Complete Photographic Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa
Complete Photographic Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa

Author: Ian Sinclair

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2017-08-18

Total Pages: 2155

ISBN-13: 1775846261

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The most comprehensive photographic guide of southern Africa’s birds in one volume, this brings a new dimension to bird ID in the region. It describes and illustrates all 958 birds, plus 17 species from Antarctica and Southern Ocean islands. Over 2,500 photographs show plumage variations and colour morphs. Text by Africa’s top birding authors focuses on identification, call, habitat, status, breeding and diet. Distribution maps show migratory status and bird density, and calendar bars show species’ prevalence and breeding. An indispensable companion in the field.

The Complete Photographic Guide to Southern African Birds
The Complete Photographic Guide to Southern African Birds

Author: Burger Cillié

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9781928363125

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The most comprehensive and up-to-date photographic guide to Southern African birds With over 5,000 photographs covering all bird species in Southern Africa, this new guide promises to be a feast of information. The accompanying free app features bird calls as well as additional photographs of other colour variations. The five authors discuss all bird species recorded in Southern Africa in concise text, with emphasis on identification and behaviour. Over 5,000 excellent colour photographs are used in the book and app to illustrate the different plumages of male, female, adult, juvenile, breeding or other colour variations. New distribution maps show the migration status and relative abundance of each species. The Complete Photographic Guide to Southern African Birdsis an essential companion for every birder to this region.

Sasol Guide to Birds of the Kruger National Park
Sasol Guide to Birds of the Kruger National Park

Author: Warwick Tarboton

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2016-10-01

Total Pages: 797

ISBN-13: 1775844501

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The Kruger National Park, one of the largest and best-known conservation areas in the world, supports a remarkable diversity of birds. This attractive and handy field guide lists more than 500 species that have been recorded here, and provides full-colour photographs, detailed distribution maps and succinct information on 400 of these – all the species that a visitor is likely to encounter in the park. An informative introduction describes the park’s underlying geology, vegetation types, climate and rainfall, and how these dictate bird distributions within the area.

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa
Sasol Birds of Southern Africa

Author: Ian Sinclair

Publisher: Struik Pub

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 9781868720330

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This field guide to the birds of Southern Africa incorporates many features to allow the reader to quickly and easily identify birds and find information about them. Each species account provides the bird's common name in English and Afrikaans, its scientific name, its Roberts number and its length. To help identify species, information is provided on plumage of the male, female and immature bird, typical behaviour, voice, habitat and nests and food. To make the information more accessible, entries are colour coded, reduced bird images make finding bird groups easier and a list of bird families in alphabetical order with their page references appears inside the front cover for quick reference. Recent discoveries and reclassifications are included and the text and maps have been updated.

The Wildlife of Southern Africa
The Wildlife of Southern Africa

Author: Vincent Carruthers

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2017-02-06

Total Pages: 1866

ISBN-13: 1775844641

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A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted fi eld companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for most groups. The chapters are colour-coded for easy reference, and diagnostic features appear in bold type within the descriptions. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field. All the main plant and animal groups are covered: Lower invertebrates, Spiders and other arachnids, Insects, Freshwater fishes, Frogs, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Grasses, sedges, ferns and fungi, Wild flowers, Trees

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

Author: Ian Sinclair

Publisher: Struik Publishers

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781770070837

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World- wide, bird- watching is a burgeoning pastime. A wealth of books on bird identification now exists, many of which are confusing in their completeness, particularly for a region such as southern Africa in which more than 900 species occur.

Stuarts' Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa
Stuarts' Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa

Author: Chris Stuart

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2015-03-27

Total Pages: 975

ISBN-13: 1775842665

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Greater southern Africa has a wealth of mammal species, almost 400 – all of which are covered in this fully updated, comprehensive field guide. Now expanded to include species found in Angola, Zambia and Malawi, it has also been extensively revised to include: • the most recent research and taxonomy • revised distribution maps and many new images • colour-coded grouping of families • spoor and size icons • skull photographs, grouped for easy comparison • detailed descriptions of each species, offering insight into key identification characters, typical behaviour, preferred habitat, food choice, reproduction and longevity.

Pocket Guide to Birds of East Africa
Pocket Guide to Birds of East Africa

Author: Dave Richards

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2016-03-30

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 1775843629

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This pocket-sized photographic guide to the birds of East Africa features 296 birds likely to be spotted in the region. Colourful photographs illustrate diagnostic features and plumage differences between male and female or breeding and non-breeding birds. Comparative photographs help differentiate between confusing species. Important distinguishing characteristics are highlighted in the text. Distribution maps and Swahili common names for all species are included. Introduction features a labelled bird diagram, habitat map, glossary and useful advice to birdwatchers. An invaluable guide for visitors to national parks and the many areas in East Africa that are rich in birdlife.