This new edition of "Birds of Africa south of the Sahara" contains some 400 updated images along with fully revised text, capturing the latest information available. It provides unrivalled coverage of African birds in a single volume, and is the only book to describe and illustrate all the birds found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert (the Afrotropic Region), including Socotra, Pemba and islands in the Gulf of Guinea. 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 colour plates. With its extraordinary reach and coverage, this is a must-have volume for birding enthusiasts everywhere.
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Penguin Random House South Africa
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Broschur/Paperback
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Maße
Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 149 mm
Dicke: 42 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-77007-623-5 (9781770076235)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ian Sinclair is one of Africa's foremost field birders and a recipient of the prestigious Gill Memorial Medal Award for his contribution to Ornithology in Africa and beyond. The most published author on the birds of Africa, he is best known for Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa, Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands and Complete Photographic Field Guide to Birds of Southern Africa. Prof Peter Ryan is an Associate Professor at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town. He has worked on the systematics of African birds, but his main research is on seabirds and island conservation. He has written several books, including co-authoring the 7th Edition of Roberts Birds of Southern Africa and Complete Photographic Field Guide to Birds of Southern Africa.
