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Series Name: Handbook of Birds of the World

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.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

ISBN: 978-84-96553-68-2

Publisher: Lynx Edicions

Year of Publication: 2010

Page Count: 877

Shipping Weight: 10.00 pounds

Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index $175.00

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