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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, height x width: 203x152 mm, weight: 454 g, 500+ color photos.
  • Sērija : Wildlife Explorer Guides
  • Izdošanas datums: 27-Jun-2017
  • Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0691161267
  • ISBN-13: 9780691161266
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, height x width: 203x152 mm, weight: 454 g, 500+ color photos.
  • Sērija : Wildlife Explorer Guides
  • Izdošanas datums: 27-Jun-2017
  • Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0691161267
  • ISBN-13: 9780691161266
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South Africa's Kruger National Park is one of the largest and most iconic conservation areas in Africa. Habitats range from wide-open savannah and rugged thornveld to broadleaved mopani woodland. This microhabitat variation gives Kruger a phenomenal diversity of some 520 bird species, half of which are resident. From Africa's most extraordinary eagles, like the scarlet-faced Bateleur, to electric-colored glossy-starlings and jewel-like finches, Kruger offers an avian celebration of form and color. It is also a crucial conservation area, supporting South Africa's largest viable populations of vultures, eagles, and large terrestrial birds.

This field guide offers a unique window into the world of Kruger's birds. More than 400 stunning color photographs illustrate the 250 most frequently encountered species, and a habitat-based approach assists in identification. The authoritative text provides key information about identification, habitat, behavior, biology, and conservation. The guide contains information likely to be new to even the most experienced birders, but is written in a nontechnical style that makes it accessible to anyone.

  • An essential guide to Kruger's birds
  • Perfect for new and experienced birders alike
  • Small, portable format ideal for field use
  • Unique attractive layout with more than 400 stunning color photographs
  • Covers the 250 most frequently seen species
  • Uses a habitat-based approach to aid identification
  • Authoritative and accessible text provides key information about identification, behavior, biology, and conservation

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Recenzijas

"Beautifully designed and easy to browse, Birds of Kruger National Park fills an important gap and will be useful not just in the park, but in many other areas with similar habitats, to everyone wanting to explore Africa's avian wildlife. . . . With over 250 described species, Birds of Kruger National Park will prove useful for newcomers and experienced birders alike. You get beautiful photos, physical characteristics, and a description of varying size for all of them. . . . . I'd recommend it to everyone visiting Kruger Park as well as other, similar, habitats across the continent." * ZME Science * "[ Barnes and Behrens] have here created a bird guide that is an excellent companion to Animals of Kruger National Park; together the visitor to Kruger National Park has all the information she (or he) needs to enjoy one of the great reserves in the world. . . . This is a handy guide to have in the field."---Donna Lynn Schulman, 10,000 Birds

The region 6(1)
About this book 7(1)
The seasons and timing your visit 8(1)
The habitats 9(7)
Map showing the distribution of habitats in Kruger National Park
14(2)
Map of Kruger National Park and adjacent private concession areas forming the Greater Kruger National Park conservation area
15(1)
Introduction to the species accounts 16(2)
BIRDS OF RIVERS AND WETLANDS
Cormorants and darter
18(2)
Wetland herons
20(2)
Wetland white egrets
22(2)
Small wetland herons
24(2)
Wetland storks
26(2)
Wetland storks and Hamerkop
28(2)
Spoonbill and lbis
30(2)
Geese and grebe
32(2)
Geese and atypical ducks
34(2)
Typical ducks
36(2)
Rails and crakes
38(2)
Strange waterbirds
40(4)
Lapwings
44(2)
Shorebirds
46(6)
Aquatic kingfishers
52(2)
Birds associated with watersides and adjacent scrub
54(4)
BIRDS OF PLAINS AND OPEN WOODLANDS
Ostrich, terrestrial herons and ibises
58(2)
Terrestrial herons and terrestrial storks
60(4)
Spurfowl and guineafowl
64(2)
Kori Bustard
66(2)
Terrestrial lapwings and thick-knees
68(2)
Hoopoe and sandgrouse
70(2)
Little brown jobs or `LBJs'
72(2)
Starling and chats
74(2)
Shrikes
76(2)
BIRDS OF BROADLEAVED WOODLAND AND CAMPS
Francolins
78(2)
Smaller bustards
80(2)
Small doves
82(2)
Collared doves
84(2)
Go-away-bird and cuckoos
86(4)
Green cuckoos
90(2)
Mousebirds
92(2)
Medium-sized woodland kingfishers
94(2)
Bee-eaters
96(3)
Rollers
99(3)
Woodhoopoes
102(2)
Hornbills
104(4)
Barbets
108(2)
Honeyguides
110(2)
Woodpeckers
112(4)
Black woodland birds
116(2)
Common camp residents
118(4)
Streaky ground-dwellers
122(2)
Other ground-dwellers
124(2)
Canopy gleaners
126(2)
Thornveld inhabitants
128(2)
Flycatchers
130(2)
Bush-shrikes
132(4)
Helmet-shrikes and Southern White-crowned Shrike
136(2)
Starlings
138(2)
Glossy-starlings
140(2)
Oxpeckers
142(2)
Sunbirds
144(4)
Weavers
148(4)
Weavers and quelea
152(2)
Bishop and widows
154(2)
Waxbills
156(4)
Whydahs
160(2)
Indigobird, canary and buntings
162(2)
BIRDS OF FORESTS AND RIVERINE THICKET
164(13)
Guineafowl and turaco
164(2)
Fruit-eaters
166(2)
Canopy specialists
168(2)
Forest greenbuls
170(2)
Robin-chats
172(2)
Other small forest birds
174(2)
Southern Boubou
176(1)
BIRDS OF PREY AND VULTURES
177(25)
Vultures in flight
177(1)
Larger birds of prey in flight
178(2)
Secretarybird and vultures
180(2)
Vultures
182(4)
Brown eagles
186(2)
Large and distinctive eagles
188(2)
Hawk-eagle and Bateleur
190(2)
Crowned eagle and snake-eagles
192(2)
Falcons
194(2)
Kestrel and hawks
196(4)
Kites and harrier-hawk
200(2)
BIRDS OF THE AIR
202(6)
Swifts
202(2)
Swallows
204(4)
NIGHT BIRDS
208(8)
Nightjars and barn owl
208(2)
Small owls
210(2)
Large owls
212(2)
Pel's Fishing-Owl
214(2)
Further reading and online resources 216(1)
Acknowledgements and photographic credits 217(1)
Scientific names of the bird species included in this book 218(3)
Index 221
Keith Barnes, a native of South Africa, is a founder and director of Tropical Birding, a birdwatching, wildlife, and photography tour operator. He holds a PhD from the Percy FitzPatrick Institute in African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town. His books include a companion volume, Animals of Kruger National Park (forthcoming from WILDGuides). Ken Behrens, a native of the United States, has been living and working in Africa for close to a decade, guiding tours for Tropical Birding. He has been a birder since the age of 11 and, in his teens, he was an ABA/Leica Young Birder of the Year. He is a coauthor of the Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: Eastern Waterbirds in Flight. Barnes and Behrens are also the authors of Birding Ethiopia and Wild Rwanda.