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Handbook of Birds of the World vol. 1-9; the backs of the series show a flock of flying flamingos. The 2 euro coin used as comparison measures 25.75 mm (approx. 1 inch) across.
Handbook of Birds of the World vol. 1-9; the backs of the series show a flock of flying flamingos. Flamingos or flamingoes ( are gregarious Wading birds in the Genus Phoenicopterus and family The 2 euro coin used as comparison measures 25. Linguistic 75 mm (approx. 1 inch) across.
HBW-Page on Taxonomy
HBW-Page on Taxonomy
HBW-Family text
HBW-Family text
HBW-Species Accounts
HBW-Species Accounts

The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Lynx Edicions is a Spanish ornithological Publishing company. It is the first handbook to cover every living species of bird. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The series is edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal and David A Christie. The Handbook of the Birds of the World is used as Standard for WikiProject Birds. [1]

So far, 12 volumes have been produced. New volumes appear at annual intervals, and the series is expected to be complete with volume 16 by 2011. When Volume 16 is published, for the first time an Animal Class will have all the species illustrated and treated in detail in a single work. This has not been done before for any other group in the Animal Kingdom.

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). In addition, all volumes except the first and second contain an essay on a particular ornithological theme. More than 200 renowned specialists and 35 illustrators from more than 40 countries have contributed to the project up to now, as well as 834 photographers from all over the world.

Since the first volume appeared in 1992, the series has received various international awards. The first volume was selected as Bird Book of the Year by the magazines Birdwatch and British Birds, and the fifth volume was recognised as Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, the American Library Association magazine. Birdwatch (ISSN 0967-1870) is a British Magazine for Birdwatchers produced by Solo Publishing first published in 1992 CHOICE Magazine is a publication of the Australian Consumers' Association, a non-profit organization founded in 1959 to research and advocate on behalf of Australian The American Library Association ( ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally The seventh volume, as well as being named Bird Book of the Year by Birdwatch and British Birds, also received the distinction of Best Bird Reference Book in the 2002 WorldTwitch Book Awards[2] This same distinction was also awarded to Volume 8 a year later in 2003. Birdwatch (ISSN 0967-1870) is a British Magazine for Birdwatchers produced by Solo Publishing first published in 1992 [3]

Individual volumes are large, 32 cm by 25 cm, and weighing between 4-4. 6 kg; it has been commented in a review that "fork-lift truck book" would be a better title.

As a complement to the Handbook of the Birds of the World and with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna, in 2002 Lynx Edicions started the Internet Bird Collection (IBC). Lynx Edicions is a Spanish ornithological Publishing company. It is a free-access, on-line audiovisual library [4] of footage of the world's birds with the aim of posting videos showing a variety of biological aspects (e. g. subspecies, plumages, feeding, breeding, etc. ) for every species. It is a non-profit endeavour fuelled by material from more than one hundred contributors from around the world. The IBC currently holds over 20,000 videos representing almost 5,000 species and new material is added daily.

HBW -Plate 55 (artist: Hilary Burn) from Volume 12
HBW -Plate 55 (artist: Hilary Burn) from Volume 12

























Contents

Published Volumes

A list of volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World produced to date is as follows:

Volume 1: Ostrich To Ducks

This volume was published in 1992. Unlike subsequent volumes, it does not have an introductory essay; instead, it has a 38 page overview by Eduardo de Juana of the biology of birds and a foreword welcoming the HBW project, by Christoph Imboden. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

HBW-Cover of Volume 1
HBW-Cover of Volume 1

Volume 2: New World Vultures To Guineafowl

This volume was published in 1994. The Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) is a large Flightless bird native to Africa (and formerly the Middle East) The rheas are species of flightless Ratite Birds in the genus Rhea, native to South America. The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members the three Species of Cassowary, and the only remaining species of Emu. The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members the three Species of Cassowary, and the only remaining species of Emu. KIWI (1029 FM, "Radio Lobo" is a commercial Radio station located in McFarland California, broadcasting to the Bakersfield California The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of Bird, members of a South American Bird family of about 47 species in 9 genera Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless Birds living almost The loons (eg North America or divers (eg UK/Ireland are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia Grebes are members of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds some of which visit the sea when migrating Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large Seabirds allied to the procellariids, Storm-petrels and Diving-petrels The family Procellariidae is a group of Seabirds that comprises the Fulmarine petrels the Gadfly petrels the prions, and the Shearwaters The storm-petrels are Seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. The diving-petrels are Seabirds in the Bird order Procellariiformes Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic Seabirds There are three species in one Genus Phaethon A pelican is a large water Bird with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the Bird family Pelecanidae. The Bird family Sulidae comprises the Gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal Seabirds that plunge-dive for fish The Bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 Species of cormorants and shags. The darters or snake-birds are birds in the family Anhingidae. The frigatebirds are a family Fregatidae, of Seabirds There are five Species in the single Genus Fregata. The herons are wading Birds in the Ardeidae family Some are called Egrets or Bitterns instead of herons The Hammerkop ( Scopus umbretta) also known as Hamerkop, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Stork, Umbrette, Umber Bird, Tufted Storks are large long-legged long-necked wading Birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae. The Shoebill, Balaeniceps rex, also known as Whalehead, is a very large Bird related to the Storks It derives its name from its massive The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 Species of large terrestrial and wading Birds falling into two subfamilies the Ibises Flamingos or flamingoes ( are gregarious Wading birds in the Genus Phoenicopterus and family The Screamers are a small family of Birds the Anhimidae For a long time they were thought to be related to the Galliformes because of similar bills It has a foreword by Walter J. Bock on the organization of information in HBW. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

HBW-Cover of Volume 2
HBW-Cover of Volume 2

Volume 3: Hoatzin To Auks

This volume was published in 1996. The New World vulture family Cathartidae contains seven Species found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas. The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus, also called Sea Hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating Bird of prey. The Accipitridae is one of the two major families within the order Falconiformes (the diurnal birds of prey) The Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, is a large mostly terrestrial Bird of prey. The falcons and caracaras are around 60 Species of diurnal birds of prey that comprise the family Falconidae. The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky medium-large chicken-like Birds with small heads and large feet in the family The chachalacas guans and curassows are Birds in the family Cracidae. A turkey is either of two extant Species of large Birds in the Genus Meleagris native to North America. Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes. Often considered a family Tetraonidae, the American Ornithologists' Union The New World quails are small birds only distantly related to the Quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits The Phasianidae is a family of Birds which consists of the Pheasants and Partridges and including the junglefowl Old World quail francolins The guineafowl (sometimes called guineahen are a family of birds in the same order as the Pheasants turkeys and other game birds and is native to It has an introductory essay by Robert Bateman on "Art And Nature". Robert Bateman (born 1930-05-24) is a Canadian naturalist and painter, born in Toronto, Ontario.

HBW-Cover of Volume 3
HBW-Cover of Volume 3

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 4: Sandgrouse To Cuckoos

This volume was published in 1997. The Hoatzin ( Opisthocomus hoazin) also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird, or Canje "Pheasant", is an unusual species The mesites ( Mesitornithidae) are a family of Birds of uncertain affinities The buttonquails or hemipodes are a small family of Birds which resemble but are unrelated to the true Quails They inhabit warm grasslands in Asia Cranes are large long-legged and long-necked Birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. The Limpkin (common names carrao, courlan, crying bird) Aramus guarauna, is a bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally The trumpeters are a small family of Birds restricted to the forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized Birds The family exhibits considerable diversity The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical Birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of Grebes and Coots The family overall KAGU is a Classical music Radio station run by Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington. The Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias is a Bittern -like Bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family The Seriemas are a small and ancient family (Cariamidae of tropical South American Birds related to the rails and Bustards There are two Bustards are large terrestrial Birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. For the Melbourne suburb see Jacana Victoria. The jacanas or jaçanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds are a group of tropical Waders Painted snipes are three distinctive Wader Species in the family Rostratulidae. The Crab Plover ( Dromas ardeola is a Bird related to the Waders but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Dromadidae. "Oystercatchers" is also a novel by Susan Fletcher. The oystercatchers are a group of Waders they form the family The Ibisbill ( Ibidorhyncha struthersii) is a Bird related to the Waders but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Ibidorhynchidae Recurvirostridae is a family of Birds in the Wader suborder Charadrii The Stone-curlews or Thick-knees are a group of largely tropical birdsin the family Burhinidae. Glareolidae is a family of Birds in the Wader suborder Charadri The bird family Charadriidae includes the Plovers Dotterels and Lapwings about 64 to 66 Species in all "Sandpiper" redirects here For the 1965 film see The Sandpiper. The Plains Wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus, is a unique Bird and is put in a family of its own The seedsnipes are a family, Thinocoridae, of small gregarious Waders which have adapted to a herbivorous diet The sheathbills are a family of Birds Chionididae. The family contains one genus Chionis, with only two species Skuas are Seabirds in the family Stercorariidae. The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in North America Gulls (often informally Seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae Terns are Seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen et al The Skimmers, Rhynchopidae, are a small family of Tern -like Birds in the order Charadriiformes which also includes the Waders Gulls This article is about a family of birds For the American ornithological journal see The Auk. It has an introductory essay on "Species Concepts and Species Limits in Ornithology" by Jürgen H. Haffer.

HBW-Cover of Volume 4
HBW-Cover of Volume 4

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 5: Barn-Owls To Hummingbirds

This volume was published in 1999. Sandgrouse is also the name of the journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East - see Sandgrouse (journal The sandgrouse are a A cockatoo is any of the 20 Bird Species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family, one of the two "traditional" families in the biological order The turacos, Plantain -eaters and go-away-birds make up the Bird family Musophagidae (literally "banana-eaters" The cuckoos are a family Cuculidae, of Near passerine Birds The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos also includes the It has an introductory essay on "Risk Indicators and Status Assessment in Birds" by Nigel J. Collar.

HBW-Cover of Volume 5
HBW-Cover of Volume 5

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 6: Mousebirds To Hornbills

This volume was published in 2001. Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls the other being the Typical owls Strigidae True owls or typical owls ( family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of Owls the other being the barn owls The Oilbird ( Steatornis caripensis) also known as Guácharo, is a slim long-winged bird related to the Nightjars and usually placed with these in the Owlet-nightjars are small Nocturnal Birds related to the Nightjars and Frogmouths Most are native to New Guinea, but some species The frogmouths are a group of Nocturnal Birds related to the Nightjars They are found from India across southern Asia to The potoos are a family, Nyctibiidae of Near passerine Birds related to the Nightjars and Frogmouths They are sometimes This article is about the bird For the aircraft see Gloster Nightjar. The swifts are a family Apodidae, of highly aerial Birds They are superficially similar to Swallows but are actually not closely related to those The treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, Hemiprocnidae, of aerial Near passerine Birds closely related to the true swifts Hummingbirds are Birds in the family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. It has an introductory essay entitled "On Avian Bioacoustics" by Luis Baptista and Don Kroodsma.

HBW-Cover of Volume 6
HBW-Cover of Volume 6

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 7: Jacamars To Woodpeckers

This volume was published in 2002. The mousebirds are a small group of (possibly Near passerine) Birds which have no real close affinities to other groups though they and the parrots and cockatoos The trogons and quetzals are Birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family the Trogonidae. The river kingfishers or Alcedinidae, are one of the three families of Bird in the Kingfisher group The todies are a family, Todidae, of Caribbean Birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the Kingfishers The motmots or Momotidae are a family of tropical Birds in the Near passerine order Coraciiformes, which also includes the The bee-eaters are a group of Near passerine Birds in the family Meropidae The rollers are an Old World family of Near passerine Birds related to the Kingfishers and Bee-eaters The group gets its name The ground-rollers are a small family of non-migratory Near-passerine Birds restricted to Madagascar. The Cuckoo-roller, Leptosomus discolor, is the only Bird in the family Leptosomatidae, which is usually considered to be within the order Coraciiformes The Hoopoe (ˈhuːpuː Upupa epops is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers The Woodhoopoes are a small African family of Near passerine Birds These tropical Species are not migratory. Hornbills ( family Bucerotidae) are a group of Birds characterized by a long down-curved bill sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible It has an introductory essay on "Extinct Birds" by Errol Fuller.

HBW-Cover of Volume 7
HBW-Cover of Volume 7

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 8: Broadbills To Tapaculos

This volume was published in 2003. The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of Near passerine Birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to The puffbirds and their relatives in the Near passerine family Bucconidae are tropical birds breeding from South America up to Mexico. American barbets, family Capitonidae, are Near passerine Birds of the order Piciformes which inhabit South America. Toucans are a family Ramphastidae, of Near-passerine Birds from the Neotropics (i Honeyguides, ( family Indicatoridae) are Near passerine Bird species of the order Piciformes. It has an introductory essay on "The History Of Bird Classification" by Murray Bruce.

HBW-Cover of Volume 8
HBW-Cover of Volume 8

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 9: Cotingas To Pipits And Wagtails

This volume was published in 2004. The broadbills are a family of small Passerine Birds The Smithornis and Pseudocalyptomena species occur in tropical Africa the rest extend from The asities, are a family, the Philepittidae, of small Suboscine Passerine Birds The family consists of four Species Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of Passerine Birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species Ovenbirds or furnariids comprise a large family of small Suboscine Passerine Bird Species found in Central and The woodcreepers ( Dendrocolaptinae) comprise a Subfamily of Sub-oscine Passerine Birds endemic to the Neotropics The antbirds are a large family, Thamnophilidae, of Passerine Birds found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America The Formicariidae, formicariids or ground antbirds are a family of smallish Passerine Birds of subtropical and tropical Central The gnateaters are a Bird family, Conopophagidae, consisting of ten small Passerine Species in two genera, which occur The tapaculos are a group of small Suboscine passeriform Birds with numerous species found mainly in South America and with the highest It has an introductory essay on "Ornithological Nomenclature" by Richard Banks

HBW-Cover of Volume 9
HBW-Cover of Volume 9

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes To Thrushes

This volume was published in 2005. The cotingas are a large family of Passerine Bird Species found in Central America and Tropical South America. The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of some sixty small Passerine bird Species of the American tropics The tyrant flycatchers ( Tyrannidae) are a family of Passerine Birds which occur throughout North and South America, but are mainly The New Zealand wrens, Acanthisittidae, are a family of tiny Passerines endemic to New Zealand. Scrub-birds are shy secretive ground-dwelling birds of the family Atrichornithidae. A Lyrebird is either of two Species of ground-dwelling Australian Birds most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial Larks are Passerine Birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, including northern and eastern Australia The swallows and martins are a group of Passerine Birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial The Motacillidae are a family of small Passerine Birds with medium to long tails It has an introductory essay on "The Ecology And Impact Of Non-Indigenous Birds" by Daniel Sol, Tim Blackburn, Phillip Cassey, Richard Duncan and Jordi Clavell.

HBW-Cover of Volume 10
HBW-Cover of Volume 10

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers

Published in September 2006. The cuckoo-shrikes and allies in the Campephagidae family are small to medium-sized Passerine Bird Species found in the subtropical Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae) are a family of medium-sized passerine Songbirds Many forest species are known as Greenbuls The family The leafbirds ( Chloropseidae) are a family of small Passerine Bird species found in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia The two fairy-bluebirds are small Passerine Bird Species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines For the Australian Aboriginal people of the Sydney region see Eora The ioras are a family of small Passerine Bird The silky-flycatchers are a small family of Passerine Birds which occur mainly in Central America, although the range of one Species, the For the Seattle band featuring Rocky Votolato, see Waxwing (band. The Grey Hypocolius ( Hypocolius ampelinus; alternative name Hypocolius) is a small Passerine Bird Species. The Palmchat, Dulus dominicus, is a small long-tailed Passerine Bird, the only species in the genus Dulus and the family Dulidae Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the Bird family Cinclidae The wrens are Passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. The mimids are the New World family of passerine Birds Mimidae, that includes Thrashers Mockingbirds Tremblers The accentors are in the only Bird family the Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic. See also other birds with "thrush" in their name Waterthrush, Shrike-thrush, Thrush Nightingale The Thrushes, It has an introductory essay on "The ecological significance of bird populations" by Cagan Sekercioglu with a Preface by Paul R. Ehrlich. Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29 1932 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a renowned Entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera (butterflies

HBW-Cover of Volume 11
HBW-Cover of Volume 11

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees

Published in October 2007. The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small Passerine Birds restricted to the Old World. Platysteiridae is a family of small stout Passerine Birds of the African tropics Fantails are small Insectivorous Birds of southern Asia and Australasia belonging to the Genus Rhipidura The monarch flycatchers, Monarchidae, are a family of Birds Well-known forms included here are boatbills monarch flycatchers paradise-flycatchers and the Magpie-lark The kinglets or crests are a small group of birds sometimes included in the Old World warblers but are frequently given family status because they also resemble the The 15-20 species of small Passerine Birds in the gnatcatcher family occur in North and South America (except far south and high Andean The Cisticolidae family of small Passerine Birds is a group of about 110 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World The " Old World Warblers " family Sylviidae are a family of small Passerine Bird species the names sylviid warblers With a foreword on Fossil Birds by Kevin J. Caley.

HBW-Cover of Volume 12
HBW-Cover of Volume 12

Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 13: Nuthatches to True Shrikes

In preparation. The picathartes, rockfowl or bald crows are a small genus of two Passerine Bird Species within the family Picathartidae found The Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World Passerine Birds They are rather diverse in size and coloration The parrotbills are a group of peculiar Birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though Feral populations are known from elsewhere The Pomatostomidae ( Australo-Papuan or Australasian babblers, also known as pseudo-babblers) are small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New The Orthonychidae is a family of Birds with a single Genus, Orthonyx, which comprises three species of Passerine birds The Malaysian Rail-babbler ( Eupetes macrocerus) is a strange rail-like pied inhabitant of the floor of primary forest in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers shrike-thrushes shrike-tits Pitohuis and Crested Bellbird and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation The Bird family Petroicidae includes roughly 45 species in about 15 genera The Maluridae are a family of small insectivorous Passerine Birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. The bristlebirds are a family Dasyornithidae, of Passerine Bird. The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian Warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include Gerygones Thornbills and Scrubwrens The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, The sittellas are a family Neosittidae, of small Passerine Birds found only in Australasia. There are 7 Species of Australasian treecreeper in the Passerine bird family Climacteridae. The tits, chickadees, and titmice comprise Paridae, a large family of small Passerine Birds which occur in the Northern hemisphere With an introductory essay/chapter on Bird Migration by Ian Newton. Scheduled for publication in October 2008.

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BIRD
  2. ^ WORLDTWITCH - 2002 Book Awards - Birds and Birding
  3. ^ WORLDTWITCH - 2003 Book Awards - Birds and Birding
  4. ^ the Internet Bird Collection

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