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This is the emblematic first volume of the series, published in 1992. It features a Foreword by Christoph Imboden, presenting the project. There is also a 38-page introductory article, providing a complete general description of the biology of birds.

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Product code: HBW0001

ISBN: 978-84-87334-10-8

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“Let´s start this review with a simple, unabashed, “Wow!”. This impressive first volume launches a truly ambitious project -to detail the birds of the world in 10 major volumes… None of us was prepared for such a wonderful book. It has no real peer… a sensational book… rich, detailed text, its first rate photographs… extremely well-edited in terms of both substance and technical copy…”

Frank B. Gill, The Condor, 1994

“There is no book on birds anywhere like this one /…/ a major guide and source book for all serious students of birds, not to mention conservationists generally.”

R.K.Brooke, Ostrich, September 1994

“The first volume is truly magnificent… a remarkable achievement.”

Bruce C.Forrester, Birding Volume XXVV Nº 1, February, 1993

“This work is a masterpiece of the highest quality which no ornithologist or birdwatcher should be without, and it cannot be recommended too highly.”

Dominic Mitchell, Birdwatch Volume 2 Nº 1, January, 1993

“I have Never seen a better or more complete resource…it is without peer among bird books.”

Arnold Small, Birding (ABA), USA

Weight

3.96 kg

Size

24 × 31 cm

Language

English

Format

Hardback

Pages

696

Publishing date

September 1992

Published by

Lynx Editions

Description

Following the taxonomical order of the encyclopaedia, the volume covers the 27 bird families. Some groups are geographically highly localized (cassowaries, kiwis, Shoebill), or found on only one continent (Ostrich, rheas, emus, tinamous, Hamerkop, screamers), but the greater part of the volume is dedicated to the families of marine and aquatic birds with extensive distributions in the northern hemisphere (divers), the tropical zone (tropicbirds, darters, frigatebirds), in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters (penguins, albatrosses, diving-petrels), and cosmopolites (grebes, petrels, pelicans, herons, flamingos, ducks, geese and swans).

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
  • 14 anatomical colour plates
  • 50 colour plates of birds
  • 382 colour photographs
  • 568 distribution maps
  • more than 6000 bibliographical references

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