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Multi-volume series covering all bird species

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*Handbook of the Birds of the World, HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World and All the Birds of the World*
Author	Josep del Hoyo (ed.) (Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 1-special volume, HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World vol. 1-2 and All the Birds of the World) Andrew Elliott (ed.) (vol. 1-special volume) Jordi Sargatal (ed.) (vol. 1–7 and special volume) David A Christie (ed.) (vol. 8–16 and special volume) Nigel J Collar (ed.) (vol. 1-2)
Country	Spain
Language	English
Genre	Nature
Publisher	Lynx Edicions
Published	1992–2020
Media type	Print

The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by theSpanish publishing houseLynx Edicions in partnership withBirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species ofbird. The series was edited byJosep del Hoyo,Andrew Elliott,Jordi Sargatal andDavid A. Christie.

All 17 volumes have been published from 1992 to 2013. For the first time an animalclass will have all the species illustrated and treated in detail in a single work. This has not been done before for any other group in theanimal kingdom.

Material in each volume is grouped first by family, with an introductory article on each family; this is followed by individual species accounts (taxonomy, subspecies and distribution, descriptive notes, habitat, food and feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation, bibliography). In addition, all volumes except the first and second contain an essay on a particular ornithological theme. More than 200 renowned specialists and 35 illustrators (includingToni Llobet,Hilary Burn,Chris Rose andH. Douglas Pratt) from more than 40 countries have contributed to the project up to now, as well as 834 photographers from all over the world.

Since the first volume appeared in 1992, the series has received various international awards. The first volume was selected as Bird Book of the Year by the magazinesBirdwatch andBritish Birds, and the fifth volume was recognised as Outstanding Academic Title byChoice Magazine, theAmerican Library Association magazine. The seventh volume, as well as being named Bird Book of the Year byBirdwatch andBritish Birds, also received the distinction of Best Bird Reference Book in the 2002WorldTwitch Book Awards^[1] This same distinction was also awarded to Volume 8 a year later in 2003.^[2]

Individual volumes are large, measuring 32 by 25 centimetres (12.6 by 9.8 in), and weighing between 4 and 4.6 kilograms (8.8 and 10.1 lb); it has been commented in a review that "fork-lift truck book" would be a more appropriate title.

As a complement toThe Handbook of the Birds of the World and with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna, in 2002Lynx Edicions startedThe Internet Bird Collection (IBC). It is a free-access, but not free-licensed, on-line audiovisual library^[3] of the world's birds with the aim of posting videos, photos and sound recordings showing a variety of biological aspects (e.g. subspecies, plumages, feeding, breeding, etc.) for every species. It is a non-profit endeavour fuelled by material from more than one hundred contributors from around the world.

In early 2013, Lynx Edicions launched the online databaseThe HBW Alive, which includes the volume and family introductions and updated species accounts from all 17 publishedHBW volumes. Since its launch, the taxonomy has been thoroughly revised and updated twice (once for non-passerines and once for passerines), following the publication of the two volumes ofThe HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World.

The Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive site also provides a free access 'Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology'.^[4]

An updated two-volume set with taxonomic revisions was released in 2014-2016 asThe HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (HBWBLIICLBW), and a condensed, single-volume version of the series was published in 2020 asThe All the Birds of the World (ABW).

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Published Volumes: 1-Special Volume (Published in January 31, 1992-July 31, 2013)

Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks, Geese and Swans (Published in January 31, 1992)

Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl (Published in January 31, 1994)

Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks (Published in January 31, 1996)

Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos (Published in January 31, 1997)

Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds (Published in January 31, 1999)

Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills (Published in January 31, 2001)

Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers (Published in April 30, 2002)

Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos (Published in September 30, 2003)

Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails (Published in September 30, 2004)

Volume 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes (Published in September 30, 2005)

Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers (Published in September 30, 2006)

Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees (Published in October 31, 2007)

Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes (Published in October 31, 2008)

Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows (Published in October 31, 2009)

Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers (Published in October 31, 2010)

Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds (Published in December 31, 2011)

Special Volume: New Species and Global Index (Published in July 31, 2013)

Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (Launched in July 31, 2013)

HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World Volumes 1 and 2 (Published in July 31, 2014-December 31, 2016)

Volume 1: Non-passerines (Published in July 31, 2014)

Volume 2: Passerines (Published in December 31, 2016)

Bird Families of the World: An Invitation to the Spectacular Diversity of Birds (Published in December 31, 2015)

Orders and Families of the Birds of the World (Published in July 31, 2017)

All the Birds of the World (Published in August 31, 2020)

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