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Australia / Tasmania Recommended Readings

AUSTRALIAN - NATURE BOOKS & APPS 

Here is a list of some suggested bird, wildlife and plant books and apps that you may find helpful on your visit to Australia.  We tend not to recommend one bird guide over another, as everyone has different preferences when it comes to illustrations versus photographs etc.  So have a look around at the reviews and images and see which one might suit you best.
If they are linked to a website or app store - Inala has no affiliations, so please purchase them from wherever suits you best.

Many of our Tasmania Books are also available at our Inala Nature Gift Shop on Bruny Island 

TASMANIA SPECIFIC BOOKS & APPS

BIRDS  - please only use bird call playback very sparingly (if at all) when in the field

• Inala - Birds of Bruny Island (Money raised goes to the Inala Nature Foundation)
• Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds - Dave Watts 
• Tasmanian Mammals, a field guide - Dave Watts 
• A Guide to Flowers and Plants in Tasmania - Launceston Field Naturalists Club 
• The Guide to Tasmanian Wildlife - Angus McNab (An Inala Guide)
• Animals of Tasmania - Sally Bryant and Tim Squires 
• EucaFlip - University of Tasmania (UTAS) 
• FungiFlip - UTAS 
• TreeFlip - UTAS 
• Pooflip - UTAS 
• FernFlip - UTAS
• Wildflowers of Tasmania - R.F. Minchin
• Orchids of Tasmania - Jones et al
• A Field guide to Tasmanian fungi - Gates & Ratkowski
• The Seashells of Tasmania - Simon Grove
• Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi - Genevieve Gates and David Ratcowsky
• Butterflies of Tasmania - Tasmanian Field Naturalists Inc.
  
  
• App Store - Flowering Plants of Tasmania
• App Store - Orchids of Tasmania

AUSTRALIA WIDE BOOKS AND APPS 

BIRDS - please only use bird call playback very sparingly (if at all) when in the field

• The Australian Bird Guide - Menkhorst et al (Large and heavy, but very comprehensive)
• The Australian Bird Guide  concise edition - Menkhorst et al
• Field Guide to the Birds of Australia - Simpson & Day
• The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds 
• The Field Guide to the birds of Australia - Pizzey and Knight
• Field Guide to Australian Birds - Morcombe
• The complete guide to Australian birds - George Adams
• Where Song Began - Tim Low
  
  
• App Store - Pizzey and Knight Birds of Australia
• App Store - Morcombe & Stewart Guide to Birds of Australia
• App Store  Merlin / Cornell University  ( free)
• Website - Birdlife Australia - Bird Finder 
  
  
• A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia - Peter Menkhort & Frank Knight
• Australian Wildlife - Bradt - Stella Martin
• A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of Australia - Peter Rowlands
• A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Australia - Scott Eipper
• A Naturalist's Guide to the Insects of Australia - Peter Rowlands & Rachel Whitelock
• The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby
• The Geology of Australia -  David Johnson & Robert Henderson
• A Field Guide to Australian Fungi - Bruce A. Fuhrer
  
  
• App Store - Butterflies Australia 
• App Store - Waterbug App
• App Store - Australian Mushrooms ID ( iFungi AU )
  
  
• Andrew Isles Bookshop  always has an excellent selection of new and secondhand natural history books