)
PLATE 108: SPARROWS, PETRONIA, SPECKLE-FRONTED WEAVER
PLATE 109: SPARROW-WEAVERS, BUFFALO-WEAVERS, SOCIAL WEAVERS
PLATE 110: WHYDAHS, INDIGOBIRDS AND QUELEAS
PLATE 111: BREEDING MALE BISHOPS AND WIDOWBIRDS (Euplectes)
PLATE 112: DULL-PLUMAGED BISHOPS, WIDOWBIRDS, QUELEAS, AND PARASITIC WEAVER
PLATE 113: PLOCEUS WEAVERS (part) AND PARASITIC WEAVER
PLATE 114: PLOCEUS WEAVERS (part) AND MALIMBE (Adults, except as indicated)
PLATE 115: PLOCEUS WEAVERS (part) AND CHESTNUT SPARROW (Breeding males except as indicated)
PLATE 116: PLOCEUS WEAVERS (mostly females and juveniles)
PLATE 117: WAXBILLS AND RELATIVES
PLATE 118: ESTRILDIDS (cordon-bleus, pytilias and firefinches)
PLATE 119: ESTRILDIDS (mannikins, twinspots et al.)
PLATE 120: CANARIES (Serinus)
PLATE 121: SEEDEATERS, BUNTINGS AND ORIOLE-FINCH
PLATE 122: NORTHERN TANZANIAN BIRDS
PLATE 123: NORTHERN TANZANIAN BIRDS (Usambara Mts)
PLATE 124: NORTHERN TANZANIAN BIRDS (including Pemba Island specialities)
The Species Accounts
Ostriches, STRUTHIONIDAE
Grebes, PODICIPEDIDAE
Albatrosses, DIOMEDEIDAE
Petrels and Shearwaters, PROCELLARIIDAE
Storm-petrels, HYDROBATIDAE
Tropicbirds, PHAETHONTIDAE
Pelicans, PELECANIDAE
Boobies, SULIDAE
Cormorants, PHALACROCORACIDAE
Darters, ANHINGIDAE
Frigatebirds, FREGATIDAE
Shoebill, BALAENICIPITIDAE
Herons and Bitterns, ARDEIDAE
Hamerkop, SCOPIDAE
Storks, CICONIIDAE
Ibises and Spoonbills, THRESKIORNITHIDAE
Flamingos, PHOENICOPTERIDAE
Ducks and Geese, ANATIDAE
Secretary Bird, SAGITTARIIDAE
Vultures, Hawks, Buzzards, Eagles and Osprey, ACCIPITRIDAE
Falcons, FALCONIDAE
Quail and Francolins, PHASIANIDAE
Guineafowl, NUMIDIDAE
Button-quail and Quail-plover, TURNICIDAE
Rails, RALLIDAE
Cranes, GRUIDAE
Finfoot, HELIORNITHIDAE
Bustards, OTIDIDAE
Jacanas, JACANIDAE
Painted-snipe, ROSTRATULIDAE
Crab-plover, DROMADIDAE
Oystercatchers, HAEMATOPODIDAE
Stilts and Avocets, RECURVIROSTRIDAE
Thick-knees, BURHINIDAE
Coursers and Pratincoles, GLAREOLIDAE
Plovers, CHARADRIIDAE
Sandpipers, SCOLOPACIDAE
Skuas, STERCORARIIDAE
Gulls and Terns, LARIDAE
Skimmers, RYNCHOPIDAE
Sandgrouse, PTEROCLIDAE
Pigeons and Doves, COLUMBIDAE
Parrots and Lovebirds, PSITTACIDAE
Turacos, MUSOPHAGIDAE
Cuckoos and Coucals, CUCULIDAE
Barn Owls and Grass Owls, TYTONIDAE
Typical Owls, STRIGIDAE
Nightjars, CAPRIMULGIDAE
Swifts, APODIDAE
Mousebirds, COLIIDAE
Trogons, TROGONIDAE
Kingfishers, ALCEDINIDAE
Bee-eaters, MEROPIDAE
Rollers, CORACIIDAE
Hoopoe, UPUPIDAE
Wood-hoopoes and Scimitarbills, PHOENICULIDAE
Hornbills, BUCEROTIDAE
Barbets and Tinkerbirds, CAPITONIDAE
Honeyguides, INDICATORIDAE
Woodpeckers and Wrynecks, PICIDAE
Broadbills, EURYLAIMIDAE
Pittas, PITTIDAE
Larks, ALAUDIDAE
Wagtails, Pipits and Longclaws, MOTACILLIDAE
Swallows and Martins, HIRUNDINIDAE
Bulbuls, PYCNONOTIDAE
Babblers, Chatterers and Illadopses, TIMALIIDAE
Thrushes and Chats, TURDIDAE
Flycatchers, MUSCICAPIDAE
Warblers, SYLVIIDAE
White-eyes, ZOSTEROPIDAE
Tits, PARIDAE
Penduline Tits, REMIZIDAE
Creepers, CERTHIIDAE
Monarch Flycatchers, MONARCHIDAE
Batises and Wattle-eyes, PLATYSTEIRIDAE
Helmet-shrikes, PRIONOPIDAE
Shrikes, LANIIDAE
Bush-shrikes, MALACONOTIDAE
Cuckoo-shrikes, CAMPEPHAGIDAE
Drongos, DICRURIDAE
Orioles, ORIOLIDAE
Crows, CORVIDAE
Starlings and Oxpeckers, STURNIDAE
Sunbirds, NECTARINIIDAE
Sparrows and Petronias, PASSERIDAE
Weavers, PLOCEIDAE
Waxbills, ESTRILDIDAE
Seedeaters and Canaries, FRINGILLIDAE
Old World Buntings, EMBERIZIDAE
Index