Peacocks & Picathartes: Reflections on Africa's Birdlife Central and South America

Central and South America

2014 sees the centenary of one of the best-documented extinctions in history the demise of the Passenger Pigeon

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Peacocks & Picathartes: Reflections on Africa's Birdlife Central and South AmericaBoth informative and entertaining, Peacocks & Picathartes is a celebration of Africa's diverse birdlife and examines not only the continent's endemic bird families, but also those birds that, despite being more widespread, are quintessentially African. Watson's anecdotal style vividly captures his encounters with prized species, such as the secretive White necked Picathartes and the elusive Congo Peacock. His enthusiasm extends from the common to the