Cape Town-born Claire is a co-founder of Birding Africa and she leads expeditions to remotes places in Africa including Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zambia. She has co-authored three books on birding in Africa, including the Southern African Birdfinder, a guide to finding over 1400 species in the southern third of Africa and Madagascar, and Where to Watch Birds in Ethiopia.

 

She is largely based at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town and you can read about her amazing ground-breaking research discoveries at www.africancuckoos.com and  www.africanhoneyguides.com