Clifford Brodie Frith

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Clifford Brodie Frith is an Australian ornithologist, photographer and publisher based in Far North Queensland. Of English origin, he worked at the British Museum of Natural History and the Royal Society of London before moving to Australia. Since then he has collaborated with his wife Dawn Frith in long-term studies on bowerbirds and birds of paradise. In 1999 he was awarded, jointly with his wife, the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union's D.L. Serventy Medal which recognizes excellence in published work on birds in the Australasian region. As well as numerous scientific papers, the Friths have authored many books, including:

• Frith, Clifford B.; & Frith, Dawn W. (1985). Australian Tropical Birds. Tropical Australia Graphics: Paluma.
• Frith, Dawn W.; & Frith, Clifford B. (1985). A Walk in the Rainforest. Tropical Australia Graphics: Paluma.
• Frith, Clifford B.; & Frith, Dawn W. (1987). Australian Tropical Reptiles and Frogs. Tropical Australia Graphics: Paluma.
• Frith, Dawn W.; & Frith, Clifford B. (1995). Cape York Peninsula. A natural history. Reed Books: Sydney.
• Frith, Clifford B.; & Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise, Paradisaeidae. Bird Families of the World. No.6. OUP: Oxford.
• Frith, Clifford B.; & Frith, Dawn W. (2004). The Bowerbirds, Ptilonorhynchidae. Bird Families of the World. No.10. OUP: Oxford.

[edit] References

• Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3