Birds of Greater Southern Africa

A comprehensive illustrated field guide to the birds of Greater Southern Africa

The vast region of Greater Southern Africa--which includes Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe--is home to a truly extraordinary diversity of birds. This spectacular field guide covers all of the region’s bird species--resident, breeding, migrant, and vagrant.

• Covers all 1,198 species recorded in the region, including details of all the plumages and races likely to be seen
• Features 272 color plates with more than 3,300 illustrations
• Includes concise species accounts that describe key identification features, racial variation, status, range, habitat, and voice
• Provides an up-to-date distribution map for each species

Keith Barnes is a bird tour leader for Tropical Birding and the author of Birds of Kruger National Park (Princeton WILDGuides), among other books. Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe are leading avifauna conservationists based in Kenya. They are the authors of Birds of East Africa and, with Nigel Redman, Birds of the Horn of Africa (both Princeton).