Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley (eBook)

Adam Scott Kennedy (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5137-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Kenya's Rift Valley includes four major national parks--Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Mount Longonot, and Hell's Gate--as well as many smaller areas that are outstanding for wildlife. Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley features the 320 bird species that are most likely to be encountered on safari in this world-famous region, which runs from Lake Baringo in the north to Lake Magadi in the south. Featuring over 500 stunning color photos, this beautiful guide breaks new ground with its eye-catching layout and easy-to-use format. The book follows a habitat-based approach and provides interesting information about the ecology and behaviors of each species. Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley avoids technical jargon in the species descriptions, which makes the guide easily accessible to anyone. With it, you will be identifying birds in no time.Stunning photos of 320 bird speciesMajor plumage variations depictedJargon-free textHelpful notes on what to look and listen for, behavior, and why some birds are so named

Autor

Adam Scott Kennedy has served as principal leader on birding holidays in Africa, South America, Europe, and New Zealand. With his wife, Vicki, he currently operates as a private safari guide, specializing in photographic and wildlife safaris in East Africa. Information on their tours and stock image library can be found at www.rawnaturephoto.com. He is the author of Birds of the Masai Mara (Princeton WILDGuides).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2014
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: Wildlife Explorer Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Wildlife Explorer Guides
• Zusatzinfo: 500 color illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Abdim's stork • Abyssinian white-eye • African buffalo • African firefinch • African fish eagle • African golden oriole • African grey flycatcher • African paradise flycatcher • African pied wagtail • African snipe • African thrush • African wood owl • Andean condor • Augur buzzard • Barn Owl • Barn Swallow • Bee-Eater • Bird nest • Black-crowned night heron • Black-headed Gull • Black-headed heron • Black kite • Black stork • Black-winged kite • Blue-naped mousebird • Blue waxbill • Bunting (bird) • Bushshrike • butcherbird • Cape teal • Cattle Egret • Collared sunbird • Common blackbird • Dimorphic egret • Drongo • East Africa • Egret • Eurasian golden oriole • Flight feather • Fork-tailed drongo • Fulvous whistling duck • Goliath heron • Greater blue-eared starling • Grey heron • Helmeted guineafowl • Honeyguide • hoopoe • hornbill • Intermediate egret • Invertebrate • Kenya • Lanner falcon • Lappet-faced vulture • Longclaw • Malachite kingfisher • Meyer's parrot • Motacillidae • nightjar • Northern wheatear • Ornithology • Pied crow • Pied plover • Pin-tailed whydah • plumage • Pygmy falcon • Red-billed firefinch • Red-fronted tinkerbird • Red-necked spurfowl • Rift Valley • Ring-necked dove • Rock thrush • saddle-billed stork • sandpiper • Scrub robin • Southern Africa • Sparrow • Speke's weaver • Squacco heron • Sunbird • Tawny eagle • Tawny Owl • Tinkerbird • Tit (bird) • Tropical boubou • Variable sunbird • Verreaux's eagle • Village indigobird • wader • wagtail • warbler • waterfowl • Western reef heron • wheatear • White-backed vulture • White-bellied sunbird • White stork • woodpecker • Yellow-billed duck • Yellow-billed kite • Yellow-billed stork
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5137-8 / 1400851378
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5137-9 / 9781400851379