Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails

Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi

ISBN 10: 8487334695 / ISBN 13: 9788487334696

Published by Lynx Edicions, 2004

About this Item

This volume offers comprehensive coverage of: Cotingas, Manakins, Tyrant-flycatchers, New Zealand Wrens, Scrub-birds, Lyrebirds, Larks, Swallows, Pipits and Wagtails. They are illustrated with 78 color plates and over 400 color photographs. Published in Barcelona in association with BirdLife International, the first fourteen volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) have met with universal acclaim. This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated work has already become the definitive reference work to the bird families covered. This is the first work ever to illustrate all the species of birds in the world, in addition to providing access to all the essential information about each one of them. Each volume measures 9 ¾ x 12 ½ (24 x 31 cm). They are hardbound, with dust jackets. They include exhaustive family texts, plus detailed individual species accounts which include distribution maps. Each species is illustrated on a color plate, including all significant sexual and subspecific differences, and high quality color photographs depict many aspects of the birds' life and behavior. English, French, German, Spanish, and Latin names are given for each species.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails
• Publisher: Lynx Edicions
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8487334695
• ISBN 13: 9788487334696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Weight: 176 ounces

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Synopsis

Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Prólogo sobre nomenclatura ornitológica. Más de 6000 referencias bibliográficas.

About the Author

Kevin J. Zimmer: Research Associate, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, USA. Bruno A. Walther: Post-doctoral researcher, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Stephanie J. Tyler: Monmouthshire, Wales. Angela K. Turner: School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England. José G. Tello: Graduate Student, Division of Birds, Field Museum of Natural History and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. Fracisco Suárez: Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. David W. Snow: British Museum (Natural History), Tring, Hertfordshire, England. Edwin Scholes III: Visiting Fellow, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Cornell University, New York, USA. Dr Peter G. Ryan: Senior Lecturer, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa. Mark B. Robbins: Ornithology Division, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. Jason A. Mobley: Research Associate, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA. Alan Lill: Associate Professor, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Daniel J. Lebbin: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA. Gary M. Langham: Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Post-doctoral Fellow, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia, and University of California, Berkeley, California, USA and President, Neotropical Grassland Conservancy. Eduardo de Juana: Departamento de Biología Animal, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Leo Joseph: Chair, Department of Ornithology, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Peter A. Hosner: Research Assistant, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA. Brian J. Gill: Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand. John W. Fitzpatrick: Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA. Andrew Farnsworth: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA. Paul Donald: Senior Research Biologist, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, England. Alan Danks: Regional Leader Nature Conservation, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Albany, Western Australia. Benjamin M. Clock: Assistant Curator of Visual Media, Macaulay Library, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA. Isabel C. Caballero: Graduate student, Division of Birds, Field Museum of Natural History and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. Michael Brooke. Kimberly S. Bostwick: Curator of Birds and Mammals, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, and Research Associate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA. John M. Bates: Associate Curator of Birds, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA. Richard C. Banks: Zoologist Emeritus, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA and Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA. P. Alström.