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Handbook of the Birds of the WorldVolume 3: Hoatzin to Auks
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Weight
4.5 kg
Size
24 × 31 cm
Language
English
Format
Hardback
Pages
821
Publishing date
January 1996
Published by
Lynx Edicions
Family Index of the Handbook of the Birds of the World series
Download and print these quick indexes of all the families covered in HBW.
Description
Foreword by Robert Bateman on art and nature.
Order OPISTHOCOMIFORMES | ||
Family Opisthocomidae (Hoatzin) | B.T. Thomas | |
Order GRUIFORMES | ||
Family Mesithornithidae (Mesites) | M.I. Evans, A.F.A. Hawkins & J.W. Duckworth | |
Family Turnicidae (Buttonquails) | S.J.S. Debus | |
Family Gruidae (Cranes) | G.W. Archibald & C.D. Meine | |
Family Aramidae (Limpkin) | D.C. Bryan | |
Family Psophiidae (Trumpeters) | P.T. Sherman | |
Family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules and Coots) | P.B. Taylor | |
Family Heliornithidae (Finfoots) | B.C.R. Bertram | |
Family Rhynochetidae (Kagu) | G.R. Hunt | |
Family Eurypygidae (Sunbittern) | B.T. Thomas | |
Family Cariamidae (Seriemas) | L.P. Gonzaga | |
Family Otididae (Bustards) | N.J. Collar | |
Order CHARADRIIFORMES | ||
Family Jacanidae (Jacanas) | D.A. Jenni | |
Family Rostratulidae (Painted Snipes) | G.M. Kirwan | |
Family Dromadidae (Crab Plover) | M.R.W. Rands | |
Family Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers) | P.A.R. Hockey | |
Family Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill) | A.J. Knystautas | |
Family Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets) | R.J. Pierce | |
Family Burhinidae (Thick-knees) | R.A. Hume | |
Family Glareolidae (Coursers and Pratincoles) | G.L. Maclean | |
Family Charadriidae (Plovers) | T. Piersma & P. Wiersma | |
Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes) | T. Piersma, J. van Gils & P. Wiersma | |
Family Pedionomidae (Plains-wanderer) | D.J. Baker-Gabb | |
Family Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes) | J. Fjeldså | |
Family Chionidae (Sheathbills) | A.E. Burger | |
Family Stercorariidae (Skuas) | R.W. Furness | |
Family Laridae (Gulls) | J. Burger & M. Gochfeld | |
Family Sternidae (Terns) | M. Gochfeld & J. Burger | |
Family Rhynchopidae (Skimmers) | R.L. Zusi | |
Family Alcidae (Auks) | D.N. Nettleship |
- 60 colour plates of birds
- 384 colour photographs
- 577 distribution maps
- more than 8000 bibliographical references
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