Families of Birds

by Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Arthur B. Singer (Illustrator)

An illustrated guide to the classification of birds and the composition of the various orders

200 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1985

Reviews

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really nice, compact beginner's guide to higher level taxonomy of birds. Predates genetic analyses so is fairly out-of-date in terms of sequence.

[Nicholas Sly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The taxonomy is of course now decades out of date. But ignoring that this is a fun little pocket guide to family-level diversity in birds.