Field guides for Kenya and Madagascar
By Birding-Aus, on April 14th, 2014
It looks as if we may be having a trip to these countries later this year, so I’d be grateful for thoughts on which are the best field guides for them. I had a quick look on the net and it didn’t seem as if there were good apps available, though I’d be happy to be disillusioned about that! Thanks, Sonja _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Thank you very much to all those who responded. I will have a better look later in the day and see what I think. Sonja _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
G’day Sonja The “Birds of East Africa” by Stevenson and Fanshawe is the standard guide I believe. It is not perfect but mostly fine. It is also available as an iPhone/iPad app. There is another book that covers Kenya and northern Tanzania but I haven’t seen it. My favourite however is “Birds of Africa South of the Sahara” by Sinclair and Ryan. It is more up to date than S&F. I would take S&F on your iphone/ipada and the S&R book. For Madagascar I’m only aware of “Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands” by Sinclair and Langrand. I think there was recently a new edition. Mine was published in 2003. It is a nice small field guide. Cheers Steve Clark Hamilton, Vic On 14 Apr 2014, at 8:55 pm, Sonja Ross < sonja.ross7@gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org