Photographic Field Guide to Birds of Australia (1995)

Second-Hand

Very Good condition

An exciting new concept for birdwatchers, this is the first comprehensive field guide to Australian species to be fully illustrated with photographs.

840 superb colour photographs depict each bird in typical stance and habitat, clearly  showing plumage details for ease of identification. Text descriptions highlight distinctive features, plumage variations, bebaviour, calls and songs, and habitats.

Colour maps show the distribution of each species.

Jim Flegg has been a committed birdwatcher since his youth in Australia, and has an expert knowledge of both native and migrant species. A distinguished ornithologist, he plays an active role in the protection and conservation of birds. His publications include many scientific papers and some 30 books.

Steve Madge has led many bird watching tours to A ustralia for Birdquest, one of the UK's leading bird tour companies. As well as having written numerous scientific papers in  leading ornithological journals throughout the world, he is the author of two major world identification guides to Wildfowl and Crows and Jays.