Birds of Africa

This photographic field guide to southern African birds comprises the biggest and most comprehensive collection of photographs of the region's birds in one volume. It describes and illustrates all 958 bird species found in southern Africa, and an additional 17 species recorded from the Southern Ocean and associated islands, and Antarctica.

The Strait of Gibraltar is famous as a major point of passage for Palaearctic birds migrating between their European breeding grounds and their winter quarters in Africa.