Australias avifauna is large, diverse and spectacular, reflecting the continents impressive range of habitats and evolutionary history. With specially commissioned paintings of over 900 species, The Australian Bird Guide is the most comprehensive field guide to Australian birds ever seen.
This Revised Edition includes updated maps, artwork and species accounts, reflecting current knowledge of the biology and distribution of Australias birds. It features around 4700 specially commissioned colour illustrations of over900 species, with particular emphasis on providing the fine detail required to identify difficult groups and distinctive plumages. Comprehensive species accounts have been written by a dedicated team of ornithologists to ensure identification details, distribution and status are current and accurate. A new easier-to-use index is also included.
The Australian Bird Guide sets a new standard in field guides, providing an indispensable reference for all birders and naturalists looking to explore Australias magnificent and unique birdlife.
Winner of the 2018 ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year Winner of the 2017 Whitley Medal
Features
Superb, specially commissioned artwork that provides a level of fine detail not found in any other Australian guides 4700+ detailed paintings illustrating species variations Coverage of all species and distinctive subspecies recorded in Australia and its external territories, using the latest taxonomy Indexed by both the common and scientific names
Recenzijos
"Like looking through a new pair of binoculars, The Australian Bird Guide makes it seem like you are seeing even familiar birds for the first time." -- Sean Dooley * Australian Birdlife * "This field guide is an invaluable reference for anyone with an interest in this countrys birdlife." * Gardening Australia * "Books, such as The Australian Bird Guide, are important for the conservation of Australias flora and fauna; they bring nature to people and enable everyone to identify and take joy in the birds, other animals, and plants that we share the world with." -- Harry F. Recher * Pacific Conservation Biology 26(1) *
Foreword
Alphabetical quick reference to bird groups
Acknowledgements
Constructing the guide
Identifying birds
Birding in Australia
A guide for birders to the evolution and classification of Australian birds
Key to abbreviations and symbols
Species accounts
Checklist of species
Glossary
Index
Peter Menkhorst got hooked on birding at age seven and is now a zoologist at the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research. He has been involved in a number of major publications, including co-authoring A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia (OUP) with Frank Knight. He was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1998.
Danny Rogers started birding when he was four years old, and regrets those wasted first four years. He is a waterbird ecologist at the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, is author or co-author of many papers, and prepared many of the plumage sections in the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (OUP).
Rohan Clarke is an ecologist and ornithologist at Monash University. He enjoys birding remote island outposts and leading pelagic excursions to watch seabirds, and was co-author of Finding Australian Birds: A Field Guide to Birding Locations (CSIRO Publishing).
Jeff Davies is a lifelong birder who completed a Fine Arts Painting Major at Caulfield Institute of Technology. He has contributed artwork for a number of publications, including the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (OUP).
Peter Marsack trained as a zoologist but has also worked extensively as a natural history artist and illustrator. He was an artist for the multi-Volume Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (OUP), and a prize-winner in the inaugural Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize.
Kim Franklin, BA (Fine Art) has had an interest in birds throughout his life. His illustrations have featured in a number of publications including the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (OUP) and Raptors of the World (Helm).
