The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa: The Region's Most Comprehensively Illustrated Guide

By Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Peter Ryan

This new larger edition is based on the recently updated fourth edition of the standard-format Sasol Birds of Southern Africa. The region's best-selling, most comprehensively illustrated and trusted field guide, it offers: Rewritten species accounts, now with group introductions; Newly designed plates for ease of use and comparison; More than 380 new improved illustrations; Illustrations with simplified labels, pinpointing key differentiating features; Updated distribution maps showing relative abundance and indicating resident or migrant status; Calendar bars showing species' occurrence and breeding periods, and sonograms depicting the calls of difficult-to-distinguish birds that have distinctive calls. The larger format allows for better appreciation and easier use of the plates.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1775840999
• ISBN13: 9781775840992
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Random House Struik
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"