AFROTROPICAL
Africa South of the Sahara, Including Madagascar

The titles listed under these headings are BRAND NEW books listed alphabetically by author.
Price is for the cloth (hardback) edition unless indicated otherwise. Buteo Books makes
every effort to keep these titles in stock, but both price and availability are subject to change.

612. ALDEN, Peter, Richard D. ESTES, Duane SCHLITTER, and Bunny MCBRIDE. National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Includes mammals, reptiles, insects, and birds. Color photographs, country maps and range maps. 992 pp. Flexi. $22.95

613. ASH, John and John MISKELL. Birds of Somalia. Yale/Pica Press, 1998. A few color plates by Martin WOODCOCK. Ample introductory material. A complete avifauna, species accounts with distribution maps. 336 pp. $80.00

614. ASH, J.S. and J. E. MISKELL. Birds of Somalia: their habitat, status and distribution. Nairobi: Scopus Special Supplement Number l, 1983. 97 pp. Paper. $25.00

NEW. BARLOW, Clive and Tim WACHER. A Field Guide to Birds of the Gambia and Senegal. Yale University Press, 2005 (1997). Forty-eight color plates by Tony DISLEY. Covers over 660 species, including all breeding species, regular visitors, and vagrants. Maps on inside covers. 400 pp. Now available in paperback. $40.00

616. BONDE, Kurt. Birds of Lesotho: A Guide to Distribution Past and Present. Natal, 1993. Annotated checklist, guide to birding areas. 108 pp. Paper. $20.00

617. BORROW, Nik and Ron DEMEY. A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa. Princeton/ Christopher Helm, 2001. 142 color plates. Distribution maps. Comprehensive coverage of all 1,285 species found in the region. 832 pp. $85.00

618. BORROW, Nik and Ron DEMEY. Princeton Field Guides: Birds of Western Africa. Princeton University Press, 2004 (2007 printing). A condensed field version of the massive 830 page guide, with all 147 original color plates depicting nearly all 1,285 species. Distribution maps. 511 pp. $42.00

619. BRADT, Hilary, Derek SCHURMAN, and Nick GARBUTT. Madagascar Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide . Globe Pequot Press, 1996. Color photographs of over 250 species, including birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates, plus where to see them. 138 pp. Paper. $19.95

620. BROWN, Leslie and P. L. Britton. The Breeding Season of East African Birds. East Africa, 1980. Maps, graphs, 164 pp. $20.00

621. BROWN, Leslie, Emil K. URBAN, Kenneth B. NEWMAN, C. Hilary FRY, and Stuart KEITH (Editors). The Birds of Africa. Princeton University Press. Color plates by Martin WOODCOCK and Peter HAYMAN. Line drawings by Ian WILLIS. Distribution maps.

Volume I. Ostriches to Falcons. 1982. 521 pp.OUT OF PRINT - Used copies are available.

Volume II. Gamebirds to Pigeons. 1986. 552 pp. $250.00

Volume III. Parrots to Woodpeckers. 1988. 611 pp. $250.00

VolumeIV. Broadbills to Chats. 1992. 609 pp. OUT OF PRINT

Volume V. Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers. 1997. 669 pp. $250.00

Volume VI: Picathartes to Oxpeckers. 2000. 724 pp. $250.00

Volume VII: Sparrows to Buntings. 2004. 36 color plates, color photos, maps. This final volume treats more than 340 passerine species. 665 pp. $250.00
Now complete, this set provides comprehensive coverage of African birds.

23-223. CARSWELL, Margaret, Derek POMEROY, Jake REYNOLDS, and Herbert TUSHABE. Bird Atlas of Uganda. British Ornithologists' Union and British Ornithologists' Club, 2005. Line drawings, color distribution maps, seasonality charts, and this data's relation to conservation. 553 pp. $150.00
With a huge diversity of habitats, more than 1000 bird species have been recorded in this bird-rich, land-locked African country.

CHEKE, Anthony and Julian HUME. Lost Land of the Dodo: The Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues A&C Black, 2008. The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles. This book provides a comprehensive yet enjoyable account of the story of the islands’ changing ecology, interspersed with human stories, the islands’ biogeographical anomalies, and much more. 480 pp. $90.00

622. CHEKE, Robert A. and J. Frank WALSH. The Birds of Togo. BOU Check-list No. 14, 1996. An annotated checklist with color photos of habitats and birds. 212 pp. $65.00

623. CHRISTY, Patrice and William CLARKE. Guide des Oiseaux de Sno Tomé et Principe. Ecofac Gabon, 1998. 144 pp. In French. $60.00

624. CLANCEY, Phillip A. The Birds of the Southern Mozambique. African Bird Book Publishing, 1996. 330 pp. Color plates by the author, maps. Paper. $32.50

26-216. COHEN, Callan, Claire SPOTTISWOODE, and Jonathan ROUSSOUW. The Southern African Birdfinder: Where to Find 1,400 Bird Species in Southern Africa and Madagascar. Struik, 2006. Includes folding map covering 39 bird routes and over 330 birding sites. 456 pp. Paper. $27.95

625. COLLAR, N.J. and S.N. STUART. Key Forests for Threatened Birds in Africa. 1988. Maps, 102 pp. Paper. $22.50

626. COLLAR, N.J. and S.N. STUART. Threatened Birds of Africa and Related Islands. ICBP/ IUCN Red Data Book, Part 1, Third edition, 1985. Twelve color plates by Norman ARLOTT. 796 pp. $50.00

627. COLSTON, P.R. and K. CURRY-LINDAHL. The Birds of the Mount Nimba Region in Liberia. British Museum, 1986. 129 pp. $35.00

628. CYRUS, Digby P. and N.F. ROBSON. Bird Atlas of Natal. Natal, 1980. 320 pp. $25.00

629. DEAN, W.J.R. The Birds of Angola. British Ornithologists' Union, 2000. BOU Check- list No. 18. Color photos of habitats, figures, diagrams, maps. 433 pp. $95.00

24-209. DOWSETT-LEMAIRE, Françoise and Robert J. DOWSETT. The Birds of Malawi: an Atlas and Handbook. Tauraco Press, 2006. Ecology, status, breeding seasons, distribution, conservation, and taxonomy for 650 species. Maps, gazetteer. Introductory chapters on vegetation, habitats, biogeography, conservation and history of ornithological exploration in Malawi. Color photos of habitats as well as a dozen of the more interesting bird species. 556 pp. Paper. $65.00

630. DOWSETT, R.J. and A.D. FORBES-WATSON. Checklist of Birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions. Volume I: Species limits and distribution. Liege: Tauraco Press, 1993. 374 pp. Stiff paper covers. $75.00

631. DOWSETT, R.J. and DOWSETT-LEMAIRE, F. A Contribution to the Distribution and Taxonomy of Afrotropical and Malagasy Birds. Tauraco Research Report No. 5. Liege: Tauraco Press, 1993. 389 pp. Paper. $80.00

632. ELGOOD, J.H., et al. The Birds of Nigeria: An annotated check-list. BOU Check-list No. 4 (Second Edition). Tring, 1994. Color frontis and 48 color photos. 305 pp. $55.00

633. FISHPOOL, Lincoln, and Michael EVANS. Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands: Priority Sites for Conservation. BirdLife International, Conservation Series No. 11, 2001. 1144 pp. $125.00
The Important Bird Areas Program is a worldwide initiative aimed at identifying, documenting and protecting a network of sites critical for the conservation of the world's birds.

634. GATTER, Wulf. Birds of Liberia. Yale/Pica Press, 1997. Color and b&w photos, illus by Martin WOODCOCK and Friedhelm WEICK. Distribution maps. 320 pp. $75.00

635. GILL, Frank B. Intra-Island Variation in the Mascarene White-Eye. American Ornithologists' Union: Ornithological Monographs No. 12, 1973. 66 pp. Paper. $10.00

637. GOODMAN, Steven M., Mark PIDGEON, A.F.A. HAWKINS, and Thomas S. SCHULENBERG. The Birds of Southeastern Madagascar. Chicago Field Museum, 1997. Fieldiana: Zoology New Series No. 87. Publication 1487. 132 pp. Paper. $40.00

638. GORE, M.E.J. Birds of the Gambia. Second (Revised) Edition. BOU Check-list No. 3, 1990. Color photos (including the Standard-wing Nightjar). 144 pp. $36.00

639. GUGGISBERG, C.A.W. Birds of East Africa. Mt. Kenya Sundries, 1990. Color paintings of 638 species by Malcolm ELLIS. Quarto (8½x12). 133 pp. $37.50

640. HAZEVOET, Cornelis. The Birds of the Cape Verde Islands. British Ornithologists' Union, Check-list No. 13, 1995. Introductory chapters, systematic list, 48 color plates of habitat and endemic birds. 192 pp. $45.00

26-232. HOCKEY, P.A.R., W.R.J. DEAN and P.G. RYAN. Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, VII^th edition. Cape Town: The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, 2006. 80 color plates. This benchmark reference for South African ornithology contains completely new text, expanded species accounts, and specially commissioned artwork of 950 species, 15% of them endemic. 1,296 pp. Bumped corners. Dust jacket. $250.00
The scope and depth of biological information included in the 7th edition far exceeds that of previous editions. A massive tome, it weighs in at more than 5 kg.

641. KEITH, Stuart, Arthur TWOMEY, Herbert FRIEDMANN, and John WILLIAMS. The Avifauna of the Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. American Museum Novitates No. 2389. 41 pp. Together with: Notes on Birds of East Africa, Including Additions to the Avifauna. Novitates Number 2321. 15 pp. Self-wrappers. $9.00

643. LANGRAND, Olivier. Guide to the Birds of Madagascar. Yale, 1990. 40 color plates, 364 pp. $75.00

24-230. LEONARD, Peter. Important Bird Areas in Zambia. Zambian Ornithological Society, 2005. Describes 42 areas, including 18 National Parks, with a site description, detailed information on the birds and other flora and fauna, conservation issues and visitor information. 218 pp. Paper. $40.00

644. LEWIS, Adrian & Derek POMEROY. A Bird Atlas of Kenya. Balkema, 1988. 18 b&w plates. 1065 species. 620 pp. $141.00

645. MCCULLOUCH, Neil. A Guide to the Birds of St. Helena and Ascension Island. RSPB, 2004. Individual color plates and detailed description for each bird. 92 pp. Paper. $37.50

646. MORRIS, Pete and Frank HAWKINS. Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Guide. Yale, 1998. Color photos. 316 pp. $45.00

647. NEWMAN, Kenneth. Birds of the Kruger National Park. 1991 Update. Newman's notes and paintings of 500+ species. 244 pp. Paper. $24.00

26-245. NEWMAN, Kenneth. Newman's Birds of Southern Africa. Capetown: Struik, 2002. Its range includes birds from the southern seas as well as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Mozambique. Illustrated in color by the author. Distribution maps. 527 pp. Paper. $23.95

649. PAYNE, Robert B. Behavior, Mimetic Songs and Song Dialects, and Relationships of the Parasitic Indigobirds of Africa. American Ornithologists' Union: Ornithological Monographs No. 11, 1973. 333 pp. Paper. $10.00

650. PAYNE, Robert B. Species Limits in the Indigobirds of West Africa. Michigan Museum of Zoology, Miscellaneous Publication No. 162, 1982. 96 pp. Paper. $19.50

651. RAND, Austin L. Birds from Liberia, with a Discussion of Barriers Between Upper and Lower Guinea Subspecies. Fieldiana: Zoology, 32:9, 561-653. 1951. Paper. $10.00

24-253. ROOKMAAKER, Kees, Peter MUNDY, Ian GLENN, Emma SPARY. François Levaillant and the Birds of Africa. Johannesburg: The Brenthurst Press. 58 original watercolor paintings, mostly of birds of prey, the prototypes of published engravings in Oiseaux d'Afrique. Painted with brilliant clarity under Levaillant's supervision, these illustrations are reproduced at actual size to the highest standards. Levaillant's accompanying bird descriptions, including field observations, are fully translated into English for the first time. Over 250 illustrations in full color, with bibliography and index. 506 pp.

De luxe edition: 2005. 150 numbered copies, bound in half leather: navy Nigerian Sokoto tanned goatskin, and hand-marbled paper, top edge gilt, hand-sewn head-and-tail bands, rounded spine with 5 raised bands and tooled in gold, in a lined slipcase covered in navy leather and hand-marbled paper. Includes two specially selected bird plates. $1,500.00

Standard edition: 2004. 850 copies, case-bound in beige Toile Elysées bookcloth, top edge gilt, head-and-tail bands, ribbon bookmark, and five-color laminated dustjacket folded in at head and tail. $450.00

Intrepid traveller, pioneering naturalist, famous author, François Levaillant (1753-1824) was a celebrity in his own lifetime . The colorful accounts of his travels in southern Africa in the 1780s were widely read in seven languages. His sumptuous bird books, published in a golden age of natural history book production, recorded for posterity his extensive bird collections.

652. ROWAN, M.K. The Doves, Parrots, Louries, and Cuckoos of Southern Africa. David Philip, 1983. 429 pp. $40.00

653. ROWLANDS, Beau W., et al. The Birds of St. Helena: An Annotated Checklist. BOU Checklist No. 16. 1998. Color photos of birds and habitats. 295 pp. $75.00

654. SHORT, Lester L., et al. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of East Africa. WFVZ, 1990. Volume 4, No. 3, pp. 61-246. Paper. $22.50

655. SINCLAIR, Ian. Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles and the Comoros. Struik, 2003. 350 species. Color plates by Oliver LANGRAND. Distribution maps. 184 pp. Paper. $19.95 - AVAILABLE AGAIN!

SINCLAIR, Ian, Oliver LANGRAND, and Fanja ANDRIAMIALISOA. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands: Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion and the Comoros. Struik, 2006. This photographic guide depicts a selection of the most common and striking bird species in a region boasting high levels of endemism. Each species account features a color photo, distribution map, and text in English and French. 128 pp. Paper. $12.95

SINCLAIR, Ian and Phil HOCKEY. The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa. Struik, 2005. Second edition. Illustrated by Norman ARLOTT and Peter HAYMAN. More than 950 species illustrated in a larger format, with distribution maps. 463 pp. Paper. $29.95

656. SINCLAIR, Ian. Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide. Struik, 1990 (1992). Pocket guide to the more frequently encountered species. 144 pp. Paper. $17.50

657. SINCLAIR, Ian and Jackie. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Namibia. Curtis, 1995. Color photos and maps for 257 species. 144 pp. Paper. $15.95

658. SINCLAIR, Ian and Peter RYAN. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton University Press, 2004. Covers the entire Afrotropic region, including Socotra, Pemba, and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea. Over 2,100 species illustrated in 359 color plates. 760 pp. Paper. $49.50

659. SINCLAIR, Ian, Phil HOCKEY, & Warwick TARBOTON. Birds of Southern Africa. Third edition. Princeton, 2002. 200 color plates illustrating 950 species. Distribution maps, color coded organization. Checklist. 447 pp. Paper. $29.95

660. SKERRETT, Adrian and Ian BULLOCK. Birds of the Seychelles. Princeton Field Guides, 2001. Comprehensive coverage with 53 color plates, maps. 320pp. Paper. $52.50

662. STEVENSON, Terry and John FANSHAWE. Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa. Princeton, 2006 (2002). 287 color plates covering 1388 species. Text and distribution maps opposite color plates. Illustrated by Brian Small, John Gale, and Norman Arlott. 604 pp. Paper. $40.00

664. TARBOTON, Warwick. Southern African Birds of Prey. Photographs by Peter & Beverly PICKFORD. Cape Town: Struik, 1994 (Second edition). 227 pp. $45.00

25-238. TYE, Alan. The Birds of Sao Tome & Príncipe with Annobón. British Ornithologists' Union, 2006. Annotated checklist for a group of islands which is of global importance due to its biodiversity. 172 pp. $95.00

665. VAN PERLO, Ber. Birds of Eastern Africa. Princeton, 1995. Nearly 1500 species illustrated in color, 85 pages of maps. Covers Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Minimal text. 301 pp. Paper. OUT OF PRINT

666. VAN PERLO, Ber. Birds of Southern Africa. Princeton, 1999. Over 1250 species illustrated in color. Covers South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Angola. Range maps. 320 pp. Paper. $29.95

667. VAN PERLO, Ber. Birds of Western and Central Africa. Princeton University Press, 2003. Over 1500 species, 109 color plates, maps. 384 pp. Paper. $29.95
A pocket-sized field guide to this region of Africa, following the same format as previous works by the author on Eastern and Southern Africa.

668. WARD, Rod. A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Gambia. Perry: Prion Ltd, 1994. Sixth in the series. B&W illustrations, maps. 116 pp. $28.00

669. WHEATLEY, Nigel. Where to Watch Birds in Africa. Princeton University Press, 1996. Over 200 bird-watching sites with descriptions of endemic species. 432 pp. Cloth - $37.50; Paper - OUT OF PRINT

670. WILLIAMS, John G. A Field Guide to the National Parks of East Africa. Collins, 1981 (1994). Illus by Norman ARLOTT and Rena FENNESSY. 336 pp. $22.00

672. ZIMMERMAN, Dale, Donald TURNER, and David PEARSON. Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania . Princeton, 1996. 124 color plates illustrating every species. Range maps. 740 pp. $85.00

673. ZIMMERMAN, Dale, Donald TURNER, and David PEARSON. Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania: Field Guide Edition. Princeton, 1999. 124 color plates, 576 pp. All the plates of the preceding book with condensed and abbreviated species accounts. Cloth - $55.00; Paper - $35.00