Handbook of the Birds of the WorldVolume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl
View all authorsThe book covers the orders Falconiformes (5 families) and Galliformes (7 families), and will be of special interest to those with a passion for raptors (Osprey, hawks, eagles, falcons, caracaras), but also to any lover of birds, as it includes other families from the Americas (New World vultures, chachalacas, guans & curassows , turkeys, New World quails), from Africa (Secretarybird, guineafowl), from Australasia (megapodes), and families with more extensive distributions (grouse, pheasants & partridges).
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Product code: HBW0002
ISBN: 978-84-87334-15-3
SKU: HBW0002 Categories: Birds, Encyclopedias, Handbook of the Birds of the World, Last ChanceWeight
3.92 kg
Size
24 × 31 cm
Language
English
Format
Hardback
Pages
638
Publishing date
January 1994
Published by
Lynx Edicions
Family Index of the Handbook of the Birds of the World series
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Description
This volume, boosted by the spectacular reception given to Volume 1, benefits from the internationalization of the authors (19 experts from 16 countries), and the incorporation of prestigious illustrators who greatly contributed to the improvement and consolidation of the project.
It begins with a Foreword by Walter J. Bock on the taxonomic aspects of HBW; this is followed by an introduction explaining the organization of the information and what is new with respect to the previous volume.
The book covers the orders Falconiformes (5 families) and Galliformes (7 families), and will be of special interest to those with a passion for raptors (Osprey, hawks, eagles, falcons, caracaras), but also to any lover of birds, as it includes other families from the Americas (New World vultures, chachalacas, guans and curassows , turkeys, New World quails), from Africa (Secretarybird, guineafowl), from Australasia (megapodes), and families with more extensive distributions (grouse, pheasants and partridges).
Foreword by Walter J. Bock on the organization of information in the HBW.
| Order FALCONIFORMES | ||
| Family Cathartidae (New World Vultures) | D.C. Houston | |
| Family Pandionidae (Osprey) | A.F. Poole | |
| Family Accipitridae (Hawks and Eagles) | J.M. Thiollay | |
| Family Sagittariidae (Secretarybird) | A.C. Kemp | |
| Family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) | C.M. White, P.D. Olsen & L.F. Kiff | |
| Order GALLIFORMES | ||
| Family Megapodiidae (Megapodes) | A. Elliott | |
| Family Cracidae (Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows) | J. del Hoyo | |
| Family Meleagrididae (Turkeys) | W.F. Porter | |
| Family Tetraonidae (Grouse) | E. de Juana | |
| Family Odontophoridae (New World Quails) | J.P. Carroll | |
| Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges) | P.J.K. McGowan | |
| Family Numididae (Guineafowl) | I. Martínez |
- 60 colour plates of birds
- 302 colour photographs
- 590 distribution maps
- more than 7000 bibliographical references
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