La forma más fácil y amena de visualizar todas las aves del mundo. Por primera vez puedes contemplar todas las aves del mundo ilustradas en un único y práctico libro. Una obra que fascinará tanto a naturalistas principiantes como a ornitólogos expertos, además de a cualquier persona interesada en la espectacular diversidad de las aves.

Foreword on the ecological significance of bird populations by Cagan Sekercioglu with a Preface by Paul Ehrlich.
Order PASSERIFORMES:
Family Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers) Barry Taylor & Peter Clement
Family Platysteiridae (Batises & Wattle-eyes) Michel Louette
Family Rhipiduridae (Fantails) Walter Boles
Family Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers) Brian Coates, Guy Dutson, Chris Filardi, Peter Clement, Phil Gregory & Kees Moeliker
Family Regulidae (Kinglets & Firecrests) Jochen Martens & Martin Päckert
Family Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers) Jon Atwood & Susannah Lerman
Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & allies) Peter Ryan, Richard Dean, Steve Madge & David Pearson
Family Sylviidae (Old World Warblers) Franz Bairlein, Per Alström, Raül Aymí, Peter Clement, Andrzej Dyrcz, Gabriel Gargallo, Frank Hawkins, Steve Madge, David Pearson & Lars Svensson.

* 55 colour plates
* 343 photographs
* 733 distribution maps
* c. 6000 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.

Incluye 77 láminas en color, más de 500 fotografías en color y 766 mapas de distribución.
Este volumen 16 trata las últimas cuatro familias de la serie, incluyendo dos de las más numerosas, las tangaras (283 especies) y los escribanos, chingolos y semilleros (326 especies). Trata también los cardenales y los ictéridos, estos últimos incluyen aves tan espectaculares como los turpiales y los caciques.
Prólogo sobre el Cambio climático y aves, por Anders Pape Moller.
• Orden PASSERIFORMES:
Familia Thraupidae (Tanagers) (Steven Hilty).
Familia Cardinalidae (Cardinals) (Ronald Orenstein y David Brewer).
Familia Emberizidae (Buntings and New World Sparrows) (James Rising, Alvaro Jaramillo, José Luis Copete, Steve Madge y Peter Ryan)
Familia Icteridae (New World Blackbirds) (Rosendo Fraga).
Idioma: INGLÉS.

Order PASSERIFORMES:
Family Remizidae (Penduline-tits) Steve Madge
Family Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits) Simon Harrap
Family Sittidae (Nuthatches) Simon Harrap
Family Tichodromidae (Wallcreeper) Hans Löhrl & Mike Wilson
Family Certhiidae (Treecreepers) Simon Harrap
Family Rhabdornithidae (Rhabdornis) Robert Kennedy & Hector Miranda
Family Nectariniidae (Sunbirds) Robert Cheke & Clive Mann
Family Melanocharitidae (Berrypeckers and Longbills) Phil Gregory
Family Paramythiidae (Painted Berrypeckers) Brian Coates
Family Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers) Robert Cheke & Clive Mann
Family Pardalotidae (Pardalotes) John Woinarski
Family Zosteropidae (White-eyes) Bas van Balen
Family Promeropidae (Sugarbirds) Dawie de Swardt
Family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) Peter Higgins, Les Christidis & Hugh Ford
Family Oriolidae (Orioles) Bruno Walther & Peter Jones
Family Laniidae (Shrikes) Reuven Yosef & International Shrike Working Group.

* 60 colour plates
* 536 photographs
* 611 distribution maps
* more than 6000 bibliographical references

Foreword on Fossil Birds by Kevin Caley.
Order PASSERIFORMES:
Family Picathartidae (Picathartes) Hazell Thompson
Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Nigel Collar & Craig Robson
Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) Craig Robson
Family Pomatostomidae (Australasian Babblers) Jamie Matthew
Family Orthonychidae (Logrunners) Walter Boles
Family Eupetidae (Jewel-babblers and allies) Walter Boles
Family Pachycephalidae (Whistlers) Walter Boles
Family Petroicidae (Australasian Robins) Walter Boles
Family Maluridae (Fairywrens) Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell
Family Dasyornithidae (Bristlebirds) Phil Gregory
Family Acanthizidae (Thornbills) Phil Gregory
Family Epthianuridae (Australian Chats) Jamie Matthew
Family Neosittidae (Sittellas) Richard Noske
Family Climacteridae (Australasian Treecreepers) Richard Noske
Family Paridae (Tits and Chickadees) Andrew Gosler & Peter Clement

* 56 colour plates
* 436 photographs
* 638 distribution maps
* c. 4000 bibliographical references

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Publication date: October 2009

Foreword: Birding Past, Present and Future – a Global View, by Stephen Moss.

Order PASSERIFORMES:
Family Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes) Hilary Fry
Family Prionopidae (Helmet-shrikes) David Allan
Family Vangidae (Vangas) Satoshi Yamagishi & Masahiko Nakamura
Family Dicruridae (Drongos) Gérard Rocamora & Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
Family Callaeidae (New Zealand Wattlebirds) Paul Scofield
Family Notiomystidae (Stitchbird) Peter Higgins & Les Christidis
Family Grallinidae (Mudlarks) Susan & Alan Tingay
Family Corcoracidae (Australian Mudnesters) Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell
Family Artamidae (Woodswallows) Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell
Family Cracticidae (Butcherbirds) Eleanor Russell & Ian Rowley
Family Pityriaseidae (Bristlehead) Fred Sheldon & Rob Moyle
Family Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds) Clifford & Dawn Frith
Family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise) Clifford & Dawn Frith
Family Corvidae (Crows) Luiz dos Anjos, Stephen Debus, Steve Madge & John Marzluff
Family Buphagidae (Oxpeckers) Adrian Craig
Family Sturnidae (Starlings) Adrian Craig & Chris Feare
Family Passeridae (Old World Sparrows) Denis Summers-Smith

* 50 colour plates of birds
* more than 500 colour photographs
* 484 distribution maps

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 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 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