This guide to the birds of Somalia features extensive introductory chapters, some contributed by invited specialists, covering such topics as vegetation and soils, geology, climate, conservation, bird migration, breeding seasons and a historical review of the ornithology of Somalia. An avifauna of Somalia, an important area for birds about which relatively little is known. There are, for instance, seven endemic species in Somalia and 650 species have been recorded in total. Range, abundance and seasonal daa are given for each species, together with a distribution map.
- ISBN10 1873403585
- ISBN13 9781873403587
- Publish Date 30 April 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 February 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pica Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English