Egyptian Birds (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. For the most part seen in the Nile ValleyBy Charles Whymper
Length4h 26m
About this audiobook
Egyptian Birds is at once a field-naturalist's record and an artist's meditation on the avifauna of the Nile valley, desert margins, and cultivated lands. Written in clear, observant prose and enriched by Whymper's pictorial sensibility, the book belongs to the late Victorian and Edwardian tradition of popular natural history: exact enough for the serious bird student, yet graceful enough for the cultivated traveller. Its value lies not merely in naming species, but in evoking their habits, habitats, movements, and place within the distinctive Egyptian landscape. Charles Whymper was a British painter, illustrator, and naturalist whose career joined scientific curiosity to visual precision. Closely associated with wildlife illustration, he brought to ornithology the trained eye of an artist attentive to form, colour, posture, and setting. His interest in Egypt reflects a period when British travellers and scholars were increasingly documenting the natural as well as archaeological riches of the country, and his work translates direct observation into accessible literary-naturalist form. This book is recommended for readers interested in birds, Egypt, travel writing, and the history of natural history. It will especially reward those who value careful observation expressed with elegance and restraint.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length4 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2FOREWORD
3EGYPTIAN BIRDS
4THE GRIFFON VULTURE [2] , Gyps fulvus Arabic, Rakham .
5THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus Racham , Arabic
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6THE KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
7THE PARASITIC KITE OR EGYPTIAN KITE Milvus aegyptius Arabic, Hiddayer
8WHITE OWL, SCREECH OWL Strix flammea Arabic, Boma buda
9THE LITTLE OWL Carine meridionalis
10EGYPTIAN EAGLE OWL Bubo ascalaphus Arabic, Buma
11THE HOOPOE Upupa epops Arabic, Hud Hud
12THE KINGFISHER Alcedo ispida
13BLACK AND WHITE KINGFISHER Ceryle rudis
14THE LITTLE GREEN BEE-EATER Merops viridis
15THE SWALLOWS
16WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
17THE CRESTED LARK Galerita cristata
18THE WHITE-RUMPED CHAT Saxicola leucopygia
19ROSY-VENTED CHAT Saxicola moesta
20THE BLUE-THROATED WARBLER Cyanecula suecica
21THE REED WARBLER Acrocephalus streperus
22THE SPARROW Passer domesticus
23THE DESERT BULLFINCH OR TRUMPETER FINCH Erythrospiza githaginea
24HOODED CROW Corvus cornix
25EGYPTIAN TURTLE-DOVE OR PALM DOVE Turtur senegalensis
26SENEGAL SAND-GROUSE Pterocles senegallus Arabic, Gutta
27SAND PARTRIDGE Ammoperdix heyi
28THE QUAIL Coturnix communis Arabic, Salwa
29CREAM-COLOURED COURSER Cursorius gallicus
30THE GREEN PLOVER OR LAPWING Vanellus cristatus
31SPUR-WINGED PLOVER Hoplopterus spinosus Arabic, Zic-zac
32BLACK-HEADED PLOVER Pluvianus aegyptius Arabic, Ter el timsah
33LITTLE RINGED-PLOVER Aegialitis minor
34THE SNIPE Gallinago coelestis
35THE WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticula
36THE PAINTED SNIPE Rhynchoea capensis
37THE AVOCET Recurvirostra avocetta
38THE SACRED IBIS Ibis aethiopica
39THE CRANE Grus communis
40THE SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodea
41THE STORKS
42THE WHITE STORK Ciconia alba
43THE BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra
44THE SHOEBILL OR WHALE-HEADED STORK Balaeniceps rex Arabic name, Abu-markub , or Father of a Slipper
45THE COMMON HERON Ardea cinerea
46BUFF-BACKED HERON Ardeola russata
47THE NIGHT HERON Nycticorax griseus
48THE FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus antiquorum Arabic, Basharoush
49GREEN-BACKED GALLINULE Porphyrio Madagascariensis Arabic, Digmeh
50THE COOT Fulica atra
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