

This volume covers bushshrikes, helmetshrikes, vangas, drongos, wattlebirds, mud-builders, white-winged chough and apostlebird, woodswallows, bornean bristlehead, butcherbirds, birds-of-paradise, bowerbirds, crows, starlings, old world sparrows. 14: Bush-Shrikes to Old World Sparrows Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie Illustrations: Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, Ian Lewington, David Quinn, Chris Rose, Brian Small, Tim WorfolkĨ93 pages, 50 colour plates, 500 colour photos, 484 distribution maps. This volume covers weavers, waxbills, indigobirds, vireos, finches, hawaiian honeycreepers and new world warblers. 15: Weavers to New World Warblers Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie Illustrations: Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, David Quinn, Douglas Pratt, Brian Small, Tim WorfolkĨ79 pages, 60 colour plates, 400+ colour photos, 612 distribution maps. This volume covers cardinals and allies, tanagers, buntings and allies and new world blackbirds. 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie Illustrations: Hilary Burn, Brian Small, David Quinn, Chris Rose, Tim WorfolkĨ93 pages, 81 colour plates, 499 colour photos, 766 distribution maps. Also includes a global index to the whole 17 volume series. This volume covers new species that have been described since the publication of the volumes in the Handbook. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume Edited by Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal and David Christie Lynx EdicionsĨ12 pages, 214 colour illustrations, 319 colour photos, 94 distribution maps. Other Lynx pages Handbook of the Birds of the World The text of each volume is supported by a wealth of colour plates, photographs, line drawings and distribution maps.Īfter completing the HBW Lynx, in association with Birdlife International, produced a two volume Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Each species features taxonomic notes subspecies and distribution habitat food and feeding breeding movements status and conservation and a selected bibliography. Subsequent chapters deal with different families, and are subdivided into sections: systematics morphological aspects habitat general habits voice food and feeding breeding movements relationship with man status and conservation a general bibliography and detailed species accounts. A special volume was published in 2013.Įach volume includes introductory general chapters. The first volume was published in 1992 and the final volume in 2011. HBW is the first work ever to attempt to illustrate and describe all the species of birds in the world.
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Series Editors: Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and Jordi Sargatal On this page Handbook of the Birds of the World (Lynx Edicions) Books About Birds: Handbook of the Birds of the WorldĪ guide to books about birds and birdwatching
