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Birding Australia International Edition 2010 Lloyd Nielsen 160 pp. 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches). My directory of Australian birding offers reliable unbiased information based on my lifetime of experience in the field. Best birding areas, key species and where to find them; regional maps; best time to visit; where to stay; birding tours (including pelagic); local contacts; travel, health and safety tips. Spiral bound, indexed, user-friendly. This International Edition is designed for birders visiting Australia for the first time. $49 Add to Cart |
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Birding Australia Australian Edition 2010 Lloyd Nielsen 188 pp. 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches). My directory of Australian birding offers reliable unbiased information based on my lifetime of experience in the field. Best birding areas (including Australian Island Territories); key species and where to find them; regional maps; best time to visit; where to stay; birding tours (including pelagic); local contacts; travel, health and safety tips. Spiral bound, indexed, user-friendly. $49 Add to Cart |
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Australia currently has four national field guides. Slater’s The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds is an excellent work small enough to carry in a jacket or trouser pocket. Pizzey’s The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia is excellent and packed with much information. The new Simpson & Day Field Guide to the Birds of Australia is also excellent, and the only field guide to accurately illustrate the distribution of all races of all Australian birds. Morcombe’s Field Guide to Australian Birds is not stocked. |
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The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Graham
Pizzey & Frank Knight (8th Edition 2007)
580 pp, 250 colour plates. 155 x
240 mm (6 x 9.5 inches). Packed with information. Many
juvenile plumages, similar species, subspecies. Detailed
section on bird families and their representation in Australia. Illustrated
by Frank Knight.
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The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds Peter, Pat & Raoul Slater (2nd Edition 2009)
360 pp, 200 colour plates. 214 x 115 mm (8.5 x 4.5 inches) More than 20 years have passed since the classic 1st Edition of this work appeared, and it has stood the test of time. This 2nd Edition follows the same tradition, describing the more than 750 species of birds recorded in Australia to date, using current common and scientific names, and all the essential features one would expect to see in a reliable field guide.
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Guide to the Birds of Australia Ken Simpson &
Nicholas Day (8th Edition 2010)
381 pp, 132 colour plates. 155 x
225 mm (6 x 9 inches) The only field guide to accurately illustrate the distribution of
all races of all Australian birds. Also includes Vagrant Bird Bulletin,
Breeding Information, and checklists for Australia’s Island Territories.
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There were two guides devoted to Australian birding sites. The best was The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia (OUT OF PRINT) by Richard & Sarah Thomas. This book is currently being updated and details will be published on this site when they become available. Where to Find Birds in Australia by John Bransbury is quite outdated being first published in 1987 and reprinted in 2000 without alteration. Unfortunately Where to Watch Birds in Australasia & Oceania by Nigel Wheatley contains many errors in the Australian sections and is not stocked or recommended (reviews on Birding-aus archives). |
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Only a small number of
guide/finder books have been written for regional areas,
e.g. Sydney (NSW), The Wet Tropics (Qld), The Top End (NT),
but otherwise many areas are not covered. Queensland (Qld) The Wet Tropics (north-east) is well covered by Birds of Queensland's Wet Tropics & Great Barrier Reef (Nielsen - field & site guide OUT OF PRINT) and Where to Find Birds in North East Queensland (Wieneke - site guide only). Nothing else for the remainder of Qld. New South Wales (NSW) My book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a species list for each site, facilities, visitor information, access, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Peter Roberts’ Sydney Birds and Where to Find Them (2009) is a comprehensive site guide detailing the best birding sites and their species in the greater Sydney region. Birdwatching in Royal & Heathcote National Parks (Steve Anyon-Smith) is available from Royal National Park Visitor Centre. Little else for the remainder of NSW. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) My book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a species list for each site, facilities, visitor information, access, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Field Guide to the Birds of the ACT is mostly a field guide but also contains directions to a few good birding sites. Victoria (Vic) My book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a species list for each site, facilities, visitor information, access, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Compiled and written by Birds Australia (Vic), Where to See Birds in Victoria (2009) is a comprehensive site guide detailing the best birding sites and their species throughout the state of Victoria. Tasmania (Tas) My book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a species list for each site, facilities, visitor information, access, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds (Dave Watts) is a photographic guide covering the most notable birds, with notes on where to see each species. South Australia (SA) My book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a species list for each site, facilities, visitor information, access,
maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Peter Waanders’ Birding SA website includes
information about sites - see Birding Links page.
Western Australia
(WA) Birds of the Greater South West (Simon Nevill) is a very useful field and site guide; also explains habitat types and the birds found in them. Birding Sites Around Perth (Van Delft) covers much of the Perth area. Field Guide to the Birds
of Western Australia (Storr & Johnstone) does not
list sites. Most of its information is covered by the
national guides. Frank O'Connor's website includes
information about sites - see Birding
Links
page. The Birds
of Broome (Peter Collins), published by Broome Bird
Observatory, is out of print.
Christmas Island Christmas & Cocos Keeling Islands Birding Guide is an essential companion when visiting these islands in the Indian Ocean, some 2650 km north-west of Perth (WA). Northern Territory (NT) The best covered of all states and territories, with three guides: Birds of The Top End (Goodfellow) field and site guide includes Kakadu NP; Finding Birds in Australia’s Northern Territory (Donato et al) (OUT OF PRINT) site guide covering both The Top End and southern areas about Alice Springs (the only guide with a comprehensive coverage of central Australia); Finding Birds in Darwin, Kakadu and The Top End Northern Territory Australia (McCrie & Watson) site guide 2nd edition revised 2009 is now available. |
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Birding Australia Site Guide The South East Lloyd Nielsen (2007) 160 pp. B&W. 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches) My book describes 220 of the top birding sites in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Bird list for each site, facilities, access. Seabird and wader hotspots. Maps, indexed. Spiral bound. User friendly. $35 Add to Cart |
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OF PRINT 331 pp. 155 x 225 mm (6 x 9 inches) Field guide plus where to find the birds. Key guide identification system. Section on how to separate similar species. Two World Heritage areas. All birds from Townsville to Cooktown and Great Barrier Reef illustrated in colour. Details 86 of the most popular birding sites in north-east Qld. Maps, distribution maps, places to stay. |
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Checklist - Birds of Queensland's Wet Tropics Lloyd Nielsen 16pp, 105 x 178 mm. (4 x 7 inches) Provision for 10 localities/excursions, index. Fits into a shirt pocket. $5 Add to Cart |
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Birds of Lamington National Park and Environs Lloyd Nielsen 144 pp, 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches) B&W. Field and site guide. Subtropical World Heritage site in south-eastern Qld. Status, habits, rare and vagrant species, key format, maps, where to find the birds. $12 Add to Cart |
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Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands Birding Guide Several contributors. Christmas Island lies in the Indian Ocean off the coast of WA. $17.50 Add to Cart |
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Where to Find Birds in North-east Queensland Jo Wieneke 132 pp, B&W, 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches) Covers the area from Cairns and the Daintree River, and south to Bowen. Over 90 localities described. Notes on status, range, habits. $25 Add to Cart |
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Sydney Birds and Where to Find Them Peter Roberts (2009) 208
pp, colour, regional maps, 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches) $35 Add to Cart |
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Where to See Birds in Victoria Birds Australia (Vic) Tim Dolby (principal editor) (2009) 192
pp. colour, district maps, 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches) $35 Add to Cart |
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Field Guide to the Birds of the ACT McComus Taylor, Nicholas Day 90 pp, 32 colour plates, 108 x 210 mm (4.25 x 8.25 inches) All birds in the Australian Capital Territory (about Canberra). Identification, habits, voice, breeding, similar species. Details 7 of the best birding localities plus 23 worth a try. $16 Add to Cart |
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Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds Dave Watts 192 pp, 150 x 210 mm (6 x 8.25 inches) Photographic Field Guide. Excellent photographs. Describes 179 of 210 species of this island state. Identification, habits, voice, habitat, breeding, distribution, where to find the birds. $33 Add to Cart |
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155 pp, 150 x 210 mm (6 x 8.25 inches) Photographic Site Guide. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Professional, coloured maps. Describes 46 birding sites within a 60 km radius of Perth. Notes on 200 species including the south-western endemics. Feature species, bird lists, suggested bird tours. $19.50 Add to Cart
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Birds of Australia's Top End Denise Goodfellow 160 pp. 28 colour plates, 170 x 240 mm (6.75 x 9.5 inches) Field guide covering birds of the northern third (Top End) of the NT. Notes on similar species, call, flight, range, habitat, where to find each species, birdwatching hints and much more. Interesting and distinctive style. Distribution maps. $30 Add to Cart |
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Finding Birds in Darwin, Kakadu and the Top End, Northern Territory Australia Niven McCrie & James Watson (2nd edition revised 2009) 160 pp, 150 x 210 mm (6 x 8.25 inches) B&W. Line-drawn maps. All the well-known birding sites of the top half of the Northern Territory (Top End) plus sites not mentioned in other guides. Includes annotated list. $35 Add to Cart |
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Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds Les Christidis & Walter E Boles (2008) 272 pp, 255 x 175 mm (10 x 7 inches) This long awaited checklist is an expanded update of the official checklist of birds of Australia and its territories by the same authors. Up-to-date classification of Australian birds lists all species recorded from the Australian mainland, Tasmania, island territories and surrounding waters. All vagrant species accepted by Birds Australia Records Appraisal Committee are included plus established introduced species. Brief explanations for the many recent taxonomic changes and for those incorporated into the book. Absolutely essential for birders who take their birding seriously. $58 Add to Cart |
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Shorebirds of Australia Andrew Geering, Lindsay Agnew, Sandra Harding (2007) 242 pp. 170 x 250 mm (6.63 x 9.75 inches) The latest information about the evolution, ecology and behaviour of all species of shorebirds (waders) in Australia. Colour photographs, distribution maps, habitat. $49 Add to Cart |
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OF PRINT 152 pp, colour plates including 27 from Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB).135 x 215 mm (5.25 x 8.5 inches) Many B&W illustrations. B&W drawings of underwing pattern, silhouettes of various flight postures and patterns. Describes each of Australia's 24 species of birds of prey with detailed notes on adult, immature, juvenile, chick, similar species, identification, food, hunting, behaviour, breeding, threats, conservation. Debus is the acknowledged authority on the subject. |
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Daintree - Jewel of Tropical North Queensland Written, edited, illustrated and published by Lloyd Nielsen 72 pp. 160 x 230 mm (6.25 x 9 inches) Order this book direct from the author. I will personally sign your copy if you wish. My book focuses on the famous World-heritage Daintree rainforest in far north Queensland which has survived virtually intact for about 120 million years. Topics include its primitive flowering plants found nowhere else on Earth; the rainforest and its animals; the first human occupants the Kuku Yalanji aborigines; the early explorers. Matchbox Bean, Mountain Mist Frog, Metallic Starling, mangroves, crocodiles ~ all these and more are described in an informative, yet easy-to-read style. Essential reading for every visitor to the Daintree, armchair travellers, and anyone with an interest in Australia’s natural heritage.
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The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand Barrie Heather & Hugh Robertson 168 pp, 74 colour plates. Ideal to use in the field. Every bird species in New Zealand illustrated, including rare and recently extinct birds. This abridged version is the same size as the Field Guide but only a third of its thickness. Has all the illustrations and maps. $28 Add to Cart |
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A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia Peter Menkhorst & Frank Knight (2nd Edition 2009) All species illustrated, distribution maps. Details on behaviour, habitat, food, status. Frank also illustrated Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight's The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. $39 Add to Cart |
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Rainforest Birds of Australia's Wet Tropics 124 minutes. PAL or NTSC. Double-disc set. 100 species of The Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland and their calls. No intrusive music or other distractions. Filmed by Jack Leighton. SPECIES RECORDED $49 Add to Cart |
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Albert Lyrebird Prince of the Rainforest 20 minutes. PAL or NTSC. 4:3. First footage of the elusive Albert's Lyrebird. Filmed by naturalist Glen Threlfo in the subtropical rainforest of Lamington NP (Qld). Dance and display, song and mimicry, and the female at her nest. Also Regent Bowerbird at his bower. With narration. $15 Add to Cart |
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Bowerbird ~ Playboy of the Australian Rainforest 45 minutes. PAL or NTSC. Filmed in Lamington NP (Qld) by Glen Threlfo and Neil Bromhall. Now a major BBC documentary. Satin Bowerbird at his bower, Regent Bowerbird, Noisy Pitta at nest. Numerous other birds and mammals. With narration. $15 Add to Cart |
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Rainforest ~ The Amazing World Within 45 minutes. PAL or NTSC. Filmed in Lamington NP (Qld) by Glen Threlfo. Similar in content to Bowerbird ~ Playboy of the Australian Rainforest, but with more focus on the rainforest, its plants, insects. Many birds, including Rufous Scrub-bird. With narration. $15 Add to Cart |
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Wings of Silence 55 minutes. PAL or NTSC. 4:3. Naturalist John Young introduces us to the mysterious world of owls. Ninox (Powerful, Rufous, Barking, Southern Boobook) and Tyto (Lesser Sooty, Masked, Barn, Grass). Glimpses of Victoria's Riflebird, Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher, Metallic Starlings and others in tropical north Queensland. With narration. $15 Add to Cart |
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A Field Guide to Australian Birdsong published by BOCA (Bird Observation & Conservation Australia). A systematic list of songs and calls of all species of Australian birds. Each bird's common name is announced before its call is heard.
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Birdsongs of Papua New Guinea CD by Scott Connop. Recorded in one of the few places in the world still deserving of a reputation for exotic and obscure birdlife. Ninety nine species, including eleven Birds of Paradise, two satinbirds (formerly Birds of Paradise) plus numerous kingfishers, fantails, and Australasian robins. Some of the skulkers heard are Lesser Melampitta, Painted Quail-thrush, Red-bellied Pitta, Papuan Scrubwren. Follows the taxonomic order as compiled by Phil Gregory in a bird checklist for New Guinea using The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. SPECIES RECORDED $29.50 Add to Cart |
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David Stewart Nature Sound Calls are unannounced. Indexed list of calls with brief notes is included. |
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Australian Bird Calls Tropical North-east 83 bird calls. All the important species of
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland’s Wet Tropics and areas farther south. White-browed Robin, Golden-shouldered Parrot, White-streaked
Honeyeater and the Wet Tropics endemics, plus Eungella Honeyeater of the Mackay
region in central Qld.
$25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls Subtropical East 83 bird calls recorded from central-eastern Australia: Sydney area,
Dorrigo National Park (NSW), Lamington National Park (Qld). Includes the two
endemics ~ Albert’s Lyrebird and Rockwarbler.
$ 25 Add to Cart |
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Mallee South-eastern Australia 78
bird calls. Malleefowl, Regent Parrot, Mallee Whipbird, and the
endemics ~ Mallee Emu-wren, Black-eared Miner,
Red-lored Whistler.
$25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls Tasmania 80 bird calls from this island State. Orange-bellied Parrot. All the endemics, e.g. Forty-spotted Pardalote, Dusky Robin, Scrubtit, Green Rosella, Strong-billed Honeyeater, Yellow Wattlebird. SPECIES RECORDED $25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls South-western Australia (includes Perth) 79 bird calls. Includes endemics, e.g. Noisy
Scrub-bird, Western Bristlebird, Red-winged Fairy-wren, Western Wattlebird, Carnaby’s (Short-billed) Black-Cockatoo, Baudin’s (Long-billed) Black-Cockatoo.
$25 Add to Cart |
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Broome Region 82 bird calls. Broome (WA) is the acknowledged
wader capital of Australia. Dusky Gerygone, Mangrove Golden Whistler, White-breasted Whistler, Broad-billed
Flycatcher, Mangrove Grey Fantail.
$25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls Favourites 57 bird calls recorded in habitats Australia-wide. Satin
Bowerbird, Superb Lyrebird, Eastern Whipbird, Bush Stone-curlew, Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Grey-crowned Babbler.
$25 Add to Cart |
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A Garden on the Wing Lloyd Nielsen & Garry Sankowsky Would
you like to attract birds and butterflies to your Australian
garden? This CD-Rom shows you how. Flowering and fruiting
plants for birds; selecting suitable land; changing an
existing garden; making artificial nesting sites and feeders
for birds, plus much more. Bonus butterflies and birds
screensavers. For Microsoft Windows only. MORE INFORMATION $20 Add to Cart |
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