VOLUME 13: PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT

Buteo Books is pleased to announce that the next volume in the Handbook of the Birds of the World series, Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes, is scheduled to be published this October. Buteo Books will offer a special pre-publication price of $210 plus $10 shipping and handling for domestic addressees until September 30. After that date, no further orders will be accepted at the discount price. See below for more details about Volume 13.

Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first eight volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) have met with universal acclaim. This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated work has already become the definitive reference work to the bird families covered. Originally to be completed in twelve volumes, it will be expanded to sixteen volumes to allow for increased content, including additional photographs and artwork. This is the first work ever 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.

Each volume measures 9 ¾" x 12 ½" (24 x 31 cm). They are hardbound, with dust jackets. They include exhaustive family texts, plus detailed individual species accounts which include distribution maps. Each species is illustrated on a color plate, including all significant sexual and subspecific differences, and high quality color photographs depict many aspects of the birds’ life and behavior. English, French, German, Spanish, and Latin names are given for each species.

The price is $265 per volume (*see above). Buteo Books continues to offer a special price on orders for the set as well as the prepublication price on forthcoming volumes. The complete set (currently consisting of eleven volumes, including the forthcoming Volume 12) sells at a list price of $3,000.00. If you purchase the complete set from Buteo Books, we can offer a 20% discount off that list price, for a total of $2,400.00 plus shipping.

Learn about our Prepublication Discount offer for future volumes!

Also from Lynx Edicions, Handbook of the Mammals of the World is now in preparation. Volume 1: Carnivores, should be ready for publication early in 2009. Watch this space in September 2008, when we will announce a discounted pre-publication price. This series is expected to be an extraordinary and unique project, illustrating and describing in detail every mammalian species on the planet. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES:

Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Ostrich, Rheas, Cassowaries, Emu, Kiwis, Tinamous, Penguins, Divers, Grebes, Albatrosses, Petrels And Shearwaters, Storm-Petrels, Diving-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Gannets And Boobies, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Herons, Hamerkop, Storks, Shoebill, Ibises And Spoonbills, Flamingos, Screamers, Ducks, Geese And Swans. 50 color plates, 382 color photographs. 1992. 696 pp. $265.00

Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks And Eagles, Secretarybird, Falcons And Caracaras, Megapodes, Chachalacas, Guans And Curassows, Turkeys, Grouse, New World Quails, Pheasants And Partridges, Guineafowl. 60 color plates, 302 photos. 1994. 638 pp. $265.00

Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Hoatzin, Mesites, Buttonquails, Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeters, Rails, Gallinules And Coots, Finfoots, Kagu, Sunbittern, Seriemas, Bustards, Jacanas, Painted Snipes, Crab Plover, Oystercatchers, Ibisbill, Avocets, Stilts, Thick-Knees, Pratincoles, Coursers, Plovers, Sandpipers & Allies, Plains-Wanderer, Seedsnipes, Sheathbills, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Auks. 60 color plates, 389 photos. 1996. 821 pp. $265.00

Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves, Cockatoos, Parrots, Turacos, and Cuckoos. 70 color plates, 236 color photos. 1997. 679 pp. $265.00

Volume 5: Barn Owls to Hummingbirds. Barn-owls, Typical Owls, Oilbird, Owlet-nightjars, Frogmouths, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Tree-swifts, Hummingbirds. 76 color plates, 405 color photos. 1999. 759 pp. $265.00

Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Mousebirds, Trogons, Kingfishers, Todies, Motmots, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Ground-rollers, Cuckoo-rollers, Hoopoes, Wood-hoopoes, Hornbills. 46 color plates, over 330 color photographs. 2001. 589 pp. $265.00

Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Jacamars, Puffbirds, Barbets, Toucans, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers. 69 color plates, over 300 color photographs. 2002. 613 pp. Includes a complete laminated index of all non-passerines covered in volumes 1 - 7. $265.00

Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Broadbills, Asities, Pittas, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Ground-antbirds, Gnateaters, Tapaculos. 81 color plates, over 470 color photographs. 2004. 845 pp. $265.00

Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Cotingas, Manakins, Tyrant-flycatchers, New Zealand Wrens, Scrub-birds, Lyrebirds, Larks, Swallows, Pipits and Wagtails. They are illustrated with 78 color plates and over 400 photographs. $265.00

Volume 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Foreword on the ecology and impact of non-indigenous birds by Daniel Sol, Tim Blackburn, Phillip Cassey, Richard Duncan and Jordi Clavell. 80 color plates, over 400 color photographs, distribution maps, bibliographical references. 895 pp. Comprehensive coverage of: Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Leafbirds, Fairy-bluebirds, Ioras, Silky-flycatchers, Waxwings, Hypocolius, Palmchat, Dippers, Wrens, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Accentors, and Thrushes. $265.00

Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. 2006. 55 color plates, more than 300 color photographs, 723 distribution maps. Foreword on the ecological significance of bird populations by Cagan Sekercioglu with a Preface by Paul Ehrlich. Comprehensive coverage of: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers), Platysteiridae (Wattle-eyes), Rhipiduridae (Fantails), Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers), Regulidae (Kinglets), Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers), Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & Allies), and Sylviidae (Old World Warblers). $265.00

Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. 2007. This volume includes coverage of the Passeriformes: Picathartes, Babblers, Parrotbills, Australasian Babblers, Logrunners, Jewel-babblers and allies, Whistlers, Australasian Robins, Fairywrens, Bristlebirds, Thornbills, Australian Chats, Sittellas, Australasian Treecreepers, Tits and Chickadees. 52 color plates, more than 400 color photographs, distribution maps. 815 pp. Foreword on Fossil Birds by Dr. Kevin J. Caley. $265.00

Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. due October 2008. An essay on bird migration by Ian Newton will precede the family accounts. This volume will continue coverage of the Passerines, with Remizidae (Penduline-tits), Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits), Sittidae (Nuthatches), Tichodromadidae (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), and Laniidae (Shrikes). Illustrated with 60 color plates, more than 400 color photographs, 611 distribution maps. $265.00

PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT OFFER: Through September 30, 2008, Buteo Books will offer a special pre-publication discount price of $210.00 plus $10 shipping and handling for domestic addressees. (International orders, see shipping information below) Domestic shipping will be done via UPS. If you prefer the USPS, please let us know. We encourage you to take advantage of this special offer by placing your order with us by telephone, fax, mail or e-mail before September 30, 2008. After that date, no further orders will be accepted at the discount price.

Future Volumes:
Volume 14: Bushshrikes to Old World Sparrows (due 2009)
Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers (due 2010)
Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds (due 2011)