A substantially revised and expanded new edition of the bestselling standard field guide for southern Africa, now with a dedicated app providing access to vocalizations Now in its fifth edition, Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert authors and greatly enhanced with a wide range of new information and features. Providing comprehensive coverage of the bird life of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique, this comprehensive book is sure to maintain its place as one of Africas most trusted field guides. This fifth edition offers: New bird-call feature--access calls by scanning QR codes in the guide with a free downloadable appMore than 800 new illustrations, including all-new plates for raptors and seabirdsComprehensive coverage of southern Africas birds, including the latest species recordsRedesigned plates noting identification featuresCalendar bars depicting species occurrence and breeding periodsFully updated species accounts and distribution mapsFresh contributions from new authors and illustratorsAlphabetical and illustrated quick references to bird groupsIan Sinclair, one of Africas foremost field birders, has led many expeditions to find and research birds and has written more than twenty books on African birds. Phil Hockey (1956-2013) was director at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town and a widely recognized authority on the biology of southern African birds. Warwick Tarboton is a well-known bird expert who has written numerous books on southern African birds and dragonflies. He was awarded the Gill Memorial Medal for services to ornithology south of the Zambezi. Niall Perrins is a dedicated photographer and bird guide who runs Bustards Birding Tours. Dominic Rollinson holds a doctorate in seabird conservation from the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology and works as a guide for Birding Ecotours. Peter Ryan, director of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, is a bird photographer and author who has written a number of books on the birds of southern Africa and on Subantarctic Islands.Book specifications:Collection: Princeton Field GuidesDimensions: 208 x 147Author: Ian SinclairCover type: PaperbackPublishing Year: 2023Publishing Month: 2Pages: 488Language: EnglishPublisher: Princeton University PressWeight: 907 g