Birds of Africa South of the Sahara

Author Biography

Ian Sinclair is recognised as one of Africa's foremost field birders and has travelled extensively across the African continent for over 35 years, leading many expeditions to find and research birds. Ian is a recipient of the prestigious Gill Memorial Medal Award for his contribution to Ornithology in Africa and beyond. He is the most published author on the birds of Africa and its adjacent islands and has written over 20 bird books, best known of which are Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa, Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands and Complete Photographic Field Guide to Birds of Southern Africa. Dr Peter Ryan is an Associate Professor at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town. He has worked on the systematics of African birds, but his main research is on seabirds and island conservation. He has written several books, including co-authoring the 7th Edition of Roberts Birds of Southern Africa and Complete Photographic Field Guide to Birds of Southern Africa.