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)

Perrins, Niall

Rollinson, Dominic

Reference

Covers African birds of prey such as vultures, kites, eagles, buzzards, sparrowhawks, harriers, osprey, falcons, and owls

African Birds of Prey

Pickford, Peter

Pickford, Beverly

Cornell Univ Pr

In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about southern Africa's animal life. The authors selected for color illustrations more than 500 of southern Africa's most common amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals - the species you are most likely to see. In one easy-to-carry book, you will have as constant companion on your journey: identification and location information on the most frequently seen animals; up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals; and information about and photos of southern Africa's major habitat types and most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Southern Africa (Traveller's Wildlife Guides): Traveller's Wildlife Guide

Stuart, Chris & Tilde

Branch,William

INTERLINK+BOOKS

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

Penguin Random House South Africa

This field guide to all the dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa – a total of 162 species – addresses a growing area of interest and fills the gap left by two previous books on the topic, now both out of print. A detailed introduction covers behavior, life cycles, biology and breeding; and the species entries focus on identification and distribution, with all species photographed from scans of actual insects, beautifully presented in full color. Comprehensive and fully up to date, this extraordinary study of dragonflies and damselflies of the region will be snapped up by anyone with an interest in the insect life of the region.

A Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa

Random House Struik

A new photographic field guide to birds of the Kruger National Park, this book will feature 386 species that visitors are likely to see from public roads. The book will present four species per double page and will include an up-to-date distribution map for each species at a reasonable size. There will be a few photographs per species and these will include flight shots where relevant as well as different plumages - juvenile, female, etc. At the back will feature a list of remaining vagrants and rarities (140 species), ±18 species per page, without maps but with a one-line comment on their status (e.g. Recorded once at Pafuri in 1928). This will give the book a more comprehensive coverage for more serious birders who may like to see coverage of all species recorded in the park.

Photographic Field Guide to Birds of the Kruger National Park

In this fully revised edition of A Guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa, all 164 species known to occur in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland are described and illustrated, grouped according to family (six dragonfly and six damselfly families). The species entries feature scans of live insects (close-up and side-view images) and photographs of specimens in their natural environment and showing key behaviors. Detailed descriptions focus on size, identifying features and occurrence. An introductory chapter unpacks the life cycle, behavior, biology and breeding of this fascinating group of insects.Presented in a classic field guide format, this revised edition now also features:• Expanded annotations to all illustrations, highlighting diagnostic features toensure accurate identification• New distribution maps• Additional color plates and photographsBeautifully presented, informative and authoritative, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in South Africa’s insect life, and to nature lovers in general.

A Guide To The Dragonflies & Damselflies of South Africa: Covering the 164 species of dragonfly and damselfly found in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

Tarboton, Michèle

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