**Ian Sinclair,**one of Africa's foremost field birders, has led many expeditions to find and research birds and has written more than twenty books on African birds.Phil Hockey(1956-2013) was director at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town and a widely rec...

**Ian Sinclair,**one of Africa's foremost field birders, has led many expeditions to find and research birds and has written more than twenty books on African birds.Phil Hockey(1956-2013) was director at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town and a widely recognized authority on the biology of southern African birds.Warwick Tarbotonis a well-known bird expert who has written numerous books on southern African birds and dragonflies. He was awarded the Gill Memorial Medal for services to ornithology south of the Zambezi.Niall Perrinsis a dedicated photographer and bird guide who runs Bustards Birding Tours.Dominic Rollinsonholds a doctorate in seabird conservation from the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology and works as a guide for Birding Ecotours.Peter Ryan , director of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, is a bird photographer and author who has written a number of books on the birds of southern Africa and on Subantarctic Islands.