Birds of Australia

Birds of Australia is the most comprehensive guide available to the extraordinary bird life of Australia. In 132 color plates of remarkable beauty & precision, Nicolas Day captures the details of all 770 of the continent's birds. A succinct text by Ken Simpson & other experts in the field addresses key points of identification while the book's unique handbook section discusses the breeding, behavior, feeding habits, evolution, & taxonomy of each bird family. This sixth edition of Birds of Australia has been completely revised. It includes a full text overhaul in line with the new classification system, 18 new color plates, a completely revised handbook (partly illustrated in color), an extended color section on vagrant birds, over 200 new or redrawn black-and-white illustrations, & new range maps throughout. Birds of Australia is carefully designed for field use. The book's weatherproof plastic binding, illustrated key to families, & field information & range maps adjacent to the plates make it the ideal book for birders to take into Australia's harsh deserts & tropical forests. All readers--avid birders, ornithologists, students, & travelers to Australia--will find Birds of Australia an unrivaled introduction to the natural world of this remarkable continent.Simpson, Ken is the author of 'Birds of Australia' with ISBN 9780691049953 and ISBN 0691049955.