A guide to nests & eggs of Southern African birds \ by Warwick Tarboton

By:

Tarboton, Warwick

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cape Town : Struik Publishers, 2001Description: 432 pages : illustrations and maps; 25 cmISBN:

1-86872-271-6

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DDC classification:

GEN 598.146 TAR

Summary: Filled with beautiful images, this new field guide presents the nesting habits of the 730 bird species known to breed in southern Africa. From vultures and eagles to waxbills and cisticolas, this comprehensively cross-referenced book contains up-to-date information about each species--when and where they nest, what the nest and eggs look like, and how long it takes for the eggs to hatch. A perfect gift for nature-lovers, it also includes accurately colored, life-size reproductions of all the species' eggs, no matter how big or small.

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Includes a glossary, appendix and an index

Filled with beautiful images, this new field guide presents the nesting habits of the 730 bird species known to breed in southern Africa. From vultures and eagles to waxbills and cisticolas, this comprehensively cross-referenced book contains up-to-date information about each species--when and where they nest, what the nest and eggs look like, and how long it takes for the eggs to hatch. A perfect gift for nature-lovers, it also includes accurately colored, life-size reproductions of all the species' eggs, no matter how big or small.

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