Category: Field Guides | Reading Level: very good
Since it was first published in 1984, Simpson & Day's Field Guide to the Birds of Australiahas been one of the most - if not themost - respected bird guide in the country. It has sold over 500 000 copies. The guide contains 132 superb full-colour plates showing all Australian bird species; key point ...Show more
Category: Field Guides
This fully revised and updated edition of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 382 species of mammals known in Australia. This book provides concise and accurate details of the appearance, diagnostic features, distribution, habitat, and key behavio ...Show more
Category: Field Guides
Offers fungi, photographed in their natural environment, with information on fungal biology, ecology, classification, distribution. This book also presents the roles of fungi in nature and spore prints. Descriptions give size range, shape and habitat information as well as spore print colour, spore desc ...Show more
Category: Field Guides | Series: Wild Australia Guide
Australia is home to 191 snake species, and in no other region of the world are venomous snakes in such abundance. Australia's snakes can be encountered while scuba-diving on the Great Barrier Reef, hiking an alpine meadow in Tasmania's highlands or occasionally in a suburban garden. This Steve Parish W ...Show more
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The second edition of the award-winning book The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia is a fully updated guide to all butterfly species on Australia's mainland and remote islands. Written by one of Australia's leading lepidopterists, the book is stunningly illustrated with colour photographs ...Show more
Category: Field Guides | Series: The\Green Guides Ser.
Books of the Green Guide series are not field guides, and so do not include entries for every species. Rather, the focus is on the species commonly found in Australia. Each description is accompanied by a photograph of that species. The information is presented equally across two types of spreads. The f ...Show more
Category: Field Guides
A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia has been the most comprehensive field guide available on the subject since the first edition was published in 2003. As new species are discovered, known ranges extended and higher quality images become available, updated editions of the book have been written to ...Show more
Category: Field Guides | Series: Naturalist's Guide
It's the first book to show every species and subspecies of Australian snake, and the first new book on Australian snakes to be published for 27 years. High quality photographs from Australia's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, di ...Show more
Category: Field Guides | Series: Australian Green Guides
Information is organized simply, with individual species or group entries describing key characteristics such as where they are found, food requirements and behavioural habits. Each entry is accompanied by a photograph and, where appropriate, distribution maps. A key feature of the text is the "gee whiz ...Show more
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Provides a field guide to Australia's iconic raptors and a handbook of our current knowledge. Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and are important ecologically, with some species listed as threatened. Yet they are among the most difficult birds to identify. This fully updated Third Edition of the pop ...Show more
Category: Field Guides
This totally revised and updated guide covers all Australian fish species.
Category: Field Guides