Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition

Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition

Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition

Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition

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Overview

The Australian Bird Guide – the most comprehensive field guide to Australian birds ever published.

Australia's avifauna is large, diverse and spectacular, reflecting the continent's wide range of habitats and evolutionary history. The book covers every regularly occurring species in Australia, including subspecies and rarities. Illustrations of more than 900 species on almost 250 plates, with particular emphasis on providing the fine detail required to identify difficult groups and distinctive plumages, make The Australian Bird Guide the most comprehensive guide to Australian birds ever published.

This revised edition includes updated maps and artwork, reflecting advances in our knowledge of the biology and distribution of Australia's birds, plus fully updated text to ensure identification, distribution and status details are current and accurate, along with an improved index.

This book sets the standard for coverage of Australia's remarkable avifauna. It is truly indispensable for anyone looking to explore Australia's magnificent and unique birdlife.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399421706
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 12/17/2024
Series: Helm Field Guides
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 576
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.65(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Peter Menkhorst is a zoologist at the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Victoria. He is co-author of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. He received the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1998.
Danny Rogers is a Melbourne-based ornithologist with particular interests in plumage, moults and field identification, and the ecology of shorebirds.
Rohan Clarke is an ecologist and ornithologist at Monash University. He previously authored Finding Australian Birds.

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