- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press; 4 edition (Oct 24 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 069115225X
- ISBN-13: 978-0691152257
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 862 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #176,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The relatively small size of the book coupled with the beautiful and accurate plates make this field guide an ideal companion for any level of bird watching in southern Africa. -- Nate Fronk, Words about Birds
Throughout this fourth edition there are many additions and updates, including additional artwork. Each of the authors is a well-known ornithologist and writer, while the two artists are clearly talented and experienced with the birdlife. A great book has been made even better for this fourth edition of Birds of Southern Africa. -- Charles Leck, American Reference Books Annual
Throughout this fourth edition there are many additions and updates, including additional artwork. Each of the authors is a well-known ornithologist and writer, while the two artists are clearly talented and experienced with the birdlife. A great book has been made even better for this fourth edition of Birds of Southern Africa. -- Charles Leck, American Reference Books Annual
Book Description
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.
- Fully updated and revised
- 213 color plates featuring more than 950 species
- 950+ color maps and over 380 new improved illustrations
- Up-to-date distribution maps show the relative abundance of a species in the region and indicate resident or migrant status
- New identification information on behavior and habitat
- Taxonomy includes relevant species lumps and splits
- Raptor and wader plates with flight images for each species
- Calendar bars indicate occurrence throughout the year and breeding months.
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A slight improvement on the previous edition., Mar 21 2012
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This review is from: Birds of Southern Africa: Fourth Edition (Paperback)
A slight improvement on the previous edition in terms of maps (which are now colour-coded) and new species (with updated taxonomy). The illustrations are actually produced at a touch larger scale, which is nice, however the pages have begun to look a bit crowded.It may just be a printing error with my personal copy, but the plates seem too garish and over-coloured, as if someone has turned up the saturation a few notches too far. Call me fussy but they also have a somewhat unlikeable scaly, scratched effect. I would question wether the very "Robertsy" inclusion of afrikaans names (and sonograms in places) is really necessary. (If so why not include all the main languages of the region?).
The overall arrangement has been improved (no separate pages for in-flight illustrations, they all appear in one place within their species). There is also a helpful seasonality bar for each bird. So despite the relatively minor flaws I have listed, it is still the best and most useful field guide to the region.
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