Identification Guides for Australia
Field Guide to Australian Birds

Morcombe, Michael. 2000.
Second edition 2003.
Steve Parish Publishing, Brisbane.
Price: approx. AU$ 45.
Size: 180 x 250 x 30 mm.
Weight: 1100 gr.

The latest and by far the most comprehensive and up to date field guide.
The one I use.

Field Guide to Australian Birds
Complete Compact Edition

Morcombe, Michael. 2004.
Reprint, 2006.
Steve Parish Publishing, Brisbane.
Price: approx. AU$ 35.
Size: 110 x 230 x 26 mm.
Weight: 650 gr.

The true pocket version of the above, without the section on nests and eggs.
The printing is just about the limit for me to read without glasses.

The Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight Field Guide
to the Birds of Australia

Pizzey, G. & F. Knight. 1997.
Eighth edition 2007, updated and revised, edited by Peter Menkhorst.
Harper Collins Publishers, Sydney.
Price: approx. AU$ 45.
Size: 155 x 240 x 35 mm.
Weight: approx. 1130 gr.

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Simpson, K. & N. Day. 1984.
Revised seventh edition 2004.
Penguin Books, Melbourne.
Price: approx. AU$ 40.
Size: 160 x 223 x 24 mm.
Weight: approx. 790 gr.

Has undergone a thorough revision: all texts revised, eight new plates, distribution maps up-dated, etc.

The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds

Slater, P. & P. Slater & R. Slater. 1986.
Revised edition 2003.
New Holland, Sydney.
Price: approx. AU$ 33.
Size: 114 x 215 x 19 mm.
Weight: approx. 450 gr.

Very good plumage details, excellent text, handy size and weight.

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