Princeton University Press
Birds of Greater Southern Africa
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- Keith Barnes
- Princeton University Press
- Paperback
- 9780691263267
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- Nature > Birdwatching Guides
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
A comprehensive illustrated field guide to the birds of Greater Southern Africa
The vast region of Greater Southern Africa--which includes Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe--is home to a truly extraordinary diversity of birds. This spectacular field guide covers all of the region's bird species--resident, breeding, migrant, and vagrant.
- Covers all 1,198 species recorded in the region, including details of all the plumages and races likely to be seen
- Features 272 color plates with more than 3,300 illustrations
- Includes concise species accounts that describe key identification features, racial variation, status, range, habitat, and voice
- Provides an up-to-date distribution map for each species
Author Bio
Keith Barnes, a native of South Africa, is a founder and director of Tropical Birding, a birdwatching, wildlife, and photography tour operator. He holds a PhD from the Percy FitzPatrick Institute in African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town. His books include a companion volume, Animals of Kruger National Park (forthcoming from WILDGuides).
Source: Princeton University Press
Keith realized that he was no longer a scientist when a significant difference in the tail lengths of larks didn’t make a significant difference in his life! Turning his back on the ivory towers, he helped to found TB and has never looked back. He lives in quirky Taiwan, but guides birding and photography tours just about everywhere. Asia and Africa are favorite haunts though. Before Keith was able to actually see the birds he wanted to, he sat in an office and wrote about them in various books for BirdLife International.
He coauthored Birding Ethiopia and Wild Rwanda published by Lynx Edicions, and Animals of Kruger, Birds of Kruger, and Wildlife of Madagascar with Princeton University Press. He is using Swarovski binoculars and scope.
Source: Tropical Birding Tours
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