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THE HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD
Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen
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.
PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT OFFER
Before each new volume rolls off the presses, we offer a significant discount off the
list price. With pre-payment, you can receive the discounted price. If you wish to take advantage
of this special offer, please place your order with us by September 30, 2010.
If you would like to be notified of the
publication of future volumes, please contact us.
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds
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STATUS UPDATE: Volume 16 is now in stock! Advance orders are shipping immediately. The final volume in the Handbook of the Birds of the World series is finally here! This monumental series is lavishly illustrated; each species is illustrated on a color plate and high quality color photographs depict many aspects of the birds life and behavior. A foreword on Climate Change and Birds, by Anders Pape Møller precedes the family accounts. This final volume in the series covers the following families: Order PASSERIFORMES: Family Thraupidae (Tanagers) Family Cardinalidae (Cardinals) Family Emberizidae (Buntings and New World Sparrows) Family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds) PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT OFFER Before each new volume rolls off the presses, we offer a significant discount off the list price. With pre-payment, you can receive the discounted price. This offer ended on September 30, 2011, but if you would like to be notified of the publication of future volumes, please contact us. 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 of sixteen regular volumes sells at a list price of $4,720.00. If you purchase the complete set from Buteo Books, we can offer a 20% discount off that list price, for a total of $3,776.00 plus the cost of shipping.
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HBW16
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers
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A foreword titled Conservation of the World's Birds: The View from 2010, by Stuart Butchart, Nigel Collar, Alison Stattersfield & Leon Bennun will precede the family accounts. appx 800 pages. Illustrated with 60 color plates, more than 400 color photographs, and distribution maps. This volume covers: Order PASSERIFORMES Family Ploceidae (Weavers) Author: Adrian Craig Family Viduidae (Whydahs and Indigobirds) Author: Robert Payne Family Estrildidae (Waxbills) Author: Robert Payne Family Vireonidae (Vireos) Authors: David Brewer & Ronald Orenstein Family Fringillidae (Finches) Authors: Nigel Collar, Ian Newton, Peter Clement & Vladimir Arkhipov Family Drepanididae (Honeycreepers) Author: Douglas Pratt Family Peucedramidae (Olive Warbler) Author: Jon Curson Family Parulidae (New World Warblers) Author: Jon Curson Authors Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov: Senior research fellow, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Dr Leon A. Bennun: Director of Science, Policy and Information, BirdLife International, Cambridge, England. Dr David Brewer: Research Associate, Department of Ornithology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Dr Stuart H. M. Butchart: Global Research and Indicators Coordinator, BirdLife International, Cambridge, England. Peter Clement: Field ornithologist and freelance ornithological consultant, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. Dr Nigel J. Collar: Leventis Fellow in Conservation Biology, BirdLife International, Cambridge, England. Professor Adrian J. F. K. Craig: Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Jon M. Curson: Independent researcher, Seaford, East Sussex, England. Professor Ian Newton: Emeritus Fellow, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, England. Dr Ronald I. Orenstein: Freelance consultant, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Professor Robert B. Payne: Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Dr H. Douglas Pratt: Research Curator of Birds, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Alison J. Stattersfield: Head of Science, BirdLife International, Cambridge, England. Artists Norman Arlott Hilary Burn David Quinn Douglas Pratt Brian Small Tim Worfolk The Pre-publication discount offer on Volume 15 has expired, but contact us to receive early notification about the discount offer for the next and final volume, Volume 16. As of September 30, 2010, no further orders for Volume 15 will be accepted at the discount price. Buteo Books will continue to offer a discount on future volumes. Contact us to be added to the list for early notification. Volumes in the HBW series can be shipped via a flat-rate box to Canada and Mexico for $28, and to most countries for $43.50.
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HBW15
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: Bush-shrikes, Helmet-shrikes, Vangas, Drongos, New Zealand Wattlebirds, Stitchbird, Mudlarks, Australian Mudnesters, Woodswallows, Butcherbirds, Bristlehead, Bowerbirds, Birds-of-paradise, Crows, Oxpeckers, Starlings, Old World Sparrows. As with previous volumes, each species is illustrated on a color plate and high quality color photographs depict many aspects of the birds life and behavior. A foreword titled Birding Past, Present and Future: a Global View, by Stephen Moss will precede the family accounts. appx 800 pages. Illustrated with 50 color plates, more than 500 color photographs, and distribution maps. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW14
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes
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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. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW13
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees
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Illustrated with 52 color plates, more than 400 color photographs, distribution maps. 815 pp. Foreword on Fossil Birds by Dr. Kevin J. Caley. This volume continues 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. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW12
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers
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Illustrated with 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). Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW11
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes
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Illustrated with 80 color plates, over 400 color photographs, distribution maps, bibliographical references. Foreword on the ecology and impact of non-indigenous birds by Daniel Sol, Tim Blackburn, Phillip Cassey, Richard Duncan and Jordi Clavell. Comprehensive coverage of: Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Leafbirds, Fairy-bluebirds, Ioras, Silky-flycatchers, Waxwings, Hypocolius, Palmchat, Dippers, Wrens, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Accentors, and Thrushes. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW10
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: 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 color photographs. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW9
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: Broadbills, Asities, Pittas, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Ground-antbirds, Gnateaters, Tapaculos. 81 color plates, over 470 color photographs. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW8
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: Jacamars, Puffbirds, Barbets, Toucans, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers. 69 color plates, over 300 color photographs. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW7
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: Mousebirds, Trogons, Kingfishers, Todies, Motmots, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Ground-rollers, Cuckoo-rollers, Hoopoes, Wood-hoopoes, Hornbills. 46 color plates, over 330 color photographs. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW6
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn Owls to Hummingbirds
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: Barn-owls, Typical Owls, Oilbird, Owlet-nightjars, Frogmouths, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Tree-swifts, Hummingbirds. 76 color plates, 405 color photos. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW5
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: Sandgrouse, Pigeons And Doves, Cockatoos, Parrots, Turacos, and Cuckoos. 70 color plates, 236 color photos. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW4
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: 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. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW3
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: 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. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW2
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$275.00
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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks
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This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: 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. Lavishly illustrated with 50 color plates, 382 color photographs, and distribution maps. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen 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. 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 series will be complete in 16 volumes.
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HBW1
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$275.00
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