Australian animal resources
1. Books

A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia
A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia provides a descriptions, distribution map and colour image(s) for all Australian reptiles ...
Read more
Read more

A Field Guide to Central Australia
A Field Guide to Central Australia is an illustrated guide to the landscape, plants and animals seen along the main tourist routes of central Australia. It covers the area around Alice Springs, west to Kings Canyon, and south to Uluru and the Simpson Desert ...
Read more
Read more

A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia
A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia uses photographs of living animals to help people identify many of the spiders they encounter ...
Read more
Read more

A Guide to the Beetles of Australia
A Guide to the Beetles of Australia emphasises the environmental role of beetles, their relationships with other plants and animals and their importance to humans ...
Read more
Read more

A Natural History and Field Guide to Australia’s Top End
A Natural History and Field Guide to Australia's Top End is an illustrated field guide to the top end of the Northern Territory. It describes the main habitats and commonly seen animals and plants in these ecosystems and contains many photographs. This is an excellent guide for naturalists who are visiting Australia's tropical north ...
Read more
Read more

Australian Marine Life
Australian Marine Life describes 1450 of the most commonly seen plants and animals of the temperate marine waters of Australia ...
Read more
Read more

Birdscaping Australian Gardens
Birdscaping Australian Gardens helps you identify the most common Australian garden birds and choose native plants that will attract these birds to your backyard ...
Read more
Read more

Black Mountain: a natural history of a Canberra icon
This great book on Black Mountain discusses the mountain's geology, soils, vegetation, plants and animals, fire history and walks ...
Read more
Read more

Field Guide to the Butterflies of the Australian Capital Territory
The Field Guide to the Butterflies of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) contains species descriptions, life cycle and habitat information as well as photos, maps of records and predicted preferred habitats for the 87 butterfly species occurring in the ACT ...
Read more
Read more

Insects of South-eastern Australia
Insects of South-eastern Australia is a unique field guide that uses host plants and behavioural attributes as the starting point for identifying insects ...
Read more
Read more

Jawoyn Plants and Animals
Jawoyn Plants and Animals records the traditional aboriginal Jawoyn names and uses of almost 600 plants and animals found on Jawoyn country (Nitmiluk National Park and the Katherine area, Northern Territory) ...
Read more
Read more

The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia
The second edition of the award-winning book The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia is a fully updated guide to all butterfly species on Australia’s mainland and remote islands ...
Read more
Read more

The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia
The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed) describes 333 species of dragonflies and damselflies that occur in Australia ...
Read more
Read more

The People of Gariwerd
The People of Gariwerd — the Grampians' aboriginal heritage tells how Aboriginal people have maintained an intense and unbroken relationship with the peaks and plains of Gariwerd since the last Ice Age to the present day ...
Read more
Read more
2. Websites

Atlas of Living Australia
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is a collaborative, national project that aggregates biodiversity data from multiple sources ...
Read More
Read More

Australian Bugs
The Australian Bugs website has links to many resources about Australian bugs: insects, spiders, ants, bees, wasps, beetles, and more ...
Read More
Read More

Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths website
The Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths website has images and links to information on Australian caterpillars, butterflies and moths ...
Read More
Read More

Australian Freshwater Molluscs website
The Australian Freshwater Molluscs website is a free interactive information and identification site for Australian freshwater molluscs (snails and bivalves) ...
Read More
Read More

Australian Moths Online website
The Australian Moths Online website is a database of excellent images of Australian moths from the CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection ...
Read More
Read More

Birds in Backyards website
The Birds in Backyards website is a research, education and conservation program of BirdLife Australia. It focuses on the birds that live where people live and has a great Bird Finder identification tool on its site ...
Read More
Read More

Brisbane Insects and Spiders website
The Brisbane Insects and Spiders website provides descriptions, classification information and colour image(s) for many insects in that area ...
Read More
Read More

Corals of the World website
The Corals of the World website by Great Barrier Reef specialist Charlie Vernon, has information, descriptions, distributions on all corals in the world, including all those in Australian waters ...
Read More
Read More

Find a bird — Birdlife Australia
The 'Find a bird' page on the Birdlife Australia website has pictures and lots of information on bird identification, location and behaviour ...
Read More
Read More

NatureMapr website and app
The NatureMapr website is a citizen science platform that helps organisations collect, manage and analyse information from the natural world ...
Read More
Read More

The Caterpillar Key website
The Caterpillar Key is a scientific identification key for Australian caterpillar families. It focuses on families of biosecurity concern to N Australia ...
Read More
Read More

The cicadas of Australia website
The cicadas of Australia website is an amazing resource on Australian cicadas. It provides cicada images, scientific and common names ...
Read More
Read More
3. Apps

Birds of Australia
The Birds of Australia app makes identifying Australian birds in the bush so much easier. It's also a great way to learn more about birds ...
Read More
Read More

Birds of Australia — App review
I love the 'Birds of Australia' app. It makes identifying Australian birds in the bush so much easier. It's also a great way to learn more about birds ...
Read More
Read More

Coastal Life of South East Queensland app
Coastal Life of SE Queensland is a free app to help you identify species on the rocky shores, muddy sandflats and mangroves of SE Qld. It describes over 540 species ...
Read More
Read More

Field Guide to Australian Capital Territory Fauna app
The Field Guide to Australian Capital Territory Fauna app describes and illustrates over 730 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in The ACT. It is free ...
Read More
Read More

Field Guide to New South Wales Fauna app
The Field Guide to New South Wales Fauna app describes and illustrates over 900 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in New South Wales. It is free ...
Read More
Read More

Field Guide to Northern Territory Fauna app
The Field Guide to Northern Territory Fauna app describes and illustrates over 600 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in the Northern Territory. It is free ...
Read More
Read More

Field Guide to Queensland Fauna app
The Field Guide to Queensland Fauna app describes and illustrates over 560 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in Queensland. It is free ...
Read More
Read More

Field Guide to South Australian Fauna app
The Field Guide to South Australian Fauna app describes and illustrates over 200 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in South Australia. It is free ...
Read More
Read More

Field Guide to Tasmanian Fauna app
The Field Guide to Tasmanian Fauna app describes and illustrates over 730 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in Tasmania. It is free ...
Read More
Read More

Field Guide to Victorian Fauna app
The Field Guide to Victorian Fauna app describes and illustrates over 900 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in Victoria. It is free ...
Read More
Read More

FrogID project and identification app
The FrogID app is a way to both participate in the Australian Museum's FrogID project and to identify the frogs you may find in Australia. It is free ...
Read More
Read More
4. Software