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Birds of the Cape Verde Islands

Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey

2016

Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde

Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey

2011

"This Field Guide describes and illustrates all the species and subspecies of birds in Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, the Savage Islands, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde). The guide describes 573 species and subspecies, covering all resident, nesting, migrating and vagrant birds and includes more than 230 detailed distribution maps and 150 colour plates."

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde

Tony Clarke, Chris Orgill and Tony Disley

Christopher Helm

2006

"This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spetacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macaronesia which comprises the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. Over 450 species are illustrated with full details all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Concise text describes identification, status, range, habits and voice."

Birds of Western and Central Africa

Ber Van perlo

Princeton University Press

2003

"This is the only pocket guide to all the species of bird known to inhabit Western and Central Africa. Ber van Perlo introduces more than 1,500 species through 109 expertly rendered full-color plates and concise, easy-to-consult entries. The territory covered is vast - nearly 2,500 miles down the coast and over 1,000 miles inland, including not only Senegal, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo but all or part of Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cte d'Ivoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Prncipe, So Tom, Sierra Leone, and Togo. The plates show all plumages for each species where these differ, including male, female, and juvenile. Succinct textual entries on each species appear on the facing pages, providing key notes for identification and basic information about habitats and voice. Distribution maps follow in the next section, and an appendix provides the French and Portuguese names. Presenting the most essential, up-to-date information in convenient, highly portable form, Birds of Western and Central Africa is the definitive guide for all birders planning or simply pondering a visit to the region."

Birds of Western and Central Africa

Ber Van Perlo

Collins

2002

"This is the only pocket guide to all the species of bird known to inhabit Western and Central Africa. Ber van Perlo introduces more than 1,500 species through 109 expertly rendered full-color plates and concise, easy-to-consult entries. The territory covered is vast - nearly 2,500 miles down the coast and over 1,000 miles inland, including not only Senegal, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo but all or part of Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cte d'Ivoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Prncipe, So Tom, Sierra Leone, and Togo."

A Birders Guide to the Cape Verde Islands

Dave Sargeant

40 page guide to birdwatching sites plus a checklist.

The Birds of the Cape Verde Islands: An Annotated Checklist

Cornelis J. Hazevoet

1995

"The first avifauna to be published on this oceanic island group that lies off the West African coast. As with other checklists in the series, initial chapters cover geology, geography, climate, vegetation and bird habitats, as well as breeding, migration, conservation, zoogeography, systematics and history. The main part of the book comprises the Systematic List, giving detailed accounts of every species reliably recorded."

Birds Of The Atlantic Islands, Volume 4: History Of The Birds Of The Cape Verde Islands

David A. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman

Oliver & Boyd

1968

The fourth of a four volume publication. This volume describes the birds of the Cape Verde Islands.

An Ornithological Expedition to the Cape Verde Islands

Botd Alexander

Ibis: Volume 40, Issue 1, pages 74-118

1898

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"Although Dr. Dohrn and Mr. Keulemans have recorded the results of their observations from the Cape Verde Islands in the 'Journal fur Ornithologie' for 1871, it has long been felt, among those interested in the African Avifauna, that a further and more systematic working of the Islands would reveal many interesting facts. With this object in view, I left Liverpool on February 28th, 1897, for Sao Vicente, accompanied by a friend, Mr. John Duncan, and two skinners (Ramm of Cley, and Griffin of Tunbridge Wells)."