Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes
Present 16 bird families in the order Passeriformes, with detailed, updated facts written by many authors in collaboration. Illustrated thoroughly with 536 photographs and 60 extraordinary colour plates. Also include 611 distribution maps for the birdspecies and families. A percentage of the books income is given to Birdlife International for their conservation efforts. The foreword in this volume is about bird migration.
Covers the following families:
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) and Laniidae (Shrikes)
HBW is the most remarkable publishing project on birds ever conceived and executed, 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. In fact, it will be the first work ever to deal with each member of an entire Class of the Animal Kingdom. HBW volume 1 was published in 1992, and the final, 16th volume was presented at the end of 2011. This is however, not the end of the HBW project. In the 20 years that have passed since this project started, some new species have been discovered. A Special Volume covers and illustrates all these 57 (or more now) species, with texts, plates and distribution maps in typical HBW format. That volume was published in mid 2013.
Lynx has now published a checklist in association with Birdlife. See it in the right margin; HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. These two volumes include the original artwork, and the most essential facts of the HBW series.
Format: Hardcover
Author: Joseph del Hoyo, Ian Newton, Andrew Elliott, David Christie,
Pages: 879
Dimensions: 250x310x50mm
Weight: 4000 g
Publication: 2008
Publisher: Lynx
ISBN: 978 8496 553453
Language: English