The Birds of Africa, Volume III

by C. Hilary Fry (Editor), Martin Woodcock (Illustrator), Ian Willis (Illustrator)

By far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The Editors and artists have worked closely with the 16 authors of this volume--all internationally acknowledged experts on their bird families--to produce encyclopaedic accounts of each species.


This volume completes the non-passerines, dealing with all species occurring on the continent--residents and visitors alike--in the following parrots, turacos, cuckoos, owls, nightjars, swifts, colies, kingfishers and their allies, and woodpeckers and their allies. All are illustrated, and all known biological information is included. The passerines (songbirds) are covered in the later four volumes.

611 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988