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Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first thirteen 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. Subsequent volumes are scheduled for publication annually until the series is complete in sixteen volumes. Each family is introduced with an illustrated essay by one or more authorities. Species accounts are accompanied by color plates and range maps. Buteo Books continues to offer a special price on orders for the set as well as the prepublication discount price on forthcoming volumes. Contact us for details, or follow this link for more information about The Handbook of the Birds of the World. *Please add $5 postage to your order per copy of HBW.

1. Handbook of the Birds of the World 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. 1992. 696 pp. $265.00

2. Handbook of the Birds of the World 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. 1994. 638 pp. $265.00

3. Handbook of the Birds of the World 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. 1996. 821 pp. $265.00

4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Sandgrouse, Pigeons And Doves, Cockatoos, Parrots, Turacos, Cuckoos. 1997. 679 pp. $265.00

5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 5: Barn Owls to Hummingbirds. Barn-owls, Typical Owls, Oilbird, Owlet-nightjars, Frogmouths, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Tree-swifts, Hummingbirds. 1999. 759 pp. $265.00

6. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Mousebirds, Trogons, Kingfishers, Todies, Motmots, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Ground-rollers, Cuckoo-rollers, Hoopoes, Wood-hoopoes, Hornbills. 2001. 589 pp. $265.00

7. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Jacamars, Puffbirds, Barbets, Toucans, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers. 2002. 613 pp. Includes a complete laminated index of all non-passerines covered in volumes 1 - 7. $265.00

8. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Broadbills, Asities, Pittas, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Ground-antbirds, Gnateaters, Tapaculos. 2004. 845 pp. $265.00

9. Handbook of the Birds of the World 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

10. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. 2005. 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. Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Leafbirds, Fairy-bluebirds, Ioras, Silky-flycatchers, Waxwings, Hypocolius, Palmchat, Dippers, Wrens, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Accentors, and Thrushes. Further details...   $265.00

Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 11: Old World Warblers to Monarch-flycatchers. 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). more details $265.00

Handbook of the Birds of the World 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.

From the introduction:       This volume completes the large block of species and families formerly all lumped together in a broad version of Muscicapidae, a block that we first dipped into in Volume 10. We now move on to the tit/creeper section of traditional classifications.

List Price - $265.00

Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. 2008. An essay on bird migration by Ian Newton precedes the family accounts. This volume continues 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. 879 pp. $265.00  - VOLUME 13 IS NOW IN STOCK!

Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Warblers. due October 2009. 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 will be illustrated on a color plate and high quality color photographs will 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.

PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT OFFER: Buteo Books is pleased to offer Volume 14 of the 16-volume series at the special pre-publication price of $225.00 plus $10 shipping and handling for domestic addressees. This offer will expire September 30, 2009; thereafter the book will sell at the list price, which is currently projected to be $285. Payments will be processed at the time you place your order, and the book will be shipped automatically via UPS upon publication.
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11. ALDEN, Peter and John GOODERS. Finding Birds Around the World. Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Site guide to 111 of the world's best birding places. 683 pp. Signed. $17.95

25-188. BELETSKY, Les. Birds of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Text accompanied by original color paintings by eleven of the world's leading bird artists, illustrating 1,307 avian species. 528 pp. $50.00

27-178. BELETSKY, Les. Bird Songs from Around the World. Chronicle Books, 2007. 200 birds are illustrated in color with brief descriptions and corresponding vocalizations from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library in a built-in digital audio player. 368 pp. $45.00

12. BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL. State of the World's Birds 2004: Indicators for our Changing World. The current assessment of biodiversity and what it tells us about current and future conservation efforts. Color photos, maps, illustrations. 73 pp. Paper. $25.00

24-202. CLEMENTS, James and John W. FITZPATRICK. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. Sixth edition. Cornell University Press, 2007. The most up-to-date and widely endorsed compendium of over 9800 species of birds. Incorporates hundreds of updates since the fifth edition. Comprehensive indexes, space to record location and date of sightings. 843 pp. $59.95
Last minute updates to common names have delayed this new publication significantly. The changes are based on the standardized English-language nomenclature in Gill & Wright's Birds of the World: Recommended English Names (see below).

14. COLLAR, N.J., et al. Threatened Birds of the Americas: The ICBP/ICUN Red Data Book. Third edition. Smithsonian Institution, 1992. Species accounts with distribution, population, ecology, threats, and conservation measures. 1150 pp. $39.95

15. Commission Internationale des Noms Français des Oiseaux. Noms Français des Oiseaux du Monde. Quebec: MultiMondes, 1993. Scientific, French and English names - 9,927 entries. 452 pp. $35.00

28-200. NEW! COUZENS, Dominic. Top 100 Birding Sites of the World. University of California Press, 2008. A full description, species list, map and information for each site. 320 pp. Hardcover. $45.00

16. DICKINSON, Edward C., Editor. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Third Edition. Princeton, 2003. Subspecies, footnotes, references. The only checklist to include all subspecies. Greatly enlarged, the contributors to this edition have done a thorough reassessment of all taxonomic data. 1039 pp. OUT OF PRINT

17. EDWARDS, Ernest P. A Birder's List of Birds of the World. Published by the author, 1990. A complete field checklist. 78 pp. Paper. $6.50

18. EDWARDS, Ernest P. A Coded Workbook of Birds of the World. Second edition.

• Volume 1. Non Passerines. 1982. 134 pp. Spiral. $10.00
• Volume 2. Passerines. 1986. 170 pp. Spiral. $10.00

25-208. GILL, Frank B. and Minturn T. WRIGHT III. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, 2006. The first standardized English-language nomenclature for all living birds of the world, based on the rules and principles developed by leading ornithologists worldwide and endorsed by members of the preeminent International Ornithological Congress. 10,000+ names, in taxonomic order. Includes a CD-Rom with searchable and sortable Excel files of all material in the book. 259 pp. Paper. $19.95

NEW! HARRIS, Tim (editor). National Geographic Complete Birds of the World. National Geographic, April 2009. Featuring every bird family worldwide, with more than 900 illustrations, photographs, and maps. Foreword by Jonathan Alderfer. 384 pp. Hardcover. $35.00

28-216. HIRSCHFELD, Erik, editor, Rare Birds Yearbook 2009: The World’s 190 Most Threatened Birds. BirdLife International, 2008. Describes the situation of each bird, the circumstances that have driven them there, and the projects which are in place to set them on the road to recovery. 274 pp. Paper. $45.00 (£4 of each purchase goes to bird conservation.)

19. KING, Ben F. Checklist of the Birds of Eurasia. Ibis, 1997. 105 pp. Paper. $19.95
King's checklist partitions Eurasia into ten regions which are mainly geographical and political. The index of scientific and English names includes 3,062 species.

24-231. LEVER, Christopher. Naturalised Birds of the World. Second edition. T&AD Poyser, 2006. Discusses the introduction of alien species and the ecological and economic significance. Distribution maps. Black & white drawings by Robert GILLMOR. 352 pp. $79.00
A revised and updated version of the scarce first edition (1989).

20. LODGE, Walter. Birds Alternative Names: A World Checklist. Blandford Press, 1991. 208 pp. $19.95

25-221. MILNE, Paul. Where to Watch Birds in World Cities. Yale University Press, 2006. Entries for 60 cities provide information on major birdwatching sites, with bird lists. 480 pp. Paper. $28.00

21. MONROE, Burt L., Jr. and Charles G. SIBLEY. A World Checklist of Birds. Yale, 1993. 393 pp. Hardcover - $70.00; Paper - $37.00

22. PETERS, James L. et al. Check-List of the Birds of the World. Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 1934-1987. Volume I (Second Edition) - Volume XVI (Comprehensive Index).

• Volume I (Second Edition). Struthioniformes, Tinamiformes, Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Gaviiformes, Podicipediformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Falconiformes, Anseriformes. 1979. 547 pp. $30.00
• Volume II. Galliformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes. 1934. 401 pp. $20.00
• Volume III. Columbiformes, Psittaciformes. 1937. 311 pp. $20.00
• Volume IV. Cuculiformes, Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodes. 1940. 291pp. $20.00
• Volume V. Trochili, Coliiformes, Trogoniformes, Coraciiformes. 1945. 517 pp. $20.00
• Volume VI. Piciformes. 1948. 259 pp. $20.00
• Volume VII. Eurylaimidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Furnariidae, Formicariidae, Conopophagidae, Rhinocryptidae. 1951. 318 pp. Out of Print
• Volume VIII. Tyrannidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Oxyruncidae, Phytotomidae, Pittidae, Philepittidae, Acanthisittidae, Menuridae, Atrichornithidae. 1979. 365 pp. $25.00
• Volume IX. Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Irenidae, Pycnonotidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, Mimidae. 1960. 506 pp. $25.00
• Volume X. Prunellidae, Turdinae, Orthonychinae, Timaliinae, Panurinae, Picathartinae, Polioptilinae. 1964. 502 pp. $30.00
• Volume XI. Sylviidae, Muscicapidae (sensu stricto), Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Eopsaltriidae. 1986. 638 pp. $30.00
• Volume XII. Pachycephalinae, Aegithalidae, Remizidae, Paridae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Dicaeidae, Rhabdornithidae, Climacteridae, Nectariniidae, Zosteropidae, Meliphagidae. 1967. 495 pp. $25.00
• Volume XIII. Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, Tersininae. 1970. 443 pp. $25.00
• Volume XIV. Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringilinae, Carduelinae, Estrilididae, Viduinae. 1968. 443 pp. $25.00
• Volume XV. Bubalornithinae, Passerinae, Ploceinae, Sturnidae, Orilidae, Dicruridae, Paradisaeidae, Callaeidae, Grallinidae, Artamidae, Cracticidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Corvidae. 1962. 315 pp. $20.00
• Volume XVI. Comprehensive Index. 1987. 550 pp. $35.00

Buteo Books acquired the entire remaining stock of the Peters' Check-list from the MCZ. Occasionally, we are able to obtain a copy of Volume 7 to form a complete set. Please contact us for availability and pricing information.

23. SIBLEY, Charles G. & Burt L. MONROE, Jr. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale, 1991. Indices of scientific and English names. 1,111 pp. $175.00
The new classification and arrangement of the 9,672 species of birds of the world based primarily on evidence of their phylogenetic relationships from comparison of their DNA.

25. STATTERSFIELD, Alison and David CAPPER, Senior editors. Threatened Birds of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions/BirdLife International, 2001. Population, ecology, conservation, threats for 1186 globally threatened species. Range maps. 852 pp. $115.00

26. WELLS, M.G. World Bird Species Checklist: with Alternative English and Scientific Names. Worldlist, 1998. Full English and Scientific name indices. 671 pp. $52.50; On Sale for $32.50