Field Guide to Australian Birds
$69.32
7
Pros
- comprehensive
- sturdy cover
Cons
- quite large
“Great looking illustrations and quite comprehensive. Some users compare it to The Sibley Guide to Birds. The full edition is quite large, but there is also a compact edition available: Field Guide to Australian Birds, Complete Compact Edition”
Field Guide Review: Field Guide to Australian Birds
March 16, 2017
Field Guide Review Team (FieldGuideReview.com)
Publisher’s Description:
Written and illustrated by bird expert, Michael Morcombe, this is the most comprehensive field guide to Australian birds published. Simple, clear design links text and paintings; unique system of organisation of information; includes breeding section; and maps define variances in ranges and subspecies. It covers 850 species; includes breeding section; 3500 paintings and 800 maps.
- 3,400 pictures of 850 species from Australian mainland, Tasmania and island territories
- essential information on these species
- unique illustrated section on nests and eggs for species that breed in Australia
- QuickFind system of colour tags gives easy reference to groups of bird families
- graduated colour distribution maps
- the most detailed descriptions of birdsong ever published in a guide
- key identification features of each species are placed beside its illustrations
- comprehensive introduction to the book’s features and basic birding terms
Comments
Portability
5.90
Quality
10.00
Features
10.00
Usability
10.00
Completeness
10.00
My favorite field guide. Most realistic pictures of all Australian Field guides
Portability
2.80
Quality
8.60
Features
7.60
Usability
7.00
Completeness
7.60
One of the larger Australian field guides, with plenty of good information and plates, and with a sturdy cover.