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This sentiment is the lure that draws birders to the open ocean and rugged coastlines of the southern African continent, the windblown islands of the Southern Ocean and the icy shores of Antarctica. The abundance and diversity of seabirds in this region is world renowned.
The new edition of Peter Ryan’s Guide to Seabirds of Southern Africa builds on the first edition, which was published in 2017 and celebrated for its contribution to identifying seabirds and inspiring nature lovers to learn more about them and their habitat. Remarkably, since the first publication in 2017, nine new seabird species have been added to the regional list, bringing the total to an impressive 142 species – more than one-third of all seabird species on earth. This figure emphasises the importance of the region and the need for a comprehensive guide.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July/August 2023 من African Birdlife.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July/August 2023 من African Birdlife.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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EXPLORING NEW HORIZONS
Keith Barnes, co-author of the new Field Guide to Birds of Greater Southern Africa, chats about the long-neglected birding regions just north of the Kunene and Zambezi, getting back to watching birds and the vulture that changed his life.
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footloose IN FYNBOS
The Walker Bay Diversity Trail is a leisurely hike with a multitude of flowers, feathers and flavours along the way.
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Living forwards
How photographing birds helps me face adversity
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CAPE crusade
The Cape Bird Club/City of Cape Town Birding Big Year Challenge
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water & WINGS
WATER IS LIFE. As wildlife photographer Greg du Toit knows better than most.
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winter wanderer
as summer becomes a memory in the south, the skies are a little quieter as the migrants have returned to the warming north. But one bird endemic to the southern African region takes its own little winter journey.
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when perfect isn't enough
Egg signatures and forgeries in the cuckoo-drongo arms race
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Southern SIGHTINGS
The late summer period naturally started quietening down after the midsummer excitement, but there were still some classy rarities on offer for birders all over the subregion. As always, none of the records included here have been adjudicated by any of the subregion's Rarities Committees.
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flood impact on wetland birds
One of the features of a warming planet is increasingly erratic rainfall; years of drought followed by devastating floods. Fortunately, many waterbirds are pre-adapted to cope with such extremes, especially in southern Africa where they have evolved to exploit episodic rainfall events in semi-arid and arid regions. But how do waterbirds respond to floods in areas where rainfall - and access to water - is more predictable? Peter Ryan explores the consequences of recent floods on the birds of the Western Cape's Olifants River valley.
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a star is born
It’s every producer’s dream to plan a wildlife television series and pick the right characters before filming.