This is a comprehensive and up-to-date field guide to the birds of Southern Africa, featuring more than 4000 newly commissioned images. Intended to aid birders in identifying and distinguishing birds in one of the world's richest birding areas, the book depicts over 900 species, resulting in the most comprehensively illustrated field guide ever produced for Southern Africa. Although the region contains less than three percent of the world's land area, more than ten percent of the world's bird species breed here--more than in the whole of the United States and Canada combined.
 The Guide is devoted to identification features of the different species, sexes, and ages of Southern African birds as well as to their calls and habitat preferences. Both text and plates emphasize the separation of potentially confusing species and identify features which assist in differentiation. Illustrations include as many different plumages of each species as possible to further assist in identification. Special attention has been paid in the illustrations to plumage variations of age, sex, and season and there are numerous depictions of birds in flight, especially where these pictures can aid the birder.
 The informative text, written by eminent ornithologists, is fully integrated with the color plates to facilitate use in the field. The species accounts emphasize the essential characteristics of each bird, and distribution maps are included for each species. This guide is not only an unparalleled reference, but is a superb visual record of the rich variety of Southern Africa's birdlife.

Illustrated Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa

Science & Math

Hockey, Phil

Tarboton, Warwick

Sinclair, Ian.

Nature & Ecology

Princeton University Press

Birds of Southern Africa is the best and most authoritative guide to the birds of one of the world's most fertile birding regions. Two hundred color plates comprising over 4,000 expert illustrations help birders to distinguish all of southern Africa's approximately 950 bird species. The illustrations have labels highlighting diagnostic features, and many birds are depicted in flight as well as still. Special attention is given to plumage variation by age, sex, and season.
 The informative text, written by eminent ornithologists, is fully integrated with the color plates to facilitate use in the field. Detailed species accounts emphasize the essential characteristics of each bird, including information on behavior, calls, and habitat preferences.
 All species names and divisions are in line with the latest recommendations of the International Ornithological Committee, while well-known and local common names are also included. Both beginners and advanced birders will appreciate the regional checklist, quick reference guides, and excellent family summaries. Up-to-date distribution maps feature dual shading to indicate areas of low and high abundance, while cross-referencing is made easy with color coding and a simple numbering system.
 Absolutely up-to-date and both beautifully and comprehensively illustrated, this field guide is a terrific reference as well as a superb visual record of the rich variety of a region that is home to one-tenth of all bird species.

Birds of Southern Africa (Princeton Field Guides, 21)

Biological Sciences

Birds of Southern Africa continues to be the best and most authoritative guide to the bird species of this remarkable region. This fully revised edition covers all birds found in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique. The 213 dazzling color plates depict more than 950 species and are accompanied by more than 950 color maps and detailed facing text.
This edition includes new identification information on behavior and habitat, updated taxonomy, additional artwork, improved raptor and wader plates with flight images for each species, up-to-date distribution maps reflecting resident and migrant species, and calendar bars indicating occurrence throughout the year and breeding months. 
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<li>Fully updated and revised </li>
<li>213 color plates featuring more than 950 species </li>
<li>950+ color maps and over 380 new improved illustrations </li>
<li>Up-to-date distribution maps show the relative abundance of a species in the region and indicate resident or migrant status </li>
<li>New identification information on behavior and habitat </li>
<li>Taxonomy includes relevant species lumps and splits </li>
<li>Raptor and wader plates with flight images for each species </li>
<li>Calendar bars indicate occurrence throughout the year and breeding months.</li>
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Birds of Southern Africa: Fourth Edition (Princeton Field Guides, 79)

Ryan, Peter

A substantially revised and expanded new edition of the bestselling standard field guide for southern Africa, now with a dedicated app providing access to vocalizations Now in its fifth edition, Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert authors and greatly enhanced with a wide range of new information and features. Providing comprehensive coverage of the bird life of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique, this comprehensive book is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa's most trusted field guides. This fifth edition offers: <ul> <li>New "bird-call" feature--access calls by scanning QR codes in the guide with a free downloadable app</li> <li>More than 800 new illustrations, including all-new plates for raptors and seabirds</li> <li>Comprehensive coverage of southern Africa's birds, including the latest species records</li> <li>Redesigned plates noting identification features</li> <li>Calendar bars depicting species' occurrence and breeding periods</li> <li>Fully updated species accounts and distribution maps</li> <li>Fresh contributions from new authors and illustrators</li> <li>Alphabetical and illustrated quick references to bird groups</li> </ul>

Birds of Southern Africa: Fifth Revised Edition (Princeton Field Guides, 159)

Perrins, Niall

Rollinson, Dominic

Reference

This eagerly awaited new edition of The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa  has been brought fully up to date with the third edition of the Field Guide to Birds of Southern Africa. The new edition incorporates the most recent information about bird taxonomy, as well as the latest bird names based on recommendations of the International Ornithological Committee. All distribution maps have been revised and feature dual shading to show relative abundance of a species in the region, as well as crosses to indicate the occurrence of vagrants. Numerous illustrations have been updated and revised where necessary. The essays on identifying problem species have also been revised and updated to bring the book in line with international birding developments.

Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

Arlott, Norman

Travel

Penguin Random House South Africa

This new larger edition is based on the recently updated fourth edition of the standard-format Sasol Birds of Southern Africa. The region’s best-selling, most comprehensively illustrated and trusted field guide, it offers: Rewritten species accounts, now with group introductions; Newly designed plates for ease of use and comparison; More than 380 new improved illustrations; Illustrations with simplified labels, pinpointing key differentiating features; Updated distribution maps showing relative abundance and indicating resident or migrant status; Calendar bars showing species’ occurrence and breeding periods, and sonograms depicting the calls of difficult-to-distinguish birds that have distinctive calls. The larger format allows for better appreciation and easier use of the plates.

Sasol’s Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

This larger edition is based on the updated and expanded fifth edition of the authoritative Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, which has been brought fully up to date by an expert panel of ornithologists, with additional contributions from two new birding experts. Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa's most trusted field guides. It offers:* New 'bird-call' feature - access calls by scanning barcodes with a free downloadable call app.* More than 800 new illustrations, including all-new plates for raptors and seabirds.* Comprehensive coverage of all 989 of southern Africa's birds, including latest species records.* Redesigned plates with diagnostic features noted.* Calendar bars depicting species' occurrence and breeding periods.* Fully updated species accounts and distribution maps.* Fresh input from new contributing authors and illustrators.* Alphabetical and illustrated quick references to bird groups.

The Sasol Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa (Revised Edition)

Rollinson PhD, Dominic

Africa

This colourful and attractively illustrated book is aimed at the tourist and bird-lover who wishes to have a memento of a visit to Southern Africa. The photographs show the different species that you will find in South Africa. The informative captions are given in three languages - English, French and German. Top quality photographs in an attractive softcover make this the ideal memento for tourists. This book is part of the very successful and popular "Beautiful" series.

Beautiful birds of Southern Africa

Struik

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