More than 200 renowned specialists and 35 illustrators (including Toni Llobet, Hilary Burn and H. In addition, all volumes except the first and second contain an essay on a particular ornithological theme. Material in each volume is grouped first by family, with an introductory article on each family this is followed by individual species accounts (taxonomy, subspecies and distribution, descriptive notes, habitat, food and feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation, bibliography). This has not been done before for any other group in the animal kingdom. For the first time an animal class has all the species illustrated and treated in detail in a single work. Handbook of the Birds of the World (16-Volume Set + Special Volume) comprises all volumes of HBW, illustrating and describing in detail every species of bird in the world.
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