Awards

Whitley Award for Best Zoological Handbook

2007 - Volume 7: Boatbill to Starlings
2003 - Volume 6: Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes
2001 - Volume 5: Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats
1999 - Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird
1994 - Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings
1991 - Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks

Whitley Medal for Most Outstanding Natural History Publication

1996 - Volume 3: Snipe to Pigeons

Reviews

"Australia and New Zealand are fortunate in having a rich heritage of wild bird species...The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds...is a massive undertaking, but it is absolutely vital to the conservation of these animals in the face of the progressive degradation of the world's natural environment."
HRH the Duke of Edinburgh

"The Handbook will be an essential cornerstone in the environmental planning of government and industry."
Sir Ninian Stephen, former Governor General of Australia and Ambassador for the Environment

"HANZAB is undoubtedly the most authoritative source of biological information currently available on Australia's avifauna."
Peter Bridgewater PhD, former Chief Executive, Australian Nature Conservation Agency

"It is a work of high scholarship and unique value...It represents a repository of information crucial to the understanding of many areas of biology,...in addition to a rich source of detail for comparative studies and a basis for future in-depth investigations."
Dr John Croxall, Head, Birds and Mammals Section, British Antarctic Survey

"My praise is aimed at HANZAB as a source of basic data for teaching purposes and research...It is an important teaching tool in ecology classes...and forms an excellent base on which to build research projects for Honours classes, postgraduate candidates, and even form the nucleus of what can become longstanding research programs."
Professor J.W. Warren, Dean, Faculty of Science, Monash University

"As a synthesis of what is and what is not known about our avifauna, HANZAB is clearly a vital tool in the planning of conservation strategies, whether in highlighting areas in need of more study, or in providing synthesised information on which to act."
Dr Les Christidis, Senior Curator Ornithology, Museum of Victoria

"This book is superb. Of all the regional treaties, HANZAB is streets ahead and it is, of course, the reference book to the birds of the region."
Hugh Harrop in Birding World, UK

"A most significant landmark in ornithological studies. Without question, it will become the standard work of reference for the birds of the region...a classic in ornithological research."
D.S. Horning in Australian Zoologist

"This great work of reference is destined to become the most important 20th-century publication on the birds of the Australasian region. . . .There is information and knowledge here that is obtainable nowhere else and you will find yourself returning to it again and again."
David Hollands in The Age

"I am confident that it will remain the standard source of information on the birds of your region for a very long time. Such information is not only essential to academics but it is also very useful for conservation purposes since being able to cite reliable information is becoming increasingly important in conservation at this time."
Professor C.M. Perrins LVO, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

"The wealth of information and the detail included are quite superb. Clearly, a vast amount of research has gone into producing this volume and it is hard to see how anything else is likely to compete with it in the near future."
David Fisher in British Birds

"HANZAB will be used with advantage for a lifetime. It represents a significant high platform on the stairway of Australasian ornithological understanding. Its editors, contributors and sponsors deserve our hearty appreciation."
Graham Pizzey in Habitat

"...a perfect combination of art and science and a stunning contribution to the understanding of your unique birdlife. HANZAB is a winner."
Bill Oddie