Title: Roberts Nests And Eggs
Author/Editor: Tarboton
Format: Softcover
13 Digit ISBN: 9780620506298
Introductory Price for Orders placed before 31st October : R 195.00
Retail Price: R 280.00
New Edition Expected End October 2011

Southern Africa has an exceptionally diverse avifauna with no less than 730 species known to breed in that part of Africa lying south of the Zambezi and Kunene rivers. The array of bird species and the diversity to be found in their nesting habits is astonishing - the world's largest bird (Ostrich) breeds here, as dose the bird (Sociable Weaver) that builds the largest nest in world; furthermore, the region is home to no less than 18 species of herons, more than 50 birds of prey, 12 owls, a host of waterbirds, 10 species of hornbills, nearly a third of the world's larks (31 species) and a bewildering variety of weavers, bishops, widowbirds and smaller finches. The book provides a detailed an comprehensive guide to the nesting habits of each of these in concisely written species-by-species accounts, and the birds, and their nests and eggs are illustrated with over 2500 colour photographs from 87 contributing photographers.

* Field guide format 175 pages of species text face an equal number of pages of photographs of the birds and their nests
* Over 1200 eggs of 680 species are illustrated at life size in 47 plates
* Quick family indexes in English and Afrikaans on the inside front and back covers
* Fully cross-referenced to make finding the text and nest and egg illustrations of any bird easy
* The most recent information available on nesting habits of 730 bird species.

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