Sixth Edition.
This is the most comprehensive guide to Australia's birdlife. In 132 colour plates of remarkable beauty and precision, Nicolas Day has captured the details of all 760 of Australia's birds. Succinct text by Ken Simpson and other experts gives key points of identification in the Field Guide section, while the Handbook discusses the taxonomy, evolution, behaviour, feeding and breeding of each bird family.
This sixth edition has been completely revised. It includes updated Field Guide text using the latest classification system, 18 new or revised colour plates, all new distribution maps with subspecies shown, and over 1000 black and white illustrations.
The Handbook is now partly illustrated in colour, and the Vagrant Bird Bulletin has been extended to include 42 species. All readers, whether beginners or experienced birdwatchers, ornithologists, students or travellers, will find this book an unrivalled companion to discovering the birdlife of this continent.
