Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. The Australian High Country is located in the south-east of the continent, and extends from the Wollemi National Park and the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney, through the Kosciuszko and Alpine National Parks and south-west into Victoria, almost..... More
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2008. Octavo, colour photographs. This book is not simply an identification guide. It does include many stunning pictures that will also help the novice with their identification efforts, but really the objective is to introduce the reader to the birdlife in Northern Borneo as a...... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. A comprehensive review of the birds of tropical Central and South America. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This lively new book aims to give readers a broad understanding of 'how birds work' from their physical make-up to courtship and breeding, social activity and their spread and travels. Readers will be able to interpret the kind of bird activity..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A state-of-the-art photographic field guide to the world's oceanic birds. Oceanic birds are among the most remarkable but least known of all birds, living at sea, far from the sight of most people. They offer unusual identification challenges with many..... More
London: Christopher Helm, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Focuses on the field identification of North American hummingbirds. Illustrated by over 200 stunning photographs picked specifically to show identification criteria. More
New York: Firefly Books, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Crane enthusiasts will love this beautifully illustrated book. Cranes are found on all continents except South America and Antarctica. They are typically associated with open wetland and grassland habitats, where their bright plumage, graceful proportions and convivial nature are displayed..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Containing over 2,700 superb colour photographs, this is one of the most comprehensive, up-to-date and practical bird books of modern times. Focusing on identification, the unrivalled selection of photographs show all the plumages you are likely to see. Containing maps..... More
United Kingdom: Merlin Publications, 2008. Oblong format, paperback, colour illustrations, distribution maps. An illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere, male and female, Whistling ducks, Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks, painted in the water and on the water. Each species account contains information..... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2015. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Australia is perfect for residents and naturalists alike. High quality photographs are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly..... More
London: Helm, 2020. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. Brings together the widely scattered results of studies on the processes and consequences of moult in birds. This book opens with an overview of the functions of plumage, and of feather maintenance and feather wear, and then introduces the two..... More
London: Helm, (2020. second edition), Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, colour and black and white illustrations, graphs. A brand-new, completely revised second edition of Jenni and Winkler's classic guide, updated and improved for the next generation of ringers and professional ornithologists. Large in format, packed with high-quality photography and lavish..... More
Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2015. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, black and white illustrations. Accompanied by the stunning photography of Thomas D. Mangelsen, this book details the natural history, biology, and conservation issues surrounding the abundant Sandhill crane and the endangered Whooping crane in North America. Author Paul A. Johnsgard..... More
Lincoln: Nebraska University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, line drawings, maps. Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a pre-ice age period some ten million years ago would fully understand every..... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2001. Octavo, softcover. The most authoritative, detailed, and up-to-date checklist of the 566 bird species reliably recorded in Belize. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. The first ever field guide to the birds of Belize, Central America, with 573 species illustrated in colour. More
London: A & C Black, (2003. reprint), Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, This is the first book dedicated primarily to the field identification of parrots. It covers 350 species, including cockatoos, parakeets, lovebirds and budgerigars. As well as detailed identification and distributional data, it provides information on their conservation status (a..... More
Moscow: Pensoft, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. In English and Russian, this atlas is a complete collection of distribution maps of all 273 breeding, migrant, nomadic and wintering bird species recorded in Moscow City and the Moscow Region during 1999-2004. The maps are accompanied by brief texts characterising..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2019. second edition), Octavo, paperback, photographs, figures, maps. The Australian magpie is one of our nation’s most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people. Written by award-winning author Gisela..... More
Sydney: Macmillan Publishing Company, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, black and white illustrations. Some Australian native birds become childhood sweethearts and court for years before they get 'married'. Others divorce because of personality clashes and different skill levels. Many negotiate their parenting duties. But how do..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The first attempt to shine a critical and scientific light on the cognitive behaviour of Australian land birds. Demonstrating how intelligent and emotional birds can be, Kaplan describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO, (2018. second edition), Octavo, paperback, photographs. A fully revised, easy-to-read second edition providing the most comprehensive single study of tawny frogmouths. The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia’s most intriguing and endearing birds. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, one of Australia’s leading authorities on animal behaviour and..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A highly visual guide to identifying birds in the field based on the important, unchanging features of size, shape, structure, and behavior. Birding is an extremely rewarding and fun hobby, but some situations can be frustrating or unsuccessful because of a...... More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, illustrations. A chronicle of the efforts of Robert Allen Porter, an ornithologist with the National Audubon Society, to find the only remaining whooping crane nesting site in North America in an effort to save the nearly extinct species..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings.BRAND NEW. Birdwatchers can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they don't really understand what's in front of them. Today birders have access to almost too much information, and their attempts to identify..... More