Language: English
The Birds of the Cape Verde Islands is a Macaronesian archipelago avifauna that fills and important gap in the ornithological literature. Full-colour throughout, it begins with authoritative introductory chapter covering subjects as history of Cape Verde ornithology, geography and climate, habitats and the current composition of the avifauna is re-evaluated with data from 1800 to 2016. The species accounts cover the 223 species present and recorded in the archipelago with section of taxonomy, status (historical and current), distribution, population, habitat, food, voice, breeding, biometrics & moult.