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Newman’s Birds of Africa

Name: Newman’s Birds of Africa
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.78 (500 reviews)

Identify 975 species with expert illustrations and 800+ calls. Document your journey with a cloud-synced Life List that works entirely offline, even in the most remote corners of the continent.

Nature & Wildlife ›Education ›Reference ›

Key Figures

Downloads

73K+

User Rating

3.8/5

Total Ratings

500

Publisher

Newmans Birds PTY LTD

The Definitive Companion for Your African Adventure

Empower your safari with the region's most comprehensive field guide, featuring expert illustrations, high-quality audio, and intelligent search tools designed for serious birders.

Fully Functional Offline

Explore with confidence in remote areas like the Serengeti or Okavango Delta. All 975 species, photos, and calls are stored on your device with no internet required.

Intelligent Field Identification

Quickly identify rare species by filtering your results based on bird size, color, or your real-time GPS coordinates to match your exact surroundings.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

App Store

Screenshots

Newman’s Birds of Africa - Newman's Birds of Africa app main menu displaying categorized bird species groups with illustrations — Newman's Birds of Africa app main menu displaying categorized bird species groups with illustrations

Newman’s Birds of Africa - The main navigation menu of the Newmans Birds of Africa app showing options for identifying birds and habitat information. — The main navigation menu of the Newmans Birds of Africa app showing options for identifying birds and habitat information.

Newman’s Birds of Africa - Newman's Birds of Africa mobile app screen displaying terrestrial bird species and descriptions — Newman's Birds of Africa mobile app screen displaying terrestrial bird species and descriptions

Newman’s Birds of Africa - Bird identification screen for Thick-Knee species in the Newmans Birds of Africa app. — Bird identification screen for Thick-Knee species in the Newmans Birds of Africa app.

Newman’s Birds of Africa - Detailed species identification page for the Spotted Thick-Knee in the Newmans Birds of Africa mobile app — Detailed species identification page for the Spotted Thick-Knee in the Newmans Birds of Africa mobile app

Newman’s Birds of Africa - A detailed scientific illustration of a Spotted Thick-knee bird showing its plumage and flight silhouette with diagnostic labels. — A detailed scientific illustration of a Spotted Thick-knee bird showing its plumage and flight silhouette with diagnostic labels.

Newman’s Birds of Africa - Newman's Birds of Africa app Lifelist screen displaying recorded bird sightings with species illustrations and dates — Newman's Birds of Africa app Lifelist screen displaying recorded bird sightings with species illustrations and dates

Description

KEY FEATURES • Includes over 1000 high quality photographs. • Universal app, pay once and get app for both iPhone and iPad. • 975 bird species (i.e. ALL the species for the region). • Detailed descriptions (including species status), illustrations and distribution maps. • Accurate illustrations of each bird as it is seen in the field, with labels showing diagnostic features. • Over 800 bird calls with multiple call types (song, duet, alarm, mating). • Easy navigation using the unique Newman’s bird groups. • Browse alphabetically by family name. • Search by common, scientific and Afrikaans bird names. • Identify birds by region or your current GPS. • Filter your results by bird size and colour. • Easily compare birds using cross-references in species descriptions. • Keep track of bird sightings in your online life list, allowing you to store the date, location and comments for each sighting. • Your life list is automatically backed up online and will be shared across your other devices that have the app installed. • The full app is downloaded to your device, so internet connectivity is not required to use the app (aside from the initial logging in to the life list – see the Important Note below). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Over 1,000 high quality photos added, no additional payment required. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Opening the Newman’s app was like meeting Ken again – elegant, simple and shining with his wonderful art. The groupings make perfect and immediate sense, the page layout is instantly assimilated in a glance – this app now sets the ornithological standard and deserves a full 5-star rating." – Dave Pepler, Presenter of Groen on DSTV --------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world characterised by speed and urgency, birding offers the antithesis – a chance to sit still, unwind and simply observe – whether in one’s own garden or in a remote area of the bush. This Newman’s Birds app is the perfect companion for all birders, from the beginner to the keenest twitcher. It is based on the 2010 commemorative edition of Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa, one of the most popular birding guides in the region since its initial publication in 1983. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE VERSION: Try before you buy – there is a free lite version with full app functionality, limited to 60 species, so that you can see how it works before purchasing this app. Search for Newman's Birds of Southern Africa LITE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING THE LIFE LIST: This app includes a cloud-based life list that stores your sightings online. You need to log in to the life list while you have internet connectivity, but once logged in, you can add sightings when you don’t have an internet connection. When you next connect to the internet, the life list will sync, and your new entries should be added to your list. The life list will sync to all your devices that have the app installed and where you are logged in with the same details.