HANZAB Volume 5

The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, known as HANZAB, is the pre-eminent scientific reference on Birds in the region, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and islands. It attempts to collate all that is known about each of the 957 species recorded. For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... The Southern Ocean, also known as the South Polar Ocean (and, formerly, the Antarctic Ocean), is the body of water encircling the continent of Antarctica. ... The birds of Australasia include the following orders and families: (^ denotes flightless birds) Struthioniiformes Casuariidae: Three species of emu (two recently extinct), three species of cassowary. ...

HANZAB is the largest project ever undertaken by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), also known as Birds Australia. It was prepared over 20 years by teams of full and part-time writers, editors and artists, and published by Oxford University Press in seven volumes between 1990 and 2006 (volumes 1 and 7 each in two parts). Australia The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native bird species of Australia, making it the oldest national birding association of that country. ... Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ...

Contents of each Volume

• Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks (in two parts) (1990)
• Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings (1993)
• Volume 3: Snipe to Pigeons (1996)
• Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird (1999)
• Volume 5: Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats (2001)
• Volume 6: Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes (2002)
• Volume 7: Boatbill to Starlings (in two parts) (2006)

References

The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553244-9 (7 volume set), including: Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ...

• Davies, J.N., S. Marchant & P.J. Higgins (eds) 1991. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553244-9 (volume 1 set)
• Marchant, S., P.J. Higgins & J.N. Davies (eds) 1994. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553069-1
• Higgins, P.J. & J.N. Davies (eds) 1996. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 3: Snipe to Pigeons. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553070-5
• Higgins, P.J. (ed) 1999. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553071-3
• Higgins, P.J., J.M. Peter & W.K. Steele (eds) 2001. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 5: Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553258-9
• Higgins, P.J. & J.M. Peter (eds) 2003. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 6: Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553762-9
• Higgins, P.J., J.M. Peter & S.J. Cowling (eds) 2006. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 7: Boatbill to Starlings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553996-6 (volume 7 set)

External links

• HANZAB at Birds Australia. Retrieved on 2006-08-05.