312pp., colour illus., maps, paperback, Struik Nature, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781775848738

Focusing on the coastal and terrestrial bird species most at risk within South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, Birds on the Brink highlights the beauty, unique traits and vulnerabilities of these birds while emphasising the human-induced threats to their survival, such as habitat loss, climate change, energy infrastructure and competition for resources. Personal accounts from scientists, conservationists and guides offer insight into the science, skill and dedication required to safeguard these species.

Ornithologist and conservation biologist Alan Lee is the Science and Innovation Programme Manager at BirdLife South Africa, leading the organisation’s work on the IUCN’s Red List of Birds. He is affiliated with the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town and is an Honorary Research Associate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Conservationist, researcher and science communicator Shamiso Banda is a PhD Fellow under the South African Research Chair in Science Communication at Stellenbosch University.

BIRDS ON THE BRINK, South Africa's threatened bird species and those working to save them

: Lee (A.) & Banda (S.)

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