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Birds of Somalia

Title
Birds of Somalia / J.S. Ash and J.E. Miskell ; with descriptive chapters by Oliver Ashford [and others] ; colour plates by Martin Woodcock.
Author
Ash, J. S.
Publication
Mountfield, East Sussex : Pica Press, ©1998.

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Additional Authors
Miskell, J. E.
Description
336 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm
Summary
"Somalia, with seven endemic species, is one of the most important bird areas in Africa; it is also one of the least well-known. Birds of Somalia is a model of its kind and will inspire many other similar volumes. Its essence is to provide an atlas of 654 maps showing the distribution of all the species known from the country; each species account gives where relevant a bird's preferred habitat, its relative abundance, and details of migration, breeding season and clutch size. Much of the ornithological content of the book is based on personal experience. About 70% of the observations on the maps were provided by the authors and they claim to have seen all but one of the 654 birds on the Somali list. Besides adding over 50 first time records to it, they were also responsible for finding and adding to science one new species and four new subspecies of birds in Somalia."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Birds > Somalia
  • Birds > Somalia > Geographical distribution > Maps
  • birds
  • species
  • geographical distribution
  • animal migration
  • somalia
  • Birds
  • Birds > Geographical distribution
  • Vögel
  • Vogels
  • Somalia
Genre/Form
  • Maps.
  • Cartes géographiques.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-330) and index.
Contents
Preface / D.W. Snow -- The vegetation and soils of Somalia / Christopher F. Hemming -- A historical review of ornithology in Somalia / Carlo G. Violani & Fausto Barbagli -- The geology of Somalia / Celia Nyamweru -- The climate of Somalia / Oliver M. Ashford -- Bird and wildlife conservation in Somalia / Peter Robertson -- Bird migration in Somalia / J.S. Ash -- Breeding seasons in Somalia / J.S. Ash and J.E. Miskell -- Bird ringing in Somalia / J.S. Ash -- Gazetteer / J.E. Miskell -- Bibliography / J.E. Miskell.
ISBN
  • 1873403585
  • 9781873403587
LCCN
98180617
OCLC
  • ocm39454197
  • 39454197
  • SCSB-14349540
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library