Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds


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 subantarctic islands. It attempts to collate all that is known about each of the 957 species recorded.
HANZAB is the largest project ever undertaken by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 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.

Contents of each volume

  1. Ratites to Ducks
  2. Raptors to Lapwings
  3. Snipe to Pigeons
  4. Parrots to Dollarbird
  5. Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats
  6. Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes
  7. Boatbill to Starlings