Josep del Hoyo
Josep del Hoyo is a medical doctor by training with a degree from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In 1989, together with Ramón Mascort and Jordi Sargatal, he founded the publishing house Lynx Edicions, and he served as its Director from then until his retirement in 2021. He is now a member of the Editorial Council of Lynx Nature Books.
As Senior Editor, along with Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal, and David A. Christie, he oversaw the monumental Handbook of the Birds of the World series published in 17 volumes between 1992 and 2013. He also co-authored, with Nigel J. Collar, the two-volume HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (2014, 2016).
Throughout his career, Josep has been deeply involved in conservation initiatives. He served as President of the League for the Defence of Natural Heritage (DEPANA) in Catalonia (1988–1993), Vice President of the Spanish Society of Ornithology (SEO/BirdLife) (1994–2008), and was a member of the Global Council of BirdLife International (2005–2013).
In addition to his editorial and conservation work, Josep has made major contributions to bird documentation. Beginning in 1998, he started filming birds during his trips and, in 2002, founded the Internet Bird Collection—now part of the Macaulay Library—as a global online resource for sharing audio-visual bird records. To date, he has filmed more than 5,500 species, and continues to record and share his material to promote awareness and conservation within the global birding community.
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