Welcome to Roberts Online

Welcome to Roberts Online, a joint project between the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Southern African Birding cc, and the bird photographers and bird sound recordists of Southern Africa.

With over 25 000 photos contributed by 150 photographers, Roberts Online presents a unique opportunity to access online the full texts of Roberts Birds of Southern Africa 7^th Edition, on a subscription basis. The texts are illustrated with artwork, distribution maps, bird sound sonograms, and thousands of digital photographs. The photographs are intended as an additional guide to identification by illustrating the full range of plumages from juvenile to adult, and also to illustrate the life-style of adult birds, from general habits, food and feeding techniques, to breeding displays, nests, eggs and chicks. In a similar way we plan to illustrate the range of geographical variation and repertoire of bird sounds.

Curious about the site? Take a tour through our demo species by clicking on a picture below.