A photographic guide to birds of Australia.
London: New Holland, (2013. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Compact, easy to use format; the ideal pocket-size travelling companion. More
London: New Holland, (2013. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Compact, easy to use format; the ideal pocket-size travelling companion. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Birds of prey spend most of their time in flight and, when viewed from the ground, they are notoriously hard to identify. Australian Birds of Prey in Flight is a photographic guide to the eagles, hawks, kites and falcons flying high..... More
Auckland: G. J. Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The origin of New Zealand birds is a story whose continuing evolution in the last 30 years especially has upset many apple carts - from the idea that the moa has evolved from a small South American bird which flew to..... More
Melbourne: Penguin Books, (2010. eighth edition). Octavo, limp plastic, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. THE EIGHTH EDITION, EXTENSIVELY REVISED with the latest taxonomic changes and 40 new and revised colour plates. The guide contains 132 superb full-colour plates showing all Australian bird species; key points of identification using the latest classification..... More
New Holland Publishers, 2024. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. FORTHCOMING, due May 2024. More than 50 years in the making, Australian Falcons is a beautifully illustrated volume of personal observations, interesting encounters with raptors, and detailed descriptions of behaviour that will inform and delight the reader. The late great Peter..... More
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2020. Oblong format, laminated boards, colour illustrations. As one of Australia’s finest wildlife artists, the late great Peter Slater needs no introduction to natural history enthusiasts. He has been publishing books celebrating the country’s wildlife for many decades, not least the renowned Slater Field Guide to..... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Identification spreads cover all the key species and families likely to occur in gardens across Australia, including many species of pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, fantails, butcherbirds and honeyeaters. There are also sections covering introduced species, whether or not to feed garden birds..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland Publishers, 2018. Oblong format, paperback, colour photographs. The authors have selected their favourite photographs of Australian birds, taken over the past 65 years, some with primitive and clumsy equipment and others with the latest digital cameras, accompanied by observations and anecdotes. Some of the birds in..... More
Exisle Publishing, 2021. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Getting Closer is a beautifully illustrated discussion of photography as a way of achieving greater intimacy with the natural world. With a focus on birds, the book is directed primarily at photographers (of all levels of skill and experience), but also at..... More
John Beaufoy Publishing, (2023. third edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia contains the author’s personal selection of 100 of the best birdwatching sites in all states, territories and islands of Australia. The sites are chosen for the large number of species or the..... More
John Beaufoy Publishing, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A thoroughly entertaining personal account of the author’s birding expeditions to some of Australia’s very special islands. She hasn’t attempted to include every one of the 8,371 islands of Australia but she has visited the country’s most extreme islands: the most southerly..... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2021. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book is about having fun birding. It contains the author’s personal selection of 100 of the best birdwatching sites in all states, territories and islands of Australia. The sites are chosen for the large number of species or the large..... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper and CD. This easy to use book and CD features 74 tracks of bird songs and calls of species commonly found in gardens all over Australia. Each audio track is numbered to coincide with the guide for quick reference. The book..... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2017. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper and CD. This useful book and audio CD combination aids identification of a wide selection of species through sight and sound. In the book each of the 70 species covered has a photograph, along with descriptions of key identification features, habitat..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2023. second edition, reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Species entries are accompanied by a full-colour photograph and include common and scientific names, identification information, notes on habits, voice, breeding and distribution, locator maps and tips on where to best see each bird. More