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Birds of Africa South of the Sahara:
A Comprehensive Illustrated Field Guide
Ian Sinclair, Peter Ryan:
Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
- This book is the first time ever
that a field guide is aiming for the whole region - from
20 deg N up to 200 nautical miles off the continent shores
(including Socotra but not Madagascar, Seychelles and
other Indian and Atlantic Ocean Islands). It
is easily the best field guide for Malawi, although it is heavy
to carry around in the field.
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Lonely Planet Watching Wildlife
: Southern Africa
Luke Hunter, Susan Rhind: Buy from
Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- This guide covers more than 100 top
bird and wildlife-watching destinations, in South Africa,
Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, from
capital city day trips to dozens of national parks. Each
destination has a map to the best sites and detailed itineraries.
The 100 page wildlife gallery (mainly birds and mammals)
is a delight to read and for each group of species there
is a "hotspots" caption picking out the key sites...recommended,
especially as a pre-trip planner.
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Superb, concise and
compact enough to use in the field. All the mammals you
are ever likely to encounter on a trip to africa. For
anyone with an interest in African mammals, there really
is no substitute. More than 700 illustrations by the authoritive
and acclaimed Jonathon Kingdon.
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Collins Illustrated Checklist:
Birds of Eastern Africa
Ber Van Perlo: Buy from Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- I took this book with me for a two
week family holiday in Kenya where I visited Tsavo game
parks, coastal regions and also went on a bush walk near
Mombasa. As a beginner to African birds I found the illustrations
and brief descriptions very helpful and in some cases it
was superior to the larger reference books that I had studied
before I went.
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Where to Watch Birds
in Africa
Nigel Wheatley: Buy from Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- One of a series of guides devoted
to birdwatching, this book contains site accounts, plans,
maps, lists of birds in the regions and advice on planning
bird-watching trips. It deals with over 200 sites in
detail, and mentions many others. Each country is covered
alphabetically, including archipelagos and isolated
islands off the African mainland, for example, the Azores.
Bird lists are included under the headings "Endemics",
"Specialities", "Others" and also
"Other Wildlife", if relevant. Access details
are given, often with detailed site maps. The emphasis
of the book is "bird finding", that is, where
to go for the "best" species.
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Recommended travel books for Malawi:
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Guide to Malawi
Philip Briggs: Buy from Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
- "In 1976 I had one of my happiest
mountain experiences. I spent three days on Mount Mulanje,
staying in self-service mountain lodges, seeing spectacular
scenery, amazing vegetation, and indulging in some easy
hiking. And this was Africa! Even if this had been my only
experience in Malawi I would have been hooked, but it was
followed by idle days on and by the lake, talking to some
of the most friendly, laid-back people in the world.
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