The biggest problem is where to recognise that speciation has occurred. IUCN’s Red List of conservation priorities. The merging here of two of the most authoritative online, regularly updated world listings of birds is therefore hugely significant, especially as BirdLife International’s data feed directly into There are many rival catalogues of the world’s birds, leaving conservation science, and listers too, in some confusion. The true value of this work lies, however, in the new systematic listing that it puts forward.
An index of species names closes the book. There follows a bibliography of almost 2000, mainly taxonomic references. A third appendix is a set of atlas maps showing localities, many obscure and otherwise not easily found, that are mentioned in the distribution sections. Extinct species are included but consigned to appendices. The reader will often want more information about a species than is presented, however, and there is a reference to the volume and page of HBW where this can be found. It is a unique opportunity to browse the world’s non-passerine birds, in the certainty that every single known species is depicted: each turn of the page raises new delights.
Each species has a short text, covering taxonomic issues and distribution, opposite a world distribution map and paintings, mostly from HBW, that show the main plumage types. Volume 2, covering the passerines, is expected in 2016.Īt one level this checklist is an index to the HBW series. It matches one of HBW’s for its size, weight and quality of production. This handsome volume is another from the HBW team (Handbook of the Birds of the World), this time in collaboration with BirdLife International. HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of The Birds Of The World Volume 1: Non-Passerines
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