Over 20, 000 users of HANZAB and importance of Canberra Bird Notes to HANZAB

["Kim Farley via Canberrabirds " <>]

Thanks Steve. Great to have the new release of HANZAB and great to have such a useful new feature. 

And for those who haven't previously used the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, it is a wonderful resource that will take your knowledge of Australian (and NZ and Antarctic) birds to a new level. 

HANZAB was published in multiple hard copy volumes from 1990, but nowadays is available online from here: https://hanzab.birdlife.org.au/. While a login is required for HANZAB, access is free. I am one of those 20,000 users and I use it regularly, not least in my role as ACT eBird reviewer.

Kim

PS A shame not all authors are listed for multi-author articles. Maybe in a later version, Steve?

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM Wallaces via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

In the recent release of HANZAB (released 19 Jan 2026), the January 2026 news item states that the online version of HANZAB has clocked up over 20,000 users of since its release. This shows a high level of interest in the online publication and I do hope people are finding it useful.

 

One of the things the online version of HANZAB enables is the ability to search for publications mentioned in the entries. This can be used to assess the contribution of these publications to HANZAB. For instance, a search for “Canberra Bird Notes” shows that it is referenced in 172 HANZAB entries. I  am sure Canberra Bird Notes will continue to be an important source of information as the HANZAB entries are revised.

 

The same approach can be used to find authors of articles¹. For instance, a search for “Veerman, P.” returns 74 entries with 39 of these sourcing the information from Canberra Bird Notes (search for ‘"Veerman, P." "Canberra Bird Notes"’). A search for “Dabb, G.” returns 11 entries, all from Canberra Bird Notes, and a search for “Lenz, M.” returns 47 entries with 33 of these from Canberra Bird Notes.

 

One of the well known local banding sites, New Chums Rd, is mentioned by name in four entries.

 

There are many other subjects that can found using HANZAB search and I encourage people to try it.

 

Cheers

 

Steve

 

 

¹Note that HANZAB sometimes abbreviates references by not including the names of all authors, so some of the searches may miss some articles for these authors.

 

 

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