Nigel Redman is a lifelong birder and an experienced tour leader and bird guide. Over more than four decades he has led around 150 bird tours, and visited more than 90 countries on all seven continents.

Nigel has field experience of around half of the bird species of the world. In between these extensive travels, he worked for 20 years as a leading publisher of bird books, latterly for Bloomsbury Publishing in the UK. He is also the author of numerous articles and three books, including an acclaimed Helm field guide, Birds of the Horn of Africa, and was co-author of Where to Watch Birds in Britain. Nigel has an insatiable appetite for travelling and birds, and is never happier than when he is helping others to see them.

Introduction
Acknowledgements

How to use this book:
- The plates
- Species accounts
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Taxonomy and nomenclature
Bird identification:
- Learning to identify birds
- Individual variation
- Moult
Bird topography
Glossary
Geography, climates and habitats
Important bird areas
Organisations and websites

Species accounts

Checklist of the birds of the Horn of Africa
Appendix 1: Species endemic to the Horn of Africa
Appendix 2: Hypothetical species
Appendix 3: Large white-headed gulls

References and further reading
Index
Quick index to the main groups of birds