The authors outline and describe 39 key bird routes and more than 330 birding sites (and their associated birds) across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the little-documented but increasingly popular areas of Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi. All sites are ranked into one of three categories of priority: essential (the region s best), excellent (top sites but expendable to a time-limited visitor) and local interest (ideal for those looking for new areas to explore). Sites include practical details of access, best times to visit, habitat diversity and the birds that occur there and general natural history; the more important sites feature a detailed map. A guide to finding the region s top 150 birds and an annotated checklist conclude the book.
Callan Cohen is a Ph.D. student at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at UCT, working on the evolution of the bustard family. He obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) in Avian Biology. He is Vice-Chairman of the Cape Bird Club. Claire Spottiswoode is a Doctoral student at Cambridge University, with a strong interest in evolutionary biology. Both authors have professionally led birding tours for the foreign market on a part-time basis. These activities keep them in the field throughout the year, and have afforded them intimate knowledge of the region's best birding sites. They are authors of Essential Birding, Western South Africa - Key Routes from Cape Town to the Kalahari (2000).
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