A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of Canberra and the High Country

For each species the common and scientific names are listed as well as local variations. The main identifying features of each species are described and key facts cover size, habits, habitat, breeding, distribution, voice and status in the  region. Distribution maps provide an at-a-glance view of where the birds can be found. The book also includes information on climate and topography, types of habitat, orders and families, residents, migrants, vagrants and highly scarce migrants, topography and the key birdwatching sites. The checklist provides complete information on the local status of each species.

Neil Hermes has been an avid birder since childhood. He has had over 50 years’ association with the Canberra Ornithologists Group. He has written over 20 books including Birds of Norfolk Island and Australia's Endangered Species. For nearly ten years he was Deputy Director of Australia's National Science and Technology Centre (Questacon) and has an Honours Degree in Science (Zoology) from the Australian National University. In the early 1980s on Norfolk Island, Neil was responsible for rescuing the Norfolk Island Green Parrot, the rarest species of parrot in the world.