Bird calls for South Africa

Hi birders
Could anyone recommend an app or a collection of bird call recordings I can purchase before my trip to South Africa in June next year?
Ideally I’d like something like the old BOCA CDs where a person names the birds before the calls are played so I can just listen over and over without having to click on each species just to hear calls. It would be great for my bus rides to work. :)
I hope to start learning calls sooner rather than later. 
Thanks in advance
RegardsÁkos

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3 comments to Bird calls for South Africa

  • niall

    Roberts certainly has the better call library of the apps. There are quite a few contributors on http://www.xeno-canto.org as well for localized calls.

    Faansie’s wader book is now published as well, the LBJ’s is available as an eBook – quite useful to reduce your luggage weight! faansiepeacock.com/buy-lbjs-ebook/

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    Faansie’s wader book is now published as well, the LBJ’s is available as an eBook – quite useful to reduce your luggage weight! faansiepeacock.com/buy-lbjs-ebook/

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  • bukoba.steve

    G’day Akos et al.

    Check out http://www.simplybirding.com/ as well for an alternate LBJ book
    and call CDs.

    Cheers
    Steve Clark
    Hamilton, Victoria

    On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:15 AM, David Adams <dpadams@gmail.com> wrote:

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  • dpadams

    can purchase before

    Lucky you! There’s a fairly active local email list for South Africa and
    I’ve always found them very helpful with questions:

    isabirdnet.wordpress.com/faq/

    Southern Africa is better-covered with apps, books, etc. than anyplace else
    on earth outside of North America. For songs and apps, I’ve used Roberts
    and eSasol..and a stack of other books (I’m not at home right now, ask if
    you need more suggestions.) Get both. For field guides…there is much
    debate…I’d get eSasol on paper and Roberts only electronically.

    One book to *absolutely* get is Faansie Peacock’s LBJ’s book:

    faansiepeacock.com/lbjs-2/

    I’m keen on field guides and can’t compare this with *any* of them. It’s
    unique, and a masterpiece. Unlike here, southern Africa has tons of LBJs.
    Tons. Faansie’s book makes it possible to make progress with them and enjoy
    them a whole lot more. The text and illustrations throughout are just
    fascinating.

    In looking this up, I noticed that he’s got a new wader book coming out:
    faansiepeacock.com/waders-book/

    There’s a nice little video introduction. I’d buy this in a heartbeat. As
    an illustrator, Faansie Peacock is only one of a handful of people at the
    level of Doug Pratt. (He does the hard sea birds and birds of Hawaii as his
    scientific speciality, but used to contribute tons of plates to other books
    as well.) I don’t just mean the quality of the paintings, I mean the
    quality of *observation* going into the paintings. For very subtle groups
    (LBJs, sea birds, waders all come to mind), it takes a very, very
    particular sort of illustrator to do things well. Faansie Peacock is one of
    those exceptionally rare people.

    birds before the calls are played so I can just
    calls. It would be great for my bus rides to work.

    I don’t have the apps with me, but some bird apps have a kind of training
    or quiz mode.

    Have a great trip!

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