Photographic field guide to the birds of Australia

This is a bird-identification guide with a difference.

Instead of using colour plates of paintings to identify the species, it features photographs, covering all 840 bird species that live or visit the Australian continent.

Following a brief introduction about bird biology, habitats and bird families, the main part of the book comprises species entries.

Each species is depicted in a photograph, or two where male and female vary or breeding plumage is different.

A map shows each species' distribution in and around Australia, and the text gives details of size, colour, shape, behaviour, calls and habitat.

The at-a-glance symbols at the end of each entry indicate major habitat types.