Best bird identification book on Reddit

16 reviews from r/southafrica, r/birding

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#1

Roberts

4.8
(5)
"Roberts Bird Guide 2 is great for apps."
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"Both Sasol and Roberts are great recommendations for bird books."
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"It has great art for each bird."
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"I find looking through a book more fun than using apps."
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"The Roberts Bird Guide works quite well and the apps provide bird calls."
#2

Merlin

4.0
(2)
"I am pretty happy with Merlin and the bird packs, particularly as a general field guide."
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"The Merlin Bird App is also great."
#3

Newman's Bird Identification Book

5.0
(1)
"I have a copy of Newman's which has gorgeous pictures and really good descriptions and maps."
#4

Struik Publishing

5.0
(1)
"A nice systematic way to identify those Little Brown Jobs."
#5

National Geographic

5.0
(1)
"National Geographic makes a nice bird book for kids."
#6

Effin Birds

5.0
(1)
"A must-have guide for distinguishing between similar bird species!"
#7

Sasol

5.0
(1)
"Both Sasol and Roberts are great recommendations for bird books."
#8

Golden Guide

5.0
(1)
"This is the one I used when I was a kid. Newer edition though."
#9

Birdlasser

5.0
(1)
"Birdlasser is great for logging birds."
#10

Stokes

4.0
(1)
"I like my Stokes guide. There's a brief blurb at the bottom of each page and small maps, but most of the page is a large photo that is really nice to just look at."
#11

Takealot

4.0
(1)
"I know it says it's for kids but it's really quite good."

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