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Birding Australia International Edition 2008 Lloyd Nielsen 161 pp. 145 x 210mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches). The Directory of Australian Birding. B&W, spiral bound. Regional maps, key species, birding sites, birding tours, pelagic trips,regional contacts, accommodation, travel, health and safety. Fully indexed. $49 Add to Cart |
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Birding Australia Australian Edition 2008 Lloyd Nielsen 181 pp. 145 x 210 mm (5.75 x 8.25 inches). The Directory of Australian Birding. B&W, spiral bound. Regional maps, key species, birding sites, birding tours, pelagic trips, Australian Island Territories, regional contacts, accommodation, travel, health and safety. Fully indexed. $49 Add to Cart |
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Australia currently has four national field guides. Michael Morcombe's Field Guide to Australian Birds in not stocked. With little doubt, the best for serious birding is Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight's Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (referred to as Pizzey). Peter, Pat and Raoul Slater's The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds (referred to as Slater) is excellent and small enough to carry in a jacket or trouser pocket. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (Simpson & Day) is a good guide for general birding. |
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Guide to the Birds of Australia - Graham Pizzey
& Frank Knight 580 pp, 250 colour plates. 155 x 240 mm (6 x 9.5 inches) Packed with information ~ many juvenile plumages,similar species, subspecies, best detail on range. A complete revision of Graham Pizzey's original guide (1980) with a new artist, Frank Knight. $45 Add to Cart |
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The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds Peter, Pat & Raoul Slater 342 pp, 157 colour plates. 118 x 215 mm, (4.5 x 8.5 inches) Despite 20 years since it first appeared this guide has stood the test of time. Its popularity lies in its simple plates, its shape and light weight. $30 Add to Cart |
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Ken Simpson & Nicholas Day 440 pp, 132 colour plates. 155 x 225 mm (6 x 9 inches) Distribution maps include ranges of subspecies. 130 pp The Handbook (non field guide data, general birdwatching, taxonomy, evolution, behaviour etc). Best information/maps on races. $40 Add to Cart |
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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 (now out of print) by Richard & Sarah Thomas. Where to Find Birds in Australia by John Bransby 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 recommended.Not stocked (Reviews on Birding-aus chatline) |
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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. My latest self-published book, Birding Australia Site Guide - The South-East covers many prime birding sites in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. 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 latest book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a bird list for each site, facilities, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Birdwatchers Guide to the Sydney Region (Roberts - site guide )OUT OF PRINT details some of the best sites. Birdwatching in Royal & Heathcote National Parks (Anyon-Smith) is useful - available from visitor centres in these parks close to Sydney. Little else for the remainder of NSW. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) My latest book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a bird list for each site, facilities and maps. Field Guide to the Birds of the ACT (Taylor & Day) is mostly a field guide, but also contains directions to a few good birding sites - fits into a shirt pocket. Victoria (Vic) My latest book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a bird list for each site, facilities, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Little else available, apart from some small publications (annotated lists) covering parts of the greater Melbourne region. Tasmania (Tas) My latest book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a bird list for each site, facilities, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds (Watts) is a photographic guide covering the most notable birds, with notes on where to see each species. South Australia (SA) My latest book Birding Australia Site Guide The South East includes a bird list for each site, facilities, maps, plus seabird and wader hotspots. Western Australia (WA) 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. A vast amount of site information is found on Frank O'Connor's and Birds Australia WA Group's websites - see Birding Links page. Northern Territory (NT) The best covered of all states/territories with three guides - Birds of the Top End (Goodfellow - field and site guide which includes Kakadu NP), Finding Birds in Australia's Northern Territory (Donato et al - site guide which covers both the Top End and the southern areas about Alice Springs - the only guide which gives a comprehensive coverage of central Australia) and Finding Birds in Darwin Kakadu and the Top End Northern Territory Australia (McCrie & Watson - site guide). |
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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 latest book describes 220 of the top birding sites in NSW, Vic, ACT, Tas and SA. 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 sites. 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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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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OF PRINT 168 pp, B&W, line drawn maps, 130 x 210 mm (5 x 8.25 inches) Birds within an 80 km of Sydney CBD. Site guide details 20 best birding localities, access, facilities. Lists 286 species, abundance, habitat, how and where to find the birds and where to look. |
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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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Birding Sites around Perth Ron Van Delft 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. $17 Add to Cart |
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PRINT 84 pp, 150 x 210 mm (6 x 8.25 inches) Annotated list published by Broome Bird Observatory. Map, 6 colour photographs of birds. |
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Finding Birds in Australia's Northern Territory Donato, Wilkins, Smith, Langford 192 pp, 145 x 230 mm (5.75 x 9 inches) B&W, line drawn maps. Many best birding sites, eg Kakadu, about Darwin, Alice Springs, Uluru (Ayers Rock). Notes to assist location of 384 terrestrial resident and migrant birds and 69 of the Territory's rare, endemic and special birds. Status, habits, where to find the birds. $20 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 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. $30 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 Lloyd Nielsen 72pp, 160 x 230mm (6.25 x 9 inches) B&W & colour. The fascinating story of the World Heritage Daintree rainforest. Includes aboriginal culture. Essential reading for every visitor to the Daintree and anyone with an interest in Australia's natural heritage. $19.50 Add to Cart |
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The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand Barrie Heather & Hugh Robertson 432 pp, 74 colour plates. 165 x 220 mm (6.5 x 8.75 inches) Distribution, habitats, populations, conservation, breeding, behaviour, feeding. Notes on field identification. Endorsed by Ornithological Society of New Zealand. $56 Add to Cart |
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A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia Peter Menkhorst & Frank Knight All species illustrated, distribution maps. Details on behaviour, habitat, food, status. Frank Knight illustrated The Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight 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. $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. $25 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. $35 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. $35 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. $27 Add to Cart |
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A Field Guide to Australian Birdsong published by 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. Disc
1 Ostrich to Brown Booby $29 Disc
2 Darter to Red Knot $29 Disc
3 Red-necked Stint to Cockatiel $29 Disc
4 Rainbow Lorikeet to Grass Owl $29 Disc
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Tawny Frogmouth
to Kalkadoon Grasswren $29 Disc
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Spotted
Pardalote to Banded Whiteface $29 Disc
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Red Wattlebird
to Gibberbird $29 Disc 8 Jacky Winter
to Grey Shrike-thrush $29 Disc 9
Yellow-breasted Boatbill to Fawn-breasted
Bowerbird $29 Disc 10 Singing
Bushlark to Common Myna $29 Set of 10
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David Stewart Nature Sound Australia's leading recordist of natural history sounds. Calls are not announced. Indexed list of calls with brief notes in included. |
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Australian Bird Calls - Tropical North-east The important species of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland's Wet Tropics and areas further south. Includes all endemics ~ White-browed Robin, Golden-shouldered Parrot, White-streaked Honeyeater and all Wet Tropics endemics, and Eungella Honeyeater of Central Qld (Mackay region). 83 calls. $25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls - Subtropical East 83 bird calls recorded from central-eastern Australia. Includes sounds from Sydney area, Dorrigo National Park (NSW), Lamington National Park (Qld). Includes both endemics Albert's Lyrebird and Rockwarbler. $ 25 Add to Cart |
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Mallee - South-eastern Australia 78 calls including those of Malleefowl, Regent Parrot, Mallee Emu-wren (endemic), Black-eared Miner (endemic), Mallee Whipbird, Red-lored Whistler (endemic). $25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls - Tasmania 80 bird calls from the island state. All endemics - Forty-spotted Pardalote, Scrubtit, Black Currawong, Yellow Wattlebird. Includes Orange-bellied Parrot. $25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls - South-western Australia (includes Perth) 79 bird calls from south-western WA. Includes endemics, eg Noisy Scrub-bird, Western Bristlebird, Western Whipbird, Carnaby's (Short-billed) Black-Cockatoo, Baudin's (Long-billed) Black-Cockatoo. $25 Add to Cart |
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Broome Region Broome (WA) is the acknowledged wader capital of Australia. 82 calls including those of Dusky Gerygone, Mangrove Golden Whistler, White-breasted Whistler, Broad-billed Flycatcher and Mangrove Grey Fantail. $25 Add to Cart |
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Australian Bird Calls - Favourites 57 bird calls recorded from habitats throughout Australia, eg Satin Bowerbird (Lamington National Park, Qld); Grey-crowned Babbler (Broome Bird Observatory). $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. $20 Add to Cart |
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