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A photographic field guide to the birds of southern Africa. It presents more than 2500 images showing a wide selection of age and sex plumage variations, perched and in-flight birds, and color morphs where relevant. It focuses on identification, call, status, breeding details and diet.

Complete Photographic Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa

The Complete Photographic Guide

  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    18 August 2017

Summary

This brand new photographic field guide to the birds of southern Africa presents more than 2500 images showing a wide selection of age and sex plumage variations, perched and in-flight birds, and color morphs where relevant, making it the most comprehensive collection of bird photographs of the region ever produced in a single volume. Accompanying text focuses on identification, call, status, breeding details and diet. Also included for each species is a distribution map and a calendar bar indicating occurrence and breeding months.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781770073883
ISBN-10:1770073884
Author:Ian Sinclair, Peter Ryan
Publisher:Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint:Struik Nature
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:18 August 2017
Weight:1.26kg
Dimensions:31mm x 167mm x 246mm
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Complete Photographic Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair - ISBN: 9781770073883
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This photographic field guide to the birds of southern Africa presents more than 2,500 images showing a wide selection of age and sex plumage variations, perched and in-flight birds, and color morphs where relevant, making it the most comprehensive collection of bird photographs of the region ever produced in a single volume. Accompanying text focuses on identification, call, status, breeding details and diet. Also included for each species is a distribution map and a calendar bar indicating occurrence and breeding months. IAN’S RECOMMENDATION: A very useful photographic guide to the region!”–Ian Paulsen “The Birdbooker Report”

About The Author

Ian Sinclair

Ian Sinclair is renowned for his extensive field experience and expertise in identifying birds. He has authored and co-authored more than 15 highly successful bird books, among them Field Guide to Birds of Southern Africa (Struik, 1984), Sasol Birds of Southern Africa (Struik, 3rd edition 2002) and Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (Struik, 2003). He is recognised as one of Africa’s most experienced birders, and one of its foremost bird authors. Dr Peter Ryan is a senior lecturer at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town and a partner of ‘Birding Africa’. A long-standing member of the SA Rarities Committee, his research interests include the evolutionary ecology of birds and island conservation. He is the author of Practical Birding (Struik, 2001)

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