num_pages: 392
description: This is the completely revised seventh edition of Australia's best field guide, with more than 500,000 copies sold over its lifetime. In 132 color plates of remarkable beauty and precision, Nicolas Day has captured the details of all of Australia's 760 birds. Succinct text by Ken Simpson and other experts gives key points of identification, as well as information about the birds' abundance and patterns of movement. Every species text is accompanied by a detailed map showing the boundaries of breeding and non-breeding populations. This updated edition includes sixteen new or revised color plates, all new distribution maps with subspecies shown, and more than 900 black-and white-illustrations. The Vagrant Bird Bulletin has been extended to include 74 species, while a useful breeding summary for every species gives immediate information regarding their annual breeding cycle. All readers, whether beginners or experienced birdwatchers, ornithologists, students or travelers, will find Simpson &amp; Day's Birds of Australia an unrivalled companion to discovering the unique birdlife of this remarkable continent.
language: English
title: Birds of Australia
titlecomplete: Birds of Australia
genres: Wildlife, Reference, Nature, Animals, Australia, Natural History, Birds, Nonfiction, Travel, Field Guides
ratings_count: 84
publisher: Princeton University Press