Peter Menkhorst has more than thirty-five years' experience in ecological research and the survey and management of Australian mammals and birds. He has worked in a range of environmental roles in the Victorian government since 1976 and is the author of Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia.

Danny Rogers is principal ecologist with the Department of Environment, Water, and Natural Resources in Adelaide.

Rohan Clarke is an ecologist at Monash University, with expertise in conservation biology and avian ecology. He is also a prominent member of the Australian birdwatching community, having been involved in the discovery of more than 15 species that were previously unrecorded the country. He is a longstanding member of the BirdLife Australia Rarities Committee, and sits on the editorial board for the journal Australian Field Ornithology. Rohan was a co-author of the epic Australian Bird Guide.

Peter Marsack is a freelance natural history artist and illustrator, based in Canberra since 1994. He was senior artist on the final three of the seven volumes of the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, and his original plates from these volumes are now in the collection of the State Library of Victoria. He was a finalist in the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize in 2003 and 2004, winning a watercolor prize in 2003.

Kim Franklin, a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, has exhibited his work in countries throughout Europe and Africa. His illustrations have appeared in numerous books, including Birds of the Western Palearctic, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, and the award-winning Parrots.