Download or read book Sasol Birds of Southern Africa written by Ian Sinclair and published by Struik Pub. This book was released on 1997 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Birds of South Africa written by Austin Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds of Southern Africa and Their Tracks Signs written by Lee Gutteridge and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Garden Birds in Southern Africa written by Duncan Butchart and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide profiles 101 garden birds likely to be found in gardens across southern Africa, informing readers about what to look and listen for, and where and when. It is also an inspirational guide to creating a bird-friendly garden that is also a reservoir of biodiversity, wherever you are in the region. With an attractive layout and multiple colour images, it offers the following: Descriptions and photos of 101 garden birds. How to get to know your local species, their feeding, breeding, calls and general behavior. How to design your garden to attract the widest range of birds and other wildlife. The best plants and structures to provide food and shelter for birds. Detailed lists of recommended trees, shrubs, climbers, aloes and grasses.
Download or read book Newman s Birds of Southern Africa written by Kenneth B. Newman and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complete Photographic Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa written by Ian Sinclair and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive photographic guide of southern Africa’s birds in one volume, this brings a new dimension to bird ID in the region. It describes and illustrates all 958 birds, plus 17 species from Antarctica and Southern Ocean islands. Over 2,500 photographs show plumage variations and colour morphs. Text by Africa’s top birding authors focuses on identification, call, habitat, status, breeding and diet. Distribution maps show migratory status and bird density, and calendar bars show species’ prevalence and breeding. An indispensable companion in the field.
Download or read book Southern African Birdfinder written by Callan Cohen and published by Struik. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book South Africa Birds written by James Kavanagh and published by Pocket Naturalist Guide. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world' s top birding hotspots, South Africa' s diverse habitats harbor more than 950 species. South Africa Birds is a 12-panel laminated folding guide that features 140 species found in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique and includes a map of birding hotspots. Perfect for travelers.
Download or read book Illustrated Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa written by Ian Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Photographic Guide to Southern African Birds written by Burger Cillié and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive and up-to-date photographic guide to Southern African birds With over 5,000 photographs covering all bird species in Southern Africa, this new guide promises to be a feast of information. The accompanying free app features bird calls as well as additional photographs of other colour variations. The five authors discuss all bird species recorded in Southern Africa in concise text, with emphasis on identification and behaviour. Over 5,000 excellent colour photographs are used in the book and app to illustrate the different plumages of male, female, adult, juvenile, breeding or other colour variations. New distribution maps show the migration status and relative abundance of each species. The Complete Photographic Guide to Southern African Birdsis an essential companion for every birder to this region.
Download or read book The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa written by Ian Sinclair and published by Struik Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Birds of Southern Africa written by Ber van Perlo and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds of Southern Africa surpasses other field guides to the region by illustrating and describing all 1,250 bird species of South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. In addition, this is the only guide to illustrate the birds of Angola (including Cabinda), whose river basins and rocky hillsides are home to the striking White-headed Robin Chat and the Angolan Cave Chat. The 84 color plates group similar species and subspecies and also depict vagrants and ocean wanderers that appear in this huge region characterized by widely varying habitats, from woodlands and forests to deserts to swamps. The text directly opposite the plates concisely describes each bird's habitat and key physical, behavioral, and vocal characteristics. All the larks are shown perching as well as in flight, and every swallow is pictured in flight from below. The most distinctive immature and nonbreeding plumages are included, and distribution maps show the range and frequency of each species. This is an essential guide for any birder contemplating a trip to southern Africa. The only field guide to illustrate every bird species of South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Angola (including Cabinda) 1,250 species illustrated on 84 color plates Buzzards to bustards, flufftails to flycatchers, penguins to pipits, and many more Informative notes directly opposite illustrations succinctly describe each bird's habitat and key physical, behavioral, and vocal characteristics Female or juvenile shown for many species in addition to adult male Subspecies and color variants included Shaded maps showing range and frequency of each species
Download or read book Newman s Birds of Southern Africa written by Kenneth Newman and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This field guide illustrates and describes all the birds recorded from the Antarctic to the Zambezi. It shows how to identify birds in the field, illustrates plumage variations and provides brief descriptions and distribution maps.
Download or read book Scientific Names of Southern African Birds Explained written by Antonios Andreanidis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greeks, Romans, Europeans, places, colours, parts of the body and much more are hidden behind strange sounds and words. We try to unveil this fascinating world and at the same time we aim to inspire love for the endangered natural world and the incredible world of human languages.
Download or read book A Comprehensive Illustrated Field Guide written by Ian Sinclair and published by Struik Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds of Africa South of the Sahara provides unrivalled coverage of African birds in a single volume, and is the first book to describe and illustrate all of the birds found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert (the Afrotropic Region), including Socotra, Pemba and islands in the Gulf of Guinea. * Some 2,105 species are covered, with an additional 70 vagrants briefly described, and more than 2,000 images assembled on 359 plates. * Illustrations portray most distinctive plumages, as well as diagnostic flight patterns and major geographic variants. * Species descriptions give precise identification features, highlighting differences between similar species, as well as briefly reporting habitat, status and calls. * Distribution maps for each species are based on the latest atlas surveys. * The most up-to-date taxonomy is used, with many new species described and illustrated for the first time. Despite its exceptional coverage, this guide is compact enough to use in the field, and follows the standard field guide format, with texts and range maps appearing opposite the color plates.
Download or read book Mammals of Southern Africa and Their Tracks Signs written by Lee Gutteridge and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracking is a much-loved yet difficult subject that attracts at least some of the attention of almost every bush-goer who ventures into the wild places of southern Africa. The ability to accurately read difficult, partial, or little-seen signs left in the soil or sand is rare and largely the domain of professionals. However, by making use of this comprehensive guide, anyone who applies him- or herself can begin to decipher these natural hieroglyphs etched on the ground. In this volume, highly accurate sketches of animal tracks are combined with a wide selection of extremely varied photographs that provide an all-round impression of the signs the animals may leave behind. This field guide to mammal tracks and signs also serves as an ID guide to the mammals of southern Africa as full color photographs of each animal are included.
Download or read book Southern African Bird Names Explained written by Charles Clinning and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
