This book has an excellent reputation for its ease of use to identify birds when travelling around Australia. This is the "bible" of all bird books.
Colour, 382 pages, soft cover.
This fully revised edition includes tips on how to observe a bird, a summary of key bird families, the history and science of birdlife and a 264 page field guide section:
Field guide gives key points of identification
132 full colour plates show all 760 Australian birds
Distribution maps
over 900 black and white line drawings
No traveller in Australia should be without this book.