Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Local Non-Fiction, Nature & Natural History, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781775846697
Published: July 2020
Imprint: Struik Nature
Page Extent: 488
Format: e-Book
RRP 495.00

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa

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About the book

Now in its fifth edition, Sasol Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding experts. Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides. Sales points: More than 800 new illustrations. Scan and play bird calls using free downloadable app. Fully revised text (with latest species records), maps and plate annotations. Fresh input from new contributing authors. Comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds.

About the Author

Ian Sinclair

Ian Sinclair

Ian Sinclair is recognised as one of Africa’s foremost field birders and has lead many expeditions to find and research birds. He is the most published author on the birds of Africa and its adjacent islands and has written over 20 bird books.Ian Sinclair word erken as een van Afrika se voorste voëlkykers en het talle ekspedisies gelei om voëls op te spoor en na te vors. Hy is die mees gepubliseerde skrywer oor die voëls van Afrika en aanliggende eilande met meer as 20 voëlboeke agter sy naam.

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Phil Hockey

Phil Hockey

Phil Hockey (1956-2013), former Director of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at UCT, was an expert on the biology of southern African birds.

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Warwick Tarboton

Warwick Tarboton

Warwick Tarboton is a well-known bird expert and writer of several well-received books. He is a past president of BirdLife South Africa and has been awarded the Gill Memorial Medal and the Stevenson-Hamilton award for services to ornithology and zoology.

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Niall Perrins

Niall Perrins

Niall Perrins is a dedicated birder, photographer and bird guide.

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Dominic Rollinson

Dominic Rollinson

Dominic Rollinson holds a doctorate in seabird conservation from the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town, and works as a guide for Birding Ecotours, leading tours around the world. He is a co-author on the fifth edition of Sasol's Birds of Southern Africa.

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Peter Ryan

Peter Ryan

Peter Ryan is Director of the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town. He is a keen bird photographer and has travelled widely in pursuit of birds. He is also the author and co-author of several books on birds and on Subantarctic Islands.

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Norman Arlott

Norman Arlott

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