This set of six CDs concisely presents the sounds of over 900 Southern African bird species and can be used as a sound guide to the SASOL, Roberts, Newmans and Sinclairs field guides. The birds are presented in South African number order, and are announced by number and English name. Each recording is approximately 30 seconds in length, including announcement, and is a concise representation of the commonly heard an typical sound for the species.

The recordings are of high quality and have been meticulously edited to provide easy listening.

Approximately 700 of the recordings have been provided by the author, and the remaining 200 by a international panel of bird sound recordists and archives.

Each CD is approximately 75 minutes in length and contains 150 species. For easy reference the birds are numerically arranged within the CDs, with 10 species per track and 15 tracks per CD.

Also include is a booklet guide to the CDs wherein each species is listed with number and English, Afrikaans, and Scientific name. In addition, the list is annotated with details of the recording circumstance, comments on behaviour and call type, and credits for contributed recordings. A quick reference alphabetical index and CD-guide is also provided.

Guy Gibbon has spent 20 years recording birds in almost every corner of Southern Africa. He has published a number of tapes on Southern African birds, including
Southern African Bird Sounds (1991) as a set of six cassettes,
Common Bird Calls of Southern Africa (1983, 1992) as a single cassette
And Birds of the Kruger National Park (1994), as a video-sound guide.

Guy lives in Durban with his wife DesireΘ and two children. Although qualified as a Consulting Civil Engineer, Guy is now working full time on sound and video recording the birds of Southern Africa.

Cover photograph: Buff-streaked Chat, photographed at Giant's Castle. Cover design by Ralph Resnik

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