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The Handbook of the Birds of the World is a multi-volume series produced by Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions. It is the first handbook to cover every living species of bird. The series is edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and Jordi Sargatal.

So far, 11 volumes have been produced. New volumes appear at roughly annual intervals, and the series is expected to be complete with volume 16 by approximately 2012.

Material in each volume is grouped first by family, with an introductory article on each family; this is followed by individual species accounts. In addition, all volumes except the first and second contain an essay on a particular ornithological theme.

Individual volumes are large, 32 cm by 25 cm, and weighing between 4-4.6 kg; it has been commented in a review that "fork-lift truck book" would be a better title.

A list of volumes produced to date is as follows:

Volume 1: Ostrich To Ducks

This volume was published in 1992. Unlike subsequent volumes, it does not have an introductory essay; instead, it has a 38 page overview by Eduardo de Juana of the biology of birds and a foreword welcoming the HBW project, by Christoph Imboden. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 2: New World Vultures To Guineafowl

This volume was published in 1994. It has a foreword by Walter J. Bock on the organization of information in HBW. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 3: Hoatzin To Auks

This volume was published in 1996. It has an introductory essay by Robert Bateman on "Art And Nature". Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 4: Sandgrouse To Cuckoos

This volume was published in 1997. It has an introductory essay on "Species Concepts and Species Limits in Ornithology" by Jürgen H. Haffer. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 5: Barn-Owls To Hummingbirds

This volume was published in 1999. It has an introductory essay on "Risk Indicators and Status Assessment in Birds" by Nigel J. Collar. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 6: Mousebirds To Hornbills

This volume was published in 2001. It has an introductory essay entitled "On Avian Bioacoustics" by Luis Baptista and Don Kroodsma. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 7: Jacamars To Woodpeckers

This volume was published in 2002. It has an introductory essay on "Extinct Birds" by Errol Fuller. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 8: Broadbills To Tapaculos

This volume was published in 2003. It has an introductory essay on "The History Of Bird Classification" by Murray Bruce. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 9: Cotingas To Pipits And Wagtails

This volume was published in 2004. It has an introductory essay on "Ornithological Nomenclature" by Richard Banks. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes To Thrushes

This volume was published in 2005. It has an introductory essay on "The Ecology And Impact Of Non-Indigenous Birds" by Daniel Sol, Tim Blackburn, Phillip Cassey, Richard Duncan and Jordi Clavell. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers

Published in September 2006. It has an introductory essay on "The ecological significance of bird populations" by Cagan Sekercioglu with a Preface by Paul R. Ehrlich. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees

To be published in October 2007. Groups covered in this volume are as follows:

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Motto
"Plus Ultra"   (Latin)
"Further Beyond"
Anthem
"Marcha Real" 1
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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forklift truck, a lift truck, a High/Low or a forklift and sideloader is a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport materials, normally by means of steel forks inserted under the load.
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Struthionidae
Vigors, 1825

Genus: Struthio
Linnaeus, 1758

Species: S.
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Rheidae
Bonaparte, 1849

Genus: Rhea
Brisson, 1760

Species
  • R. americana
  • R. pennata


Rheas, also known as ñandú
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Casuariidae
Kaup, 1847

Genera

Casuarius
Dromaius
For fossil forms, see article

The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary, and the only remaining species of Emu.
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Casuariidae
Kaup, 1847

Genera

Casuarius
Dromaius
For fossil forms, see article

The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary, and the only remaining species of Emu.
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KIWI

City of license McFarland, California
Broadcast area Bakersfield, California
Branding KRAB Radio
Slogan La Que Toca Puras Buenas!
First air date 1989
Frequency 102.
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Tinamiformes
Huxley, 1872

Family: Tinamidae
G.R. Gray, 1840

Genera

Tinamus
Nothocercus
Crypturellus
Rhynchotus
Nothoprocta
Nothura

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Sphenisciformes
Sharpe, 1891

Family: Spheniscidae
Bonaparte, 1831

Modern genera
  • Aptenodytes
  • Eudyptes
  • Eudyptula
  • Megadyptes
  • Pygoscelis

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Diomedeidae
G.R. Gray, 1840

Genera

Diomedea
Thalassarche
Phoebastria
Phoebetria

Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae
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Procellariidae
Leach, 1820

Genera

Several, List of Procellariidae.
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters.
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Hydrobatidae
Mathews, 1912

Genera

Subfamily Oceanitinae
Oceanites
Garrodia
Pelagodroma
Fregetta
Nesofregetta
Subfamily Hydrobatinae
Hydrobates
Oceanodroma
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Pelecanoididae
G.R. Gray, 1871

Genus: Pelecanoides
Lacépède, 1799

Species

Pelecanoides garnotii
Pelecanoides magellani
Pelecanoides georgicus

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Phaethontidae
Brandt, 1840

Genus: Phaethon

Species

3, see text

Tropicbirds are a group of three closely related pelagic seabirds of tropical oceans: The Red-billed Tropicbird, the Red-tailed
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Sulidae
Reichenbach, 1849

Genera
  • Morus
  • Sula
  • Papasula
For prehistoric genera, see text
Synonyms

Pseudosulidae

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies.
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Anhingidae
Reichenbach, 1849

Genus: Anhinga
Brisson, 1760

Species

A. anhinga
A. melanogaster
A. rufa
A. novaehollandiae
For extinct taxa, see article text.
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For the nuclear test codenamed Frigate Bird, see the main article Operation Dominic I and II.

Frigatebirds



Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
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Ardeidae
Leach, 1820

Genera

See text.

The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons.
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Scopidae
Bonaparte, 1849

Genus: Scopus
Brisson, 1760

Species: S.
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Ciconiidae
Gray, 1840

Genera

See text.
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae.
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Balaenicipitidae
Bonaparte, 1853

Genus: Balaeniceps
Gould, 1850

Species: B.
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Threskiornithidae
Richmond, 1917

Subfamilies
  • Threskionithinae (ibises)
  • Plateinae (spoonbills)


The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the
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Phoenicopteriformes
Fürbringer, 1888

Family: Phoenicopteridae
Bonaparte, 1831

Genus: Phoenicopterus
Linnaeus, 1758

Flamingos (
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Anhimidae
Stejneger, 1885

Genera
  • Anhima
  • Chauna
The Screamers are a small family of birds, the Anhimidae.
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Waterbird redirects here. See also shorebirds and seabirds.

Ducks, geese and swans

Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)


Scientific classification
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