Handbook of the birds of the world

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Handbook of the birds of the world

[editors], Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal

Lynx Edicions, c1992-

  • v. 1 : Ostrich to ducks
  • v. 2 : New world vultures to guineafowl
  • v. 3 : Hoatzin to auks
  • v. 4 : Sandgrouse to cuckoos
  • v. 5 : Barn-owls to Hummingbirds
  • v. 6 : Mousebirds to Hornbills
  • v. 7 : Jacamars to Woodpeckers
  • v. 8 : Broadbills to tapaculos
  • v. 9 : Cotingas to pipits and wagtails
  • v. 10 : Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes
  • v. 11 : Old world flycatchers to old world warblers
  • v. 12 : Picathartes to tits and chickadees
  • v. 13 : Penduline-tits to Shrikes
  • v. 14 : Bush-shrikes to old world sparrows
  • v. 15 : Weavers to new world warblers
  • v. 16 : Tanagers to new world blackbirds
  • Special volume

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  • Azabu Univ. Center Sci. Info. Serv図

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  • 岩手県立大学 メディアセンターメ

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  • Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library図

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  • Kwansei Gakuin University Library上ケ原

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  • 京都大学 生態学研究センター

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  • Gifu University Library

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  • 札幌大学 図書館

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  • Lake Biwa Museum

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  • Shimane University Library

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  • 情報・システム研究機構 国立極地研究所 情報図書室

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  • 聖カタリナ大学 附属図書館図

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  • Chiba University Library研

    v. 8 : Broadbills to tapaculos488.12000303009

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  • 鶴見大学 図書館

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  • University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図

    v. 1 : Ostrich to Ducks488:H96:15019852945, v. 2 : New world vultures to Guineafowl488:H96:25019852952, v. 3 : Hoatzin to Auks488:H96:35019852960, v. 4 : Sandgrouse to Cuckoos488:H96:45019852978, v. 5 : Barn-owls to Hummingbirds488:H96:55019924595, v. 6 : Mousebirds to Hornbills488:H96:65010101342, v. 7 : Jacamars to Woodpeckers488:H96:75010154127, v. 8 : Broadbills to tapaculos488:H96:85010254588, v. 9 : Cotingas to pipits and wagtails488:H96:95010491222, v. 10 : Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes488:H96:105010491230, v. 11 : Old world flycatchers to old world warblers488:H96:115010491248, v. 12 : Picathartes to tits and chickadees488:H96:125010491255, v. 13 : Penduline-tits to Shrikes488:H96:135010440716, v. 14 : Bush-shrikes to old world sparrows488:H96:145010505104, v. 15 : Weavers to new world warblers488:H96:155010576360, v. 16 : Tanagers to new world blackbirds488:H96:165010670908

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  • Tokyo Metropolitan University Library

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  • Tokyo University of Agriculture図

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  • 東京農業大学 農学部図書館図

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  • 東邦大学 習志野メディアセンター

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  • Tottori University Library図

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  • Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science図書

    v. 14 : Bush-shrikes to old world sparrows598/H853/142080387567, v. 15 : Weavers to new world warblers598/H853/152080387556

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  • 北海道大学 附属図書館図

    v. 7 : Jacamars to Woodpeckers598/H1910181087087, v. 8 : Broadbills to tapaculos598/H1910181084461, v. 13 : Penduline-tits to Shrikes598/H1910181022000

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v. 8-16 : [editors], Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie

Special volume: [editors], Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal, David Christie

Special volume: New species and global index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : Ostrich to ducks ISBN 9788487334108

Description

This is an account of the world of birds, and this volume is 1st of 12. The introductory chapter is illustrated with detailed plates to complement the text, and deals with such diverse aspects as evolutionary history, anatomy, physiology, migration, and systematics. Each chapter covers a different family, headed by a summary box. Photographs illustrate more unusual features, such as courtship behaviour, thermoregulation or feeding techniques. Each chapter is subdivided into sections: systematics; morphological aspects; habitat; general habits; voice; food and feeding; breeding; movements; relationship with man; status and conservation; and a general bibliography. The species account lists names in French, German and Spanish, in addition to scientific and English names. Each species features: its own distribution map indicating resident, breeding and non-breeding ranges; its official status, according to BirdLife International; and the threats facing each species.

Table of Contents

  • Class AVES/the birds
  • ostrich
  • rheas
  • cassowaries
  • emu
  • kiwis
  • tinamous
  • penguins
  • divers
  • grebes
  • albatrosses
  • petrels and shearwaters
  • storm-petrels
  • diving-petrels
  • tropic birds
  • pelicans
  • gannets and boobies
  • cormorants
  • anhingas
  • frigatebirds
  • herons and egrets
  • shoebill
  • hamerkop
  • storks
  • ibises and spoonbills
  • flamingos
  • screamers
  • geese and ducks.
Volume

v. 2 : New world vultures to guineafowl ISBN 9788487334153

Description

This is the 3rd of 12 volumes in a series of handbooks on the world of birds. It provides coverage of birds, from New World vultures to guineafowl. The introductory chapter deals with such diverse aspects as evolutionary history, anatomy, physiology, migration and systematics. Each chapter covers a different family, headed by a summary box. Photographs illustrate more unusual features, such as courtship behaviour, thermoregulation or feeding techniques. Each chapter is subdivided into sections: systematics; morphological aspects; habitat; general habits; voice; food and feeding; breeding; movements; relationship with man; status and conservation; and general bibliography. The species account lists names in French, German and Spanish, in addition to scientific and English names. Each species has its own distribution map indicating resident, breeding and non-breeding ranges; its official status, according to BirdLife International; and the threats facing each species.

Table of Contents

  • New World vultures
  • osprey
  • kites
  • hawks
  • harriers
  • eagles and Old World vultures
  • secretarybird
  • caracaras and falcons
  • megapodes
  • chachalacas, guans and curassows
  • turkeys
  • grouse
  • New World quails
  • partridges
  • Old World quails, francolins and pheasants
  • guineafowl.
Volume

v. 3 : Hoatzin to auks ISBN 9788487334207

Description

This is the 3rd of 12 volumes in a series of handbooks on the world of birds. It provides coverage of birds, from Hoatzin to auks. The introductory chapter is illustrated with detailed plates to complement the text, and deals with such diverse aspects as evolutionary history, anatomy, physiology, migration and systematics. Each chapter covers a different family, headed by a summary box. Photographs illustrate more unusual features, such as courtship behaviour, thermoregulation or feeding techniques. Each chapter is subdivided into sections: systematics; morphological aspects; habitat; general habits; voice; food and feeding; breeding; movements; relationship with man; status and conservation; and a general bibliography. The species account lists names in French, German and Spanish, in addition to scientific and English names. Each species features: its own distribution map indicating resident, breeding and non-breeding ranges; its official status, according to BirdLife International; and the threats facing each species.
Volume

v. 4 : Sandgrouse to cuckoos ISBN 9788487334221

Description

Offering detailed information on the sandgrouse, pigeons and doves, cockatoos, lories and parrots, turacos, cuckoos and couas and coucals, this is the fourth volume in a series of 12. The text contains over 7000 bibliographical references and a percentage of the income of all sales of the "Handbook" is given to Birdlife International for their conservation efforts.
Volume

v. 5 : Barn-owls to Hummingbirds ISBN 9788487334252

Description

This is the 5th of the multi-volume series designed to provide the first comprehensive account of all the species of birds in the world. It covers from Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Each chapter, headed by a summary box, deals with a different family, and it is 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. The species accounts include names in French, German and Spanish, in addition to scientific and English names. Each species features taxonomic notes; subspecies and distribution; habitat; food and feeding; breeding; movements; status and conservation and a selected bibliography. 406 striking photographs illustrate unusual features, such as courtship behaviour, thermoregulation or feeding techniques. It includes 76 colour plates, 758 colour distribution maps, and 8000 bibliographical references.

Table of Contents

  • Barn-owls
  • typical owls
  • oilbird
  • owlet-nightjars
  • frogmouths
  • potoos
  • nightjars
  • swifts
  • treeswifts
  • hummingbirds.
Volume

v. 6 : Mousebirds to Hornbills ISBN 9788487334306

Description

This is the 6th of the multi-volume series designed to provide the first comprehensive account of all the species of birds in the world. This volume covers from Mousebirds to Hornbills. Each chapter, headed by a summary box, deals with a different family, and it is 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. The species accounts include names in French, German and Spanish, in addition to scientific and English names. Each species features taxonomic notes; subspecies and distribution; habitat; food and feeding; breeding; movements; status and conservation and a selected bibliography.

Table of Contents

  • Mousebirds
  • trogons
  • kingfishers
  • todies
  • motmots
  • bee-eaters
  • rollers
  • ground-rollers
  • cuckoo-roller
  • hoopoe
  • woodhoopoes
  • hornbills.
Volume

v. 7 : Jacamars to Woodpeckers ISBN 9788487334375

Description

This volume covers Jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, honeyguides, toucans and woodpeckers. Each chapter, headed by a summary box, deals with a different family, and it is 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. The species accounts include names in French, German and Spanish, in addition to scientific and English names. Each species features taxonomic notes; subspecies and distribution; habitat; food and feeding; breeding; movements; status and conservation and a selected bibliography.

Table of Contents

  • Jacamars
  • Puffbirds
  • Barberts
  • Toucans
  • Honeyguides
  • Woodpeckers
Volume

v. 8 : Broadbills to tapaculos ISBN 9788487334504

Description

The eighth volume in the series which seeks to illustrate all the species of birds in the world, in addition to providing access to all the essential information about each one of them.

Table of Contents

  • Broadbills
  • Asities
  • Pittas
  • Ovenbirds
  • Woodcreepers
  • Typical Antbirds
  • Ground-Antbirds
  • Gnateaters
  • Tapaculos
Volume

v. 9 : Cotingas to pipits and wagtails ISBN 9788487334696

Table of Contents

COTINGIDAE (Cotingas) David Snow, Michael Brooke & Bruno Walther PIPRIDAE (Manakins) David Snow TYRANNIDAE (Tyrant-flycatchers) John Fitzpatrick, John Bates, Kimberly Bostwick, Isabel Caballero, Benjamin Clock, Andrew Farnsworth, Peter Hosner, Leo Joseph, Gary Langham, Daniel Lebbin, Jason Mobley, Mark Robbins, Edwin Scholes, Jose Tello, Bruno Walther & Kevin Zimmer ACANTHISITTIDAE (New Zealand Wrens) Brian Gill ATRICHORNITHIDAE (Scrub-birds) Alan Danks MENURIDAE (Lyrebirds) Alan Lill ALAUDIDAE (Larks) Eduardo de Juana, Francisco Suarez, Peter Ryan, Per Alstrom & Paul Donald HIRUNDINIDAE (Swallows and Martins) Angela Turner MOTACILLIDAE (Pipits and Wagtails) Stephanie Tyler
Volume

v. 10 : Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes ISBN 9788487334726

Description

Features large and small families from all over the world.

Table of Contents

  • Cuckoo-Shrikes
  • Bulbuls
  • Leafbirds
  • Fairy-Bluebirds
  • Ioras
  • Silky-Flycatchers
  • Waxwings
  • Hypocolius
  • Palmchat
  • Dippers
  • Wrens
  • Mockingbirds and Thrashers
  • Accentors
  • Thrushes
Volume

v. 11 : Old world flycatchers to old world warblers ISBN 9788496553064

Description

Illustrates in detail all species of birds in the world.

Table of Contents

  • Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) by Barry Taylor, South Africa
  • & Peter Clement, UK.
  • Wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae) by Michel Louette, Belgium.
  • Fantails (Rhipiduridae) by Walter Boles, Australia.
  • Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae) by Brian Coates, Australia
  • Guy Dutson, UK
  • Chris Filardi, USA
  • Peter Clement, UK
  • Phil Gregory, Australia
  • & Kees Moeliker, Netherlands.
  • Kinglets (Regulidae) by Jochen Martens, Germany & Martin Packert, Germany.
  • Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae) by Jon Atwood, USA & Susannah Lerman, USA.
  • Cisticolas and allies (Cisticolidae) by Peter Ryan, South Africa
  • Richard Dean, South Africa
  • Steve Madge, UK
  • & David Pearson, UK.
  • Old World Warblers (Sylviidae) by Franz Bairlein, Germany
  • Per Alstrom, Sweden
  • Raul Aymi, Spain, Peter Clement, UK
  • Andrzej Dyrcz, Poland
  • Gabriel Gargallo, Spain
  • Frank Hawkins, Madagascar
  • Steve Madge, UK
  • David Pearson, UK
  • & Lars Svensson, Sweden.
  • Foreword on the Ecological Significance of Bird Populations by Cagan Sekercioglu - with a Preface by Paul Ehrlich.
Volume

v. 12 : Picathartes to tits and chickadees ISBN 9788496553422

Description

In-depth treatment of 15 families of passerines including the first comprehensive, modern revision of the 300 plus species of Timaliidae (Babblers, Laughing-thrushes and allies).

Table of Contents

  • Picathartes (Picathartidae)
  • Babblers (Timaliidae)
  • Parrotbills (Paradoxornithidae)
  • Australasian Babblers (Pomatostomidae)
  • Logrunners (Orthonychidae)
  • Jewel-babblers and allies (Eupetidae)
  • Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
  • Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
  • Fairywrens (Maluridae)
  • Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae)
  • Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
  • Australian Chats (Epthianuridae)
  • Sitellas (Neosittidae)
  • Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)
  • Tits and Chickadees (Paridae).
Volume

v. 13 : Penduline-tits to Shrikes ISBN 9788496553453

Table of Contents

  • Remizidae (Penduline-tits)
  • Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits)
  • Sittidae (Nuthatches)
  • Tichodromidae (Wallcreeper)
  • Certhiidae (Treecreepers)
  • Rhabdornithidae (Rhabdornis)
  • Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)
  • Melanocharitidae (Berrypeckers and Longbills)
  • Paramythiidae (Painted Berrypeckers)
  • Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)
  • Pardalotidae (Pardalotes)
  • Zosteropidae (White-eyes)
  • Promeropidae (Sugarbirds)
  • Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)
  • Oriolidae (Orioles)
  • Laniidae (Shrikes)
Volume

v. 14 : Bush-shrikes to old world sparrows ISBN 9788496553507

Table of Contents

  • Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)
  • Prionopidae (Helmet-shrikes)
  • Vangidae (Vangas)
  • Dicruridae (Drongos)
  • Callaeidae (New Zealand Wattlebirds)
  • Notiomystidae (Stitchbird)
  • Grallinidae (Mudlarks)
  • Struthideidae (Australian Mudnesters)
  • Artamidae (Woodswallows)
  • Cracticidae (Butcherbirds)
  • Pityriaseidae (Bristlehead)
  • Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)
  • Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)
  • Corvidae (Crows)
  • Buphagidae (Oxpeckers)
  • Sturnidae (Starlings)
  • Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
Volume

v. 15 : Weavers to new world warblers ISBN 9788496553682

Description

The Handbook of the Birds of the World is the first work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the living species of birds. It is the first work to verbally and visually portray each member of an entire Class of the Animal Kingdom. Material in each volume is grouped by families, with an introductory text on general aspects of the group, generously illustrated with colour photographs. This is followed by individual species accounts and their accompanying colour plates illustrating all species, including all significant sexual and subspecific differences, of all of the families covered. In addition, all volumes contain a foreword on a particular ornithological theme.

Table of Contents

Foreword on conservation of the world's birds, by Stuart Butchart, Nigel Collar, Alison Stattersfield & Leon Bennun. Family Ploceidae (Weavers),Family Viduidae (Whydahs and Indigobirds), Family Estrildidae (Waxbills),Family Vireonidae (Vireos), Family Fringillidae (Finches), Family Drepanididae (Hawaiian Honeycreepers), Family Peucedramidae (Olive Warbler), Family Parulidae (New World Warblers)
Volume

v. 16 : Tanagers to new world blackbirds ISBN 9788496553781

Table of Contents

Family Thraupidae (Tanagers), Family Cardinalidae (Cardinals), Family Emberizidae (Buntings and New World Sparrows), Family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds).

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Details

  • NCID
    BA24568195
  • ISBN
    • 8487334105
    • 8487334156
    • 8487334202
    • 8487334229
    • 8487334253
    • 848733430X
    • 8487334377
    • 8487334504
    • 8487334695
    • 8487334725
    • 849655306X
    • 8496553426
    • 9788496553453
    • 9788496553507
    • 9788496553682
    • 9788496553781
    • 9788496553880
  • Country Code
    sp
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Barcelona
  • Pages/Volumes
    v.
  • Size
    32 cm
  • Classification
  • Subject Headings
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