More an avifauna than a field guide, this book provides a complete systematic list with distribution (with maps), range and habitat preferences for all recorded species. In addition, there are new illustrations of species, a gazetteer of place names, and indices of generic and specific names. Illustrated with 49 color plates of individual species by the author, range maps and six black & white photographic plates of habitats.

New revised and updated edition of A Handlist of the Birds of Southern Mozambique, first published in 1970-71. Includes a gazetteer of major Mozambique place names mentioned in the text, an index of generic and specific names used, and space for notes. The introduction includes a historical perspective on Mozambique, topographical feaures and precipitation, environmental and botanical considerations, some zoogeographical and evolutionary aspects, and a list of major distribution literature on the birds of Southern Mozambique from 1900 to 1970.