The Rare Birds of Southern Africa

Author: Dr. P.A. Clancey

Number of pages: 512

Year published: 1985

Edition: 1st

Published by: Winchester Press (Pty) Ltd

Hardcover

ISBN: 0 620 08429 4

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The Wildebeest's Review of The Rare Birds of Southern Africa

This book is a monster size being in large format with just over 500 pages! Inside are write-ups, maps and colour plates on over 74 bird species categorised as rare in Southern Africa.

Dr. Clancey has a unique style of painting birds, and it probably doesn’t appeal to everyone. The paintings are bold, colourful and have a tremendous amount of detail in them. The birds and the background fill the page. Another feature of his artwork is that he invariably includes more than one bird in the picture. I enjoy flipping through this book and taking a good long look at each plate.

There is also plenty of informative text and a large distribution map for each species.

This is a really good book, and I think that it is set to become collectible in future.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Bank Cormorant - Page: 39
Crowned Cormorant - Page: 43
Slaty Egret - Page: 49
White-backed Night-Heron - Page: 53
Rufous-bellied Heron - Page: 53
Eurasian Bittern - Page: 61
Black Stork - Page: 65
Southern Bald Ibis - Page: 71
Glossy Ibis - Page: 75
Palm-nut Vulture - Page: 81
Bearded Vulture - Page: 85
Bat Hawk - Page: 89
Booted Eagle - Page: 93
Ayres s Hawk-Eagle - Page: 97
Southern Banded Snake-Eagle - Page: 101
Forest Buzzard - Page: 105
Black Harrier - Page: 109
African Hobby - Page: 115
Taita Falcon - Page: 119
Red-necked Falcon - Page: 123
Grey Kestrel - Page: 127
Dickinson s Kestrel - Page: 131
Pygmy Falcon - Page: 135
Blue Quail - Page: 141
Wattled Crane - Page: 147
Striped Crake - Page: 153
Streaky-breasted Flufftail - Page: 157
White-winged Flufftail - Page: 165
Chestnut-banded Plover - Page: 171
Roseate Tern - Page: 177
Damara Tern - Page: 177
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon - Page: 185
Black-cheeked Lovebird - Page: 191
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo - Page: 197
Thick-billed Cuckoo - Page: 197
Black Coucal - Page: 205
Coppery-tailed Coucal - Page: 209
Cape Eagle-Owl - Page: 213
Pel s Fishing-Owl - Page: 217
Mottled Spinetail - Page: 223
Scarce Swift - Page: 223
Mangrove Kingfisher - Page: 231
B hm s Bee-eater - Page: 237
Violet Wood-Hoopoe - Page: 243
Green Tinkerbird - Page: 249
Green Barbet (Woodward s) - Page: 249
Green-backed Honeybird - Page: 257
Pallid Honeyguide - Page: 257
African Pitta - Page: 265
Rudd s Lark - Page: 271
Botha s Lark - Page: 271
Short-clawed Lark - Page: 279
Sclater s Lark - Page: 283
Blue Swallow - Page: 287
Green-headed Oriole - Page: 293
Carp s Tit - Page: 299
Hartlaub s Babbler - Page: 305
Black-faced Babbler - Page: 305
Bush Blackcap - Page: 313
Bare-cheeked Babbler - Page: 313
Spotted Ground-Thrush - Page: 321
Orange Ground-Thrush - Page: 325
Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush - Page: 329
Swynnerton s Robin - Page: 333
East Coast Akalat - Page: 333
Herero Chat - Page: 341
White-chested Alethe - Page: 341
Knysna Warbler - Page: 349
Victorin s Warbler - Page: 349
Rudd s Apalis - Page: 357
Chirinda Apalis - Page: 357
Roberts s Warbler - Page: 363
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler - Page: 363
Moustached Grass-Warbler - Page: 371
Black-and-white Flycatcher - Page: 375
Mountain Pipit - Page: 381
African Rock Pipit - Page: 385
Short-tailed Pipit - Page: 385
Rosy-throated Longclaw - Page: 393
Yellow-breasted Pipit - Page: 393
Anchieta s Tchagra - Page: 401
Neergaard s Sunbird - Page: 407
Plain-backed Sunbird - Page: 407
Olive-headed Weaver - Page: 415
Chestnut Weaver - Page: 419
Lesser Seedcracker - Page: 425
Red-faced Crimsonwing - Page: 425
Pink-throated Twinspot - Page: 433
Brown Firefinch - Page: 437
Cinderella Waxbill - Page: 437
Locustfinch - Page: 443
Lemon-breasted Canary - Page: 449
Protea Seedeater - Page: 449

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