Sasol Birds of Southern Africa

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa

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.

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About the Author

Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton are all bird experts who have published numerous scientific articles as well as several more popular books. Ian Sinclair is renowned within African Birding circles for his extensive field experience and expertise. Phil Hockey is Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town's Percy FitzPatrick Institute of Ornithology. Warwick Tarboton is a freelance author, consultant and photographer. He is currently president of BirdLife South Africa.