This is the first comprehensive guide to the birds of the Seychelles, a spectacular archipelago of 115 islands north of Madagascar. It describes and illustrates every species for the first time--more than 250 in all--and gives extended species accounts for all 66 breeding species. These accounts cover breeding biology and, for all indigenous species, threats and conservation. The volume also offers the first detailed accounts of all 26 Seychelles' endemics, including their origins, in popular form.
 Given the archipelago's location, almost any European migrant can turn up in the Seychelles. This makes it all the more remarkable that the authors consider every species recorded to date, as well as unrecorded potential vagrants. Beautiful color plates and clear plumage details, as well as information on confusion species, are included to aid identification by sex and age.
 This is a valuable reference for anyone contemplating a trip to this popular birding destination or anyone with an interest in the natural history of the western Indian Ocean region. There is simply no other choice for either the serious ornithologist or the casual birder.

Birds of the Seychelles (Princeton Field Guides, 13)

History

Bullock, Ian

Skerrett, Adrian

Africa

Princeton University Press

The bird population of the Seychelles is the focus of this comprehensive field guide. Over 250 recorded species are depicted in colour, with accounts of the breeding species including endemics, their origins, threats and conservation.

Field Guide to Birds of Seychelles (Helm Field Guides)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Christopher Helm Publishing Co

The Malagasy region contains one of the most extraordinary concentrations of biodiversity in the world. Its recognition as a zoogeographic region in its own right has recently been confirmed, and, all taxa combined, the region was found to hold the second most distinct assemblage of vertebrates in the world after the Australian region, despite being the smallest of them all.
 This new field guide from the Helm Field Guides series covers the whole of the Malagasy region, which comprises the unique island of Madagascar and the various islands and archipelagos of the Indian Ocean, including the Seychelles, Comoros, and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues). Every resident and migrant species is covered in full detail with a color distribution map for each species. Vagrants are also treated in detail, and all species are illustrated on a beautiful series of 124 color plates, with artwork from John Gale and Brian Small. Conveniently, the plates have been arranged so that all the key species of the various archipelagos are placed together in sections.
 This is a major work of reference on the birds of the region and will remain the standard text for many years to come.

Field Guide to the Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands (Helm Field Guides)

Hawkins, Frank

Safford, Roger

Helm

Once fabled as the forgotten Eden and land of the forbidden fruit, this tropical garden paradise lures thousands of visitors each year. 
These 115 islands in the sun, jade jewels in the sparkling turquoise of the Indian Ocean, just four degrees south of the Equator, were separated from the mainland millions of years ago, remote and unspoiled, developing unique flora and fauna. 
Little has changed. First settled in the seventeenth century, the islands remain much the same as they were thousands of years ago, existing in harmony the past 200 years with a people as sunny and carefree as their tropical home.

Journey Through Seychelles

Travel

Amin, Mohamed

Willetts, Duncan

Skerrett, Judith

Hunter Pub Inc

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