Southern African LBJs made simple, Doug Newman and Gordon King, Penguin Random House ISBN: 9781 7758 46536
UPDATED and expanded, Southern African LBJs made simple offers a unique method to identify and distinguish the cryptic little birds that are widely known as ‘little brown jobs’.
Using a three-stage process, the book guides readers through successive stages, each of which takes them closer to identifying the bird in question. As calls play a critical role in the identification of these birds, individual calls and comparative tracks are included – accessed by reading the featured barcodes via a free Bird Call app.
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The book features instant access to bird calls via a free downloadable call app. All the reader needs to do is scan the printed barcodes on the species pages with their cellphone. There is a concise text that describes key ID criteria such as size, habitat, habits and calls as well as birds that look and sound similar.
The distribution maps have also been updated and include carefully labelled illustrations.
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