Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.

Simpson, Ken; Day, Nicolas with Trusler, Peter.

ISBN 10: 0670041807 / ISBN 13: 9780670041800

Published by Viking O'Neil/Penguin, Ringwood, Vic, 2004

About this Item

382pp, illustrated throughout in full colour, glossary, index, appendices, checklist, illustrated end-papers. Flexible plastic cover in dust-jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. The book includes every bird species in Australia illustrated in more than 2000 painted images on 132 colour plates (16 new or revised) and 900 bw line illustrations; fully updated; includes ; simple-to-use Key to Families; Field information and revised distribution maps adjacent to each painting of a species. The Handbook section gives detailed information on bird behaviour, feeding and breeding habits. Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 046058

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.
• Publisher: Viking O'Neil/Penguin, Ringwood, Vic
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670041807
• ISBN 13: 9780670041800
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Nicholas Day
• Edition: Seventh Edition, Reprinted.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Birds
  • Australian Natural History

About this title

Synopsis

A reference guide for the birds of Australia, which contains 20 plates, and a distribution map for each species showing subspecies distribution where appropriate. It contains over 1000 black and white illustrations that illustrate behaviours, flight silhouettes, comparisons between related species and other useful identification pointers.