This is the first of four proposed volumes that will catalogue the birds of Australia. It contains a wealth of detail about the complex nomenclature and includes informative qualifications and taxonomic decisions. The catalogue also documents type localities, distribution, ecology and bibliographic references.
Columbidae; Cacatuidae; Psittacidae; Cuculidae; Centropodidae; Strigidae; Tytonidae; Podargidae; Aegothelidae; Caprimulgidae; Apodidae; Alcedinidae; Meropidae; Coraciidae; Taxonomic Decisions; Taxa Confirmanda.