"The only field guide to New Zealand birds officially endorsed by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand"

This new edition of the celebrated field guide by Robertson and Heather features 74 paintings of New Zealand birds, including rare and recently extinct species. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide also includes distribution maps and in-depth guide to field identification. This edition has the addition of a small section of where to watch birds in New Zealand.

The color plates are the same as are found in the concise Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand, published in the United States by Oxford University Press in 2001, but the text section missing from the smaller Hand Guide is present here, with extensive details on size, alternative names, geographical variation, distribution, habitat, population, behavior, feeding habits, conservation, breeding, and further reading references.

Weighing in at nearly two pounds and measuring 6 ½" x 8 ½" x 1 ¼", this book is larger than the average pocket guide. A traveller wishing to keep his pack light may prefer the Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (see link below), a pound lighter and an inch thinner. Birders who want more than the concise identification text, however, will find everything they want in this definitive guide.

The paintings were executed by a leading New Zealand bird artist and the text by two renowned New Zealand bird experts, assisted by many other bird-watchers and scientists.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Hugh Robertson and Barrie Heather (1931 - 1995) are two of New Zealand’s most renowned bird experts. Hugh is the driving force behind DOC’s Kiwi Recovery Programme.

OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHORS:

Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. Oxford University Press, 2001.

Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. Oxford University Press, 1997. Out of Print.

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