Author : Ian Sinclair
Publisher : New Holland Publishers (UK)
Page : pages
File Size : 20,30 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 9781868724239
Featuring over 200 of the top birding sites, this easy-to-use, illustrated map acts as a guide to watching birds in southern Africa. Details of each birding site are featured, including descriptions of habitat, and the type of bird to be found there.
Author : Ian Sinclair
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1490 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1431701440
First published in 1993, Sasol Birds of Southern Africa is one of the best-selling field guides on the African continent. This fourth edition has been rewritten and greatly improved, ensuring it remains the region’s most comprehensively illustrated and trusted field guide. In this fourth edition: species accounts have been rewritten and now include group introductions; plates have been newly designed for ease of use and comparison; more than 380 new improved illustrations replace earlier ones; illustrations have simplified labels, pinpointing key differentiating features; distribution maps have been updated, showing the relative abundance of a species in the region, and also indicating resident or migrant status. Other features include calendar bars that show species’ occurrence and breeding periods, a section on ‘how to use this book’, as well as sonograms depicting the calls of difficult-to-distinguish birds that have distinctive calls.
Author : Ian Sinclair
Publisher : Struik Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Birds
ISBN : 9781770072435
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.
Author : Callan Cohen
Publisher : Struik
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 9781868727254
The essential companion to all local bird field guides, this book fills a gap in the market for a comprehensive guide to the region's top birding spots and to finding southern Africa and Madagascar's most desirable birds.
Author : Tracey Hawthorne
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 2012-07-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1431702536
Sasol First Field Guide to Common Birds of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the birdlife of the region. Through full-colour photographs and distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common bird species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and nesting habits.
Author : Dave Richards
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775843629
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.
Author : Terry Stevenson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1472986628
This spectacular new edition of the best-selling Helm field guide of all time covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Over 1,300 species are illustrated with full details of all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Concise text describes the identification, status, range, habits and voice, with fully updated range maps for each species. This authoritative book will not only be an indispensable guide to the visiting birder, but also a vital tool for those engaged in work to conserve and study the avifauna of the region – East Africa shelters a remarkable diversity of birds, many seriously endangered with small and vulnerable ranges.
Author : Vincent Carruthers
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1866 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775844641
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
Author : Hugh Chittenden
Publisher :
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,96 MB
Release : 2011-03-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781770097148
A comprehensive field guide to over 950 bird species in southertn Africa.This is the first comprehensive field guide in southern Africa that gives information on food and breeding strategies. Included too, are the meaning of scientisfic names(Etymology) and colloquail names in 13 languages
Author : Rory McDougall
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775847152
This pocket-sized, easy-to-use guide to the birds of Zambia features 425 birds likely to be seen in the region, plus a few ‘specials’ sought after by birders. It is an invaluable introduction and guide for visitors to Zambia with its 20 national parks and 42 Important Bird Areas. Features include: an informative introduction to birding in the region, including habitat descriptions and a glossary; full-colour photographs illustrating diagnostic features and plumage differences; concise identification text, including key ID pointers, call description and favoured habitat of each species; up-to-date distribution maps. Lightweight and handy for use in the field, this will be an excellent guide for anyone interested in the birds of Africa. Sales points: compact, easy to use, for birders of all levels; colour photographs of all 425 featured species; distribution maps for each species; authors are regional experts.
