Ornithological handbook

Ornithological handbook

An ornithological handbook is a book (or series of books) giving summarised information either about the birds of a particular geographical area or a particular taxonomic group of birds. Some handbooks cover many aspects of their subjects' biology, whereas others focus on specific topics, particularly identification.

List of ornithological handbooks with a worldwide scope

List of ornithological handbooks with a geographic scope


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  • Handbook of the Birds of the World (collection d'ouvrages) — Handbook of the Birds of the World La collection du Handbook of the Birds of the World (souvent abrégé en HBW) est une série de 16 volumes (13 actuellement parus), éditée par une maison d édition espagnole de Barcelone : Lynx Edicions. Cette …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Handbook of the birds of the world (collection d'ouvrages) — Handbook of the Birds of the World La collection du Handbook of the Birds of the World (souvent abrégé en HBW) est une série de 16 volumes (13 actuellement parus), éditée par une maison d édition espagnole de Barcelone : Lynx Edicions. Cette …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Handbook of the Birds of the World — The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a multi volume series produced by the 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,… …   Wikipedia

  • Handbook of the Birds of the World — La collection du Handbook of the Birds of the World (souvent abrégé en HBW) est une série de 16 volumes (15 actuellement parus), éditée par une maison d édition espagnole de Barcelone : Lynx Edicions. Cette série est dirigée par Josep del… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide — infobox Book | name = Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide title orig = translator = image caption = author = Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C. Anderton illustrator = Anderton and eleven other artists cover artist = Anderton country = U.S.… …   Wikipedia

  • The Birds of the Western Palearctic — [Its full title is Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic ] (often referred to by its initials BWP ) is a nine volume ornithological handbook covering the birds of the western… …   Wikipedia

  • Avifauna — The term avifauna can be used in one of two senses: * to mean bird fauna i.e. the bird species found in a particular geographic region (e.g. the avifauna of India ) * to refer to a book about the status of the bird fauna of a particular… …   Wikipedia

  • BWP — could refer to:* Bradley Wright Phillips, an English association football player * Belgische Werkliedenpartij, the Dutch name of the first Belgian socialist party. * the Botswana pula, Botswana s currency * The Blair Witch Project , a successful… …   Wikipedia

  • The Birds of Africa — Infobox Book name = The Birds of Africa title orig = translator = image caption = author = C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, Emil Urban illustrator = Martin Woodcock cover artist = country = language = series = subject = genre = publisher = ?? pub… …   Wikipedia

  • Bird — For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). Aves and Avifauna redirect here. For other uses, see Aves (disambiguation) or Avifauna (disambiguation). Birds Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent, 150–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

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