Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
4. INTRODUCTION 11
5. TAXONOMY AND NOMENCLATURE 12
6. SPECIES VARIATION 12
7. SEASONALITY, NOMADISM AND MIGRATION 14
8. LANDSCAPES, TOPOGRAPHY AND HABITATS 17
9. SPECIES ACCOUNTS AND PLATES 30
10. CONSERVATION: SITES, CITIZEN SCIENCE AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE 36
11. SPECIES ACCOUNTS. Part 1: Plates 1-150 38
12. SPECIES ACCOUNTS. Part 2: Plates 151-268 338
13. APPENDIX PLATE 1 - 4 574
14. VAGRANTS WATCHLIST 582
15. Appendix 1: Checklist of birds of the Southern Ocean islands 587
16. Appendix 2: Endemic bird species to Greater Southern Africa 593
17. Appendix 3: Globally threatened species 599
18. Appendix 4: Important bird areas of Greater Southern Africa 604
19. ADDITIONAL READING 612
20. INDEX 614
21. QUICK INDEX TO THE MAIN GROUPS OF BIRDS 640