Hilary Fry has had a distinguished career in African ornithology, including lengthy teaching posts in Nigeria, Aberdeen and Oman. He co-founded the West African Ornithological Society and edited its journal Malimbus for many years, and is the author of more than 200 publications. Stuart Keith was a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History. During ... Read morehis many trips to Africa for the museum he pioneered the tape-recording of forest birds band published the groundbreaking Birds of the African Rain Forests. Emil Urban has held professorships at Haile Selassie University in Addis Ababa, University of Arkansas and Augusta State University, Georgia. he has published numerous papers on African birds including A Checklist of Birds of Ethiopia. Martin Woodcock is an acclaimed artist and illustrator whose work has graced many books covering the birds of such diverse locations as India, South-East Asia and Oman. His crowning achievement is that he painted virtually all the plates for the entire Birds of Africa series. He also served as president of the African Bird Club for many years. Show Less