Field guides for Southern African wildlife: General
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:35 am
Some personal advice on which wildlife guides to take along on your selfdrive safari: Part 1, the best allround guide.
There is an excellent and comprehensive field guide that covers lots of the wildlife in one easy book: "The wildlife of Southern Africa" edited by Vincent Carruthers*.
This valuable and popular guide features over 2000 carefully selected plants and animals, large and small, that are likely to be encountered during a visit to any part of the region. More than 1200 species are vividly illustrated and many more are identifiable from the text through reference to similar species.
Species include mammals, birds, plants, trees, reptiles, insects, spiders, freshwater fish, invertebrates and frogs. Each chapter has been written by a leading field expert. For the birdlife it covers around 600 of the 900 species in the area.
I would highly recommend this guide to all travellers, from first time visitors to experienced naturalists. It will be hard to find a more useful field guide! * This book is also available as software for your PDA, Iphone, Ipad and such.
There is an excellent and comprehensive field guide that covers lots of the wildlife in one easy book: "The wildlife of Southern Africa" edited by Vincent Carruthers*.
This valuable and popular guide features over 2000 carefully selected plants and animals, large and small, that are likely to be encountered during a visit to any part of the region. More than 1200 species are vividly illustrated and many more are identifiable from the text through reference to similar species.
Species include mammals, birds, plants, trees, reptiles, insects, spiders, freshwater fish, invertebrates and frogs. Each chapter has been written by a leading field expert. For the birdlife it covers around 600 of the 900 species in the area.
I would highly recommend this guide to all travellers, from first time visitors to experienced naturalists. It will be hard to find a more useful field guide! * This book is also available as software for your PDA, Iphone, Ipad and such.