Description
Book SynopsisSomalia, 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 provides an atlas of 654 maps showing the distribution of all the species known from the country. Each species account details the species'' 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.
Chapters summarise the available knowledge on bird migration and breeding seasons within Somalia. The records are astonishing when it is considered that they come from such a
Table of Contents
Preface, Dr D. W. Snow List of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Colour Plates, Martin Woodcock Colour Maps The Vegetation and Soils of Somalia, Christopher F. Hemmings 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 & J. E. Miskell General Treatment of Species Species Accounts and Atlas Bird Ringing in Somalia, J. S. Ash Glossary Gazetter, J. E. Miskell Bibliography, J. E. Miskell Index
