Foreword on avian bioacoustics by Luis Baptista & Don Kroodsma

Order COLIIFORMES:
Family Coliidae (Mousebirds) E. de Juana

Order TROGONIFORMES:
Family Trogonidae (Trogons) N. J. Collar

Order CORACIIFORMES:
Family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) P. Woodall
Family Todidae (Todies) A. K. Kepler
Family Momotidae (Motmots) D. Snow
Family Meropidae (Bee-eaters) C. H. Fry
Family Coraciidae (Rollers) C. H. Fry
Family Brachypteraciidae (Ground-rollers) O. Langrand
Family Leptosomidae (Cuckoo-rollers) S. Goodman
Family Upupidae (Hoopoes) A. Kristin
Family Phoeniculidae (Wood-hoopoes) D. Ligon
Family Bucerotidae (Hornbills) A. C. Kemp

* 45 colour plates
* 385 photographs
* 270 distribution maps
* 11 figures and tables
* c. 6000 bibliographical references

Foreword on risk indicators and status assessment in birds by Nigel J. Collar

Order STRIGIFORMES:
Family Tytonidae (Barn-owls) M. D. Bruce
Family Strigidae (Typical Owls) J. S. Marks, R. J. Cannings & H. Mikkola

Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES:
Family Steatornithidae (Oilbird) B. T. Thomas
Family Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars) D. T. Holyoak
Family Podargidae (Frogmouths) D. T. Holyoak
Family Nyctibiidae (Potoos) M. Cohn-Haft
Family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars) N. Cleere

Order APODIFORMES:
Family Apodidae (Swifts) P. Chantler
Family Hemiprocnidae (Tree-swifts) D. R. Wells
Family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) K. L. Schuchmann

# 76 colour plates
# 406 photographs
# 758 distribution maps
# 10 figures and tables
# c. 8000 bibliographical references

Foreword on species concepts and species limits in ornithology by Jürgen H. Haffer.

Order PTEROCLIFORMES:
Family Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse) E. de Juana

Order COLUMBIFORMES:
Family Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves) L.F. Baptista, P.W. Trail & H.M. Horblit

Order PSITTACIFORMES:
Family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos) I. Rowley
Family Psittacidae (Parrots) N.J. Collar

Order CUCULIFORMES:
Family Musophagidae (Turacos) D.A. Turner
Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) R.B. Payn

# 70 colour plates of birds
# 236 colour photographs
# 837 distribution maps
# 13 figures and tables
# c. 7000 bibliographical references

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

Foreword on the ecology and impact of non-indigenous birds by Daniel Sol, Tim Blackburn, Phillip Cassey, Richard Duncan and Jordi Clavell.

Order PASSERIFORMES:
Family Campephagidae (Cuckoo-shrikes) Barry Taylor
Family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls) Lincoln Fishpool & Joe Tobias
Family Chloropseidae (Leafbirds) David Wells
Family Irenidae (Fairy-bluebirds) David Wells
Family Aegithinidae (Ioras) David Wells
Family Ptilogonatidae (Silky-flycatchers) Miyoko Chu
Family Bombycillidae (Waxwings) Jim Mountjoy
Family Hypocoliidae (Hypocolius) Richard Porter & Simon Aspinall
Family Dulidae (Palmchat) Helen Temple
Family Cinclidae (Dippers) Steve Ormerod & Stephanie Tyler
Family Troglodytidae (Wrens) Donald Kroodsma & David Brewer
Family Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) Martin Cody
Family Prunellidae (Accentors) Ben Hatchwell
Family Turdidae(Thrushes) Nigel Collar

* 81 colour plates
* 427 photographs
* 737 distribution maps
* c. 6000 bibliographical references

Foreword by Robert Bateman on art and nature.

Ordre OPISTHOCOMIFORMES
Family Opisthocomidae (Hoatzin) B.T. Thomas

Ordre 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

Ordre 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 (Avocets, Stilts) R.J. Pierce
Family Burhinidae (Thick-knees) R.A. Hume
Family Glareolidae (Pratincoles, Coursers) G.L. Maclean
Family Charadriidae (Plovers) T. Piersma & P. Wiersma
Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Allies) 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

Foreword on ornithological nomenclature by Richard Banks

Order PASSERIFORMES:
Family Cotingidae (Cotingas) David Snow, Michael Brooke & Bruno Walther
Family Pipridae (Manakins) David Snow
Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers) John Fitzpatrick, John Bates, Kimberly Bostwick, Isabel Caballero, Benjamin Clock, Andrew Farnsworth, Peter Hosner, Leo Joseph, Gary Langham, Daniel Lebbin, Jason Mobley, Mark Robbins, Edwin Scholes, José Tello, Bruno Walther & Kevin Zimmer
Family Acanthisittidae (New Zealand Wrens) Brian Gill
Family Atrichornithidae (Scrub-birds) Alan Danks
Family Menuridae (Lyrebirds) Alan Lill
Family Alaudidae (Larks) Eduardo de Juana, Francisco Suárez, Peter Ryan, Per Alström & Paul Donald
Family Hirundinidae (Swallows and Martins) Angela Turner
Family Motacillidae (Pipits and Wagtails) Stephanie Tyler

* 78 colour plates
* 440 photographs
* 809 distribution maps
* c. 6000 bibliographical references

Foreword on the history of bird classification by Murray Bruce

Order PASSERIFORMES:
Family Eurylaimidae (Broadbills) M. Bruce
Family Philepittidae (Asities) F. Hawkins
Family Pittidae (Pittas) J. Erritzoe
Family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds) V. Remsen
Family Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers) C. Marantz, A. Aleixo, L. Bevier & M. Patten
Family Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds) K. Zimmer & M. Isler
Family Formicariidae (Ground-antbirds) N. Krabbe & T. Schulenberg
Family Conopophagidae (Gnateaters) B. Whitney
Family Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos) N. Krabbe & T. Schulenberg

* 81 colour plates
* 477 photographs
* 681 distribution maps
* c. 4000 bibliographical references

Este primer checklist ilustrado de las aves del mundo aglutina dos obras en una. Por una parte, es un checklist completo que incorpora la infomación taxonómica más actualizada y, por otra parte, incluye ilustraciones y mapas de distribución de todas las especies. Este checklist incluye todos los dibujos originales del Handbook of the Birds of the World y varios centenares más de nuevos. La obra se presenta en dos volúmenes (Volumen 1: Non-passerines y Volumen 2: Passerines).

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