Australian Bird Guide: Concise Edition

Peter Menkhorst has more than thirty-five years’ experience in ecological research and the survey and management of Australian mammals and birds. He has worked in a range of environmental roles in the Victorian government since 1976 and is the author of Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Danny Rogers is principal ecologist with the Department of Environment, Water, and Natural Resources in Adelaide. Rohan Clarke is a lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University. Jeff Davies is a lifelong birder who completed a Fine Arts Painting Major at Caulfield Institute of Technology. He has contributed artwork for Shorebirds of Australia, Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds and The Penguins. Kim Franklin has exhibited in Africa and Europe. His illustrations have featured in ornithological books including HANZAB, Birds of the Western Palearctic, Raptors of the World (Helm) and Pheasants, Partridges, and Grouse (Helm). Peter Marsack trained as a zoologist but has also worked extensively as a natural history artist and illustrator. He was an artist for HANZAB, and a prize-winner in the inaugural Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize.

The ABG is the new benchmark and this concise edition is also the country's first really compact bird guide. For the birder visiting Australia this book provides everything you need and fits neatly into your pocket.