Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi Second Edition (Princeton Field Guides)

I bought this book to help me identify the birds I photographed while in Kenya and Tanzania. It's so much easier to use than doing google image searches or possible name and category searches. It's more than comprehensive enough for my purposes, and I like the organization, with photos on one page and descriptions on the facing page. It includes variant forms for gender and adult versus juvenile, which is very helpful since there can be significant differences within a species. I want a similar book for the birds I see at my bird feeders in Seattle.

was extremely helpful in identifying birds on our safari to Tanzania. Loved it. It was heavy to carry around but worth it to keep track of birds after identifying them

This book is not for beginners. If you can't tell the family of what you are looking at (e.g. shrike, starling, sunbird), then this book leaves you absolutely no starting point for your bird. For those who have working knowledge of the birds, though, the information is very thorough. The spectacular color plates include several similar-looking birds, making it easy to pick your based on its field markings. On the con side, there is usually only a single "perched" pose per bird, which can make identification difficult. There is a lot of supplemental information, such as good birding spots in East Africa and endangerment status of the birds.

Like all Princeton guides, this one is well laid out, legible, and informative, all while keeping to a reasonably compact size. It's not going to fit in your back pocket, but that's more because of the huge amount of species in the region. The illustrations are good, and the descriptions are concise and useful. I've not gotten to visit the countries yet, but can attest that the species shared with South Africa are well-described and illustrated. If you have the good fortune to visit East Africa to go birding, this would be a good book to study on the way there (and probably for a few months before!).

Excellent book for identifying birds in East Africa, very easy to use

There are more than 1,000 bird species in Kenya alone, so you will definitely need this comprehensive guide's help. We just got back from a 10-day safari in Kenya and have more than 4,000 photographs to sort, so this hefty paperback is invaluable. I does take a bit of work because there are so many birds we saw. Very minor complaint: the blurb on the Lilac-Breasted Roller doesn't mention that is Kenya's National Bird. Highly recommended.

I recently spent 3 weeks in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and Kenya and this was the perfect book for the trip. The pictures are great and I find it intuitive to follow. We identified about 200 species thanks to this book. I would highly recommend it.

Like the title says, the sheer number of birds is astounding. The plates are done very well. Sometimes it is hard to tell which bird picture goes to which name. While the listing are pretty standard in terms of order. It seems some are out of place. For example owls are not listed with other raptors.

I bought this book because of all the great reviews, and was not disappointed. Simply a great book in all respects.

Will be a very useful guide to have when we travel

Livro muito completo, foi de muita utilidade na minha viagem a Tanzânia, pena que não esteja em português. Como é de esperar o inglês é bem técnico.

Bought for a zookeeper who had travelled to Africa.

Useful