Birds of Western Africa.

London: Christopher Helm, 2001.
Large octavo, dustwrapper, 832 pp. 147 colour plates, maps, good secondhand copy.

This outstanding new handbook covers 1285 species occurring in the western countries of Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, part of Mauritania and the islands of Sao Tome, Principe, and Bioko (Fernando Po).

The 147 plates are of the highest quality and illustrate all species using over 3000 figures. The detailed species accounts cover identification, voice, behaviour, habitat, distribution and status. There are over 1,100 coloured distribution maps and additional text illustrations.