pan-African field guide (1 Viewer)

Charles Harper

Régisseur

• Feb 5, 2004

• #1

Someone somewhere mentioned a new field guide covering all of Africa (or at least sub-Saharan Africa) but I cannot locate the thread. Anyone remember author/title/publisher?

I need it before the next photo quiz!

Thanks...

 

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Edward woodwood

Member

• Feb 5, 2004

• #2

Hi Charlie boy, hope the English teaching is going well. I think it's this one

Birds of Africa South of the Sahara
Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
Assisted by Patrice Christy and Phil Hockey
Illustrated by Norman Arlott, Peter Hayman, and Alan Harris

Paper | February 2004 | $45.00 / £29.95 | ISBN: 0-691-11815-9
760 pp. | 5-5/6 x 8-1/4 | 359 color plates. 2,100+ maps.


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Charles Harper

Régisseur

• Feb 5, 2004

• #3

That's the one, thanks, Tim.

 

Alastair Rae

London birder

• Feb 6, 2004

• #4

I can't imagine this book actually being taken into the field but I do feel the urge to have it on my bookshelf! Looks like a good compromise to buying the umpteen volume Birds of Africa.

 

Charles Harper

Régisseur

• Feb 6, 2004

• #5

...And now ordered from Amazon at a good price, $ 31.50 plus $11.50 s & h.

(And well, thanks, Tim, I'm booked solid and thinking of raising my fees.)

 

steve_nova

Well-known member

• Feb 28, 2004

• #6

Just came across this thread, think I will get the book too.

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• Feb 28, 2004

• #7

steve_nova said:

Just came across this thread, think I will get the book too.

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I would look at it first - seems a heck of a lot of birds to cover properly in one book to me - even the West African book by Borrow is a chunky monkey.

Steve

 

steve_nova

Well-known member

• Feb 28, 2004

• #8

Thanks Steve, I will.

 

Charles Harper

Régisseur

• Feb 28, 2004

• #9

It's not THAT big-- 21 x 15 x 4 cm. Illustrations are good-sized, many lifted from the SASOL So. Africa guide, text is terse but reasonably thorough, clear range maps, easy indexing. Now, I just wish I could get out there and use it..

 

Swissboy

Sempach, Switzerland

Supporter

• Feb 29, 2004

• #10

Charles Harper said:

It's not THAT big-- 21 x 15 x 4 cm. Illustrations are good-sized, many lifted from the SASOL So. Africa guide, text is terse but reasonably thorough, clear range maps, easy indexing. Now, I just wish I could get out there and use it..

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I agree, in fact it is just about the same size as the excellent field guide for East Africa alone by Stevenson and Fanshawe. And this with more than 700 additional species! Some of the offset is achieved just by its soft cover.