101 Curious Tales of East African Birds

A Brief Introduction to Tropical Ornithology

COLIN BEALE

Bite-size stories about fascinating birds featuring cutting-edge research.

Packed with stunning photographs of East African birds, both iconic and little known.

An accessible introduction to important topics in modern ornithology.

East Africa’s birds are extraordinary in their evolution, diversity and behaviour, often proving to be the unexpected highlight of a safari. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful photographs of each species, this book tells the fascinating, surprising, amusing stories of 100 regularly encountered birds –whether iconic or unjustly overlooked.

Praise For 101 Curious Tales Of East African Birds

Birding in Africa is exciting, and Colin Beale’s book brought memories flooding back. Woven into a framework of vignettes for 101 East African birds, each accompanied by the author’s own stunning photographs, are a series of short scientific essays each one a masterclass of how to explain advances in modern biology, ecology, and ornithology. I loved it.

Professor Sir John Lawton FRS

A colourful collage of fascinating facts, intriguing stories, accessible science and beautiful photographs that celebrates the brilliance of these birds and made me fall in love with them all over again. This book is written with affection and insight and will be enjoyed by anyone with a passing interest or strong connection to the birds of East Africa.

Juliet Vickery, CEO of the British Trust for Ornithology

There's 101 great reasons to read this book. But, in my view, the best reason is that you will be left wanting to learn about another 101 birds!

David Lindo (The Urban Birder)

Biographical Note

Past Chair of the Pan-African Ornithology Congress’s Scientific Committee, Colin Beale is a Professor of Ecology and Conservation Biology at the University of York, where he studies spatial ecology, ornithology and conservation biology, often in East Africa. With 25 years' experience living and working in East Africa, he is happiest with a cold beer in one hand, binoculars in the other and a good birding view.

PUBLICATION DATE 13 June 2023

PUBLISHER Pelagic Publishing

FORMAT | ISBN | PRICE Pbk | 9781784272913 | £25.00 | $30.00 eBook available

SIZE 234 x 156 mm

PAGES

232pp

BIC SUBJECTS

PSVW6, WNCB, 1HFG

BISAC SUBJECTS

SCI070040, NAT043000

RIGHTS

World