: Includes distributional information for Commonwealth territories and tracks vagrant or accidental bird and mammal records.

: Tracks native species introduced to non-natural parts of Australia and documents introduced foreign species that have since become extinct in Australia. Professional and Academic Utility

: To ensure standardized nomenclature in legal and official records.

: The second edition added 39 newly described species and elevated 83 subspecies or junior synonyms to species status.

The is a foundational scientific text published by CSIRO Publishing that serves as a definitive "one-stop-shop" for the taxonomy and conservation status of Australia’s land-based vertebrate fauna.

: It lists the latest gazetted conservation status for species and subspecies on a national and state-by-state basis.