More than 200 renowned specialists and 35 illustrators (including Toni Llobet, Hilary Burn, Chris Rose and H. In addition, all volumes except the first and second contain an essay on a particular ornithological theme. Material in each volume is grouped first by family, with an introductory article on each family this is followed by individual species accounts (taxonomy, subspecies and distribution, descriptive notes, habitat, food and feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation, bibliography). This has not been done before for any other group in the animal kingdom. For the first time an animal class will have all the species illustrated and treated in detail in a single work. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 2: PasserinesĪll 16 volumes have been published.HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-passerines.Special Volume: New Species and Global Index.Volume 16: Cardinals to New World Blackbirds.Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers.Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows.Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees.Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers.Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails.Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl.The series was edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal and David A. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International.
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