Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 1
Ostrich to Ducks
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USD$ 281.41
GBP£ 177.93
Product details
- ID:HBW0001
- ISBN-10: 84-87334-10-5
- ISBN-13: 978-84-87334-10-8
- Language: English
- Format: 31 x 24 cm, Hardback
- Pages: 696
- Publication date: September 1992
- 14 anatomical colour plates
- 50 colour plates of birds
- 382 colour photographs
- 568 distribution maps
- more than 6000 bibliographical references
Published by Lynx Edicions
Foreword introducing the HBW project by Christoph Imboden.
| Class AVES | Eduardo de Juana | |
| Order STRUTHIONIFORMES | ||
| Family Struthionidae (Ostrich) | Anna Folch | |
| Family Rheidae (Rheas) | Anna Folch | |
| Family Casuariidae (Cassowaries) | Anna Folch | |
| Family Dromaiidae (Emu) | Anna Folch | |
| Family Apterygidae (Kiwis) | Anna Folch | |
| Order TINAMIFORMES | ||
| Family Tinamidae (Tinamous) | José Cabot | |
| Order SPHENISCIFORMES | ||
| Family Spheniscidae (Penguins) | Isabel Martínez | |
| Order GAVIIFORMES | ||
| Family Gaviidae (Divers) | Carles Carboneras | |
| Order PODICIPEDIFORMES | ||
| Family Podicipedidae (Grebes) | Francesc Llimona & Josep del Hoyo | |
| Order PROCELLARIIFORMES | ||
| Family Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) | Carles Carboneras | |
| Family Procellariidae (Petrels and Shearwaters) | Carles Carboneras | |
| Family Hydrobatidae (Storm-petrels) | Carles Carboneras | |
| Family Pelecanoididae (Diving-petrels) | Carles Carboneras | |
| Order PELECANIFORMES | ||
| Family Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds) | Jaume Orta | |
| Family Pelecanidae (Pelicans) | Andrew Elliott | |
| Family Sulidae (Gannets and Boobies) | Carles Carboneras | |
| Family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants) | Jaume Orta | |
| Family Anhingidae (Darters) | Jaume Orta | |
| Family Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) | Jaume Orta | |
| Order CICONIIFORMES | ||
| Family Ardeidae (Herons) | Albert Martínez-Vilalta & Anna Motis | |
| Family Scopidae (Hamerkop) | Andrew Elliott | |
| Family Ciconiidae (Storks) | Andrew Elliott | |
| Family Balaenicipitidae (Shoebill) | Andrew Elliott | |
| Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) | Eloïsa Matheu & Josep del Hoyo | |
| Order PHOENICOPTERIFORMES | ||
| Family Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos) | Josep del Hoyo | |
| Order ANSERIFORMES | ||
| Family Anhimidae (Screamers) | Carles Carboneras | |
| Family Anatidae (Ducks, geese and Swans) | Carles Carboneras |