This beginner's guide forms an authoritative and easy-to-grasp introduction to over 80 of New Zealand's best-known bird species.
Ornithologist Lynnette Moon is the author of Endangered Birds and The Singing Island (an account of the transformation of Tiritiri Matangi Island into a bird sanctuary). Lynnette's husband Geoff Moon is one of New Zealand's foremost bird photographers and the author of several books, including New Zealand: Land of Birds, also published by New Holland.