Handbook of the Birds of the World

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The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a multi-volume reference work in English that covers all described living bird species on earth. It is published by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in Barcelona . The editors are Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott , Jordi Sargatal and David A. Christie .

The book series was published from 1992 and was completed with the publication of the 17th volume (supplement volume).

The systematic structure of the series follows the taxonomic findings that are currently recognized when the manuscripts are completed. Occasionally, however, it happens that systematic changes are only taken into account in the following volume, such as the transfer of many genera of the subfamily Saxocolinae to the family Muscicapidae in volume 11. However, the greater part of this subfamily is dealt with in volume 10 when it was still part of the family Turdidae was. Newly discovered species will be taken into account, provided that an initial scientific description is available when the manuscript is completed.

Each volume (except the first two) begins with a treatise on a specific ornithological topic, followed by the introductory article on the family and finally the individual contributions on the species (including their systematics, subspecies and distribution, description, habitat, way of life (reproduction, Migrations, food) and protection status). There is also a distribution map, bibliographical references that are listed in an index at the end of each volume and an illustration on a picture board.

At the Handbook of the Birds of the World over 200 ornithologists and 35 illustrators from 40 countries and 834 photographers from around the world were involved. The world's first photos of many rare bird species, including the Banggai crow and the great-billed reed warbler , appeared in this series of books.

Published volumes

Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks (African ostrich to duck birds)

This volume was published in September 1992. It begins with a 38-page overview by Eduardo de Juana about the way birds live and a foreword by Christoph Imboden , in which the HBW project is presented. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl (New World Vultures to Guinea Fowl)

This volume was published in 1994. It contains a foreword by Walter J. Bock on the information and organizational concept of the Handbook of the Bird of the World. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks (Hoatzin to Alkenvögel)

This volume was published in 1996. It begins with a treatise on "Art and Nature" by Robert Bateman. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos (birds to cuckoos)

This volume was published in 1997. It begins with a treatise on "Species Concepts and Species Boundaries in Ornithology" by Jürgen H. Haffer . The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 5: Barn-Owls to Hummingbirds (barn owls to hummingbirds)

This volume was published in 1999. It begins with a treatise on “Risk Indicators and Status Tracking in Birds” by Nigel J. Collar . The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills (mouse birds to hornbills)

This volume was released in 2001. It contains an introductory chapter on the “ bird voice recording ” by Luis Baptista and Don Kroodsma. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers (glossy birds to woodpeckers)

This volume was published in 2002. Since the HBW (with a few exceptions) only dedicates its own article to living bird species, this is the only volume in the introductory chapter written by Errol Fuller that goes into detail on the recently extinct bird species such as the dodo or the pigeon . Marginal notes on recently extinct bird species can be found in the other volumes within the family articles. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos (Breitrachen to Bürzelstelzer)

This volume was released in 2003. It contains an introductory chapter on "The History of Bird Classification" by Murray Bruce. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails (ornamental birds to stilts and pipits)

This volume was released in 2004. The introductory chapter by Richard Banks deals with “ornithological nomenclature”. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes (Stachelbürzler to Thrushes)

This volume was published in 2005. It contains an introductory chapter on “Ecology and Importance of Alien Birds” by Daniel Soll, Tim Blackburn, Phillip Cassey, Richard Dancun and Jordi Clavell. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers (flycatchers to warblers)

This volume was published in September 2006. It contains an introductory chapter on the “ecological significance of bird populations” by Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu and a foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich . The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees (Felshüpfer bis Meisen)

This volume was published October 2007. It contains a foreword on fossil birds by Kevin J. Caley. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes (bag tit to shrike)

This volume was published in October 2008. The introductory chapter written by Ian Newton is about bird migration.

Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows (bush shrikes to sparrows)

This volume was published in October 2009. The Foreword on Bird Watching Past, Present and Future was written by Stephen Moss. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers (weaver birds to wood warblers)

This volume was published in October 2010. The foreword on worldwide bird protection was written by Stuart Butchart, Nigel Collar, Alison Stattersfield and Leon Bennun. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds (Tangaren to Starlings)

This volume was published in December 2011. The foreword on climate change and birds was written by Anders Pape Møller. The following families are dealt with in this volume:

Special issue: New Species and Global Index (New Species and Global Table of Contents)

This volume was published in July 2013. It includes the descriptions of 89 new bird species, including the first scientific descriptions of 15 previously undescribed species from the Amazon region, as well as the global table of contents of all bird species dealt with in the 17 volumes. In addition, 200 photos from the HBW World Bird Photo Contest will be presented. The foreword gives a historical outline of the development from the International Committee for Bird Protection, founded in 1922, to today's bird protection organization BirdLife International . The introduction of Jon Fjeldså is about the macro scheme of bird orders.

HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World: Volume 1: Non-Passerines

This volume was published in July 2014. Based on the species concept by Tobias et al., 2010, Lynx Edicions, in cooperation with BirdLife International, presents an extensive checklist of all the species and subspecies treated in the HBW as well as the currently newly discovered or newly separated species and subspecies. The volume contains short descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps as well as the English, Spanish, French and German trivial names of all primitive jaws and new jaws with the exception of passerines . 9541 accepted taxa, 4372 recent species from 988 genera, 105 families and 35 orders are listed. Furthermore, 99 modern (after 1500) extinct species are listed, including 50 illustrated in Appendix 1 and 49 without illustration in Appendix 2. Compared to the original HBW series, 461 taxa are split off as independent new species and 20 former species are either as subspecies or considered as synonyms of other species.

HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World: Volume 2: Passerines

This volume was published in December 2016. Based on the species concept by Tobias et al., 2010, Lynx Edicions, in cooperation with BirdLife International, presents an extensive checklist of all the species and subspecies treated in the HBW as well as the currently newly discovered or newly separated species and subspecies. The volume contains short descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps as well as the English, Spanish, French and German common names of all passerine birds . 6592 recent species from 1358 genera, 138 families and one order are listed. In addition, 57 species that have recently become extinct (after 1500) are listed. Compared to the original HBW series, 628 taxa are split off as independent new species and 41 former species are either regarded as subspecies or as synonyms of other species.

Internet Bird Collection

In addition to the HBW, a database with video and photo files on the bird species treated was set up between 2002 and 2020. It has been part of the Macaulay Library since May 2020 .

HBW Alive

In July 2013 Lynx Edicions put the HBW Alive project online. This database, which is subject to registration and payment, contains all articles and family contributions from all published HBW volumes. In addition to the illustrations of each individual species, it contains links to photo, video and audio material as well as the maps of the distribution areas. In 2019, Cornell University and Lynx Edicions entered into a joint venture with the aim of their online draft horses HBW Alive, Birds of North America and Neotropical Birding, the photo and video databases ebird and Internet Bird Collection as well as the sound database Macaulay Library on a new website with the Unite the names Birds of the World and put them online in March 2020. HBW Alive was discontinued in May 2020.

literature

  • Josep del Hoyo, Jordi Sargatal and Ramon Mascort : Tots els ocells i mamífers del món. 30 anys de Lynx Edicions , Fundacio Mascort with Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, ​​2019. (Exhibition catalog on the history of the publishing house Lynx Edicions, the Handbook of the Birds of the World and the Handbook of the Mammals of the World in Catalan, Spanish and English)

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joseph A Tobias, Nathalie Seddon, Claire N Spottiswoode, John D Pilgrim, Lincoln DC Fishpool, Nigel J Collar: Quantitative criteria for species delimitation Ibis , 2010. doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919X.2010.01051.x .