Photographic Guide to Birds of Australia 2nd Edition

This is a bird identification guide with a difference. Instead of using colour plates of paintings, Photographic Field Guide: Birds of Australia features photographs. Photographs of living birds can often provide detail not available in paintings, such as typical poses, real habitat and often more realistic colouring. 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. This second edition has updated maps, general text information and common Latin names.

Jim Flegg OBE is a British horticulturalist, broadcaster, ornithologist and writer on bird-related matters. Flegg was a zoology graduate of Imperial College London and spent much of his subsequent professional career working in horticulture at the East Malling Research Station.

Introduction 6 How to Use the Guide 8 Bird Biology 12 Bird Habitats 16 Bird Names and Classification 24 Family Characteristics 25 The Birds of Australia 41 Field Equipment 354 Conservation 355 Organisations and Addresses 356 Bibliography 356 Acknowledgements 357 Index 358