This book was released yesterday in the cafe of Baltazar Dias Theatre and shows unpublished data about the ecology and conservation of the bird species nesting in the archipelago.

The authors of "Aves do Arquipélago da Madeira", Dília Menezes e Paulo Oliveira, two biologists working for the Natural Park of Madeira abridge all the Madeira Archipelago avifauna, from the common Melro Preto (Turdus merula) to the shy Freira da Madeira (Pterodroma madeira).

Directed to ornithologists, students, naturalists and also to the general public, the present book has a general knowledge side and another one more technical and scientific.

For the next year an English version of the book will be available.