A list of volumes of the
Handbook of the Birds of the World 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: •
Struthionidae (ostrich) •
Rheidae (rheas) •
Casuariidae (cassowaries) •
Dromaiidae (emu) •
Apterygidae (kiwis) •
Tinamidae (tinamous) •
Spheniscidae (penguins) •
Gaviidae (loons) •
Podicipedidae (grebes) •
Diomedeidae (albatrosses) •
Procellariidae (petrels and shearwaters) •
Hydrobatidae (storm-petrels) •
Pelecanoididae (diving-petrels) •
Phaethontidae (tropicbirds) •
Pelecanidae (pelicans) •
Sulidae (gannets and boobies) •
Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants) •
Anhingidae (darters) •
Fregatidae (frigatebirds) •
Ardeidae (herons) •
Scopidae (hamerkop) •
Ciconiidae (storks) •
Balaenicipitidae (shoebill) •
Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) •
Phoenicopteridae (flamingos) •
Anhimidae (screamers) •
Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans)
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: •
Cathartidae (New World vultures) •
Pandionidae (osprey) •
Accipitridae (hawks and eagles) •
Sagittariidae (secretarybird) •
Falconidae (falcons and caracaras) •
Megapodiidae (megapodes) •
Cracidae (chachalacas, guans and curassows) •
Meleagrididae (turkeys) •
Tetraonidae (grouse) •
Odontophoridae (New World quails) •
Phasianidae (pheasants and partridges) •
Numididae (guineafowl)
Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks This volume was published in 1996. It has a foreword by
Robert Bateman on "art and nature". Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Opisthocomidae (hoatzin) •
Mesitornithidae (mesites) •
Turnicidae (buttonquails) •
Gruidae (cranes) •
Aramidae (limpkin) •
Psophiidae (trumpeters) •
Rallidae (rails, gallinules and coots) •
Heliornithidae (finfoots) •
Rhynochetidae (kagu) •
Eurypygidae (sunbittern) •
Cariamidae (seriemas) •
Otididae (bustards) •
Jacanidae (jacanas) •
Rostratulidae (painted snipes) •
Dromadidae (crab plover) •
Haematopodidae (oystercatchers) •
Ibidorhynchidae (ibisbill) •
Recurvirostridae (avocets, stilts) •
Burhinidae (thick-knees) •
Glareolidae (pratincoles, coursers) •
Charadriidae (plovers) •
Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) •
Pedionomidae (plains-wanderer) •
Thinocoridae (seedsnipes) •
Chionididae (sheathbills) •
Stercorariidae (skuas) •
Laridae (gulls) •
Sternidae (terns) •
Rynchopidae (skimmers) •
Alcidae (auks)
Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos This volume was published in 1997. It has an introductory essay "Species Concepts and Species Limits in Ornithology" by
Jürgen Haffer. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Pteroclidae (sandgrouse) •
Columbidae (pigeons and doves) •
Cacatuidae (cockatoos) •
Psittacidae (parrots) •
Musophagidae (turacos) •
Cuculidae (cuckoos)
Volume 5: Barn-Owls to Hummingbirds This volume was published in 1999. It has an introductory essay "Risk Indicators and Status Assessment in Birds" by
Nigel J. Collar. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Tytonidae (barn-owls) •
Strigidae (typical owls) •
Steatornithidae (oilbird) •
Aegothelidae (owlet-nightjars) •
Podargidae (frogmouths) •
Nyctibiidae (potoos) •
Caprimulgidae (nightjars) •
Apodidae (swifts) •
Hemiprocnidae (tree-swifts) •
Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills This volume was published in 2001. It has an introductory essay "Avian Bioacoustics" by
Luis Baptista and
Don Kroodsma. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Coliidae (mousebirds) •
Trogonidae (trogons) •
Alcedinidae (kingfishers) •
Todidae (todies) •
Momotidae (motmots) •
Meropidae (bee-eaters) •
Coraciidae (rollers) •
Brachypteraciidae (ground-rollers) •
Leptosomidae (cuckoo-rollers) •
Upupidae (hoopoes) •
Phoeniculidae (wood-hoopoes) •
Bucerotidae (hornbills)
Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers This volume was published in 2002. It has an introductory essay "Extinct Birds" by
Errol Fuller. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Galbulidae (jacamars) •
Bucconidae (puffbirds) •
Capitonidae (barbets) •
Ramphastidae (toucans) •
Indicatoridae (honeyguides) •
Picidae (woodpeckers)
Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos This volume was published in 2003. It has an introductory essay "A Brief History of Classifying Birds" by
Murray Bruce. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Eurylaimidae (broadbills) •
Philepittidae (asities) •
Pittidae (pittas) •
Furnariidae (ovenbirds) •
Dendrocolaptidae (woodcreepers) •
Thamnophilidae (typical antbirds) •
Formicariidae (ground-antbirds) •
Conopophagidae (gnateaters) •
Rhinocryptidae (tapaculos)
Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails This volume was published in 2004. It has an introductory essay "Ornithological Nomenclature" by
Richard Banks. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Cotingidae (cotingas) •
Pipridae (manakins) •
Tyrannidae (tyrant-flycatchers) •
Acanthisittidae (New Zealand wrens) •
Atrichornithidae (scrub-birds) •
Menuridae (lyrebirds) •
Alaudidae (larks) •
Hirundinidae (swallows and martins) •
Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
Volume 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes This volume was published in 2005. It has an introductory essay "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: •
Campephagidae (cuckoo-shrikes) •
Pycnonotidae (bulbuls) •
Chloropseidae (leafbirds) •
Irenidae (fairy-bluebirds) •
Aegithinidae (ioras) •
Ptilogonatidae (silky-flycatchers) •
Bombycillidae (waxwings) •
Hypocoliidae (hypocolius) •
Dulidae (palmchat) •
Cinclidae (dippers) •
Troglodytidae (wrens) •
Mimidae (mockingbirds and thrashers) •
Prunellidae (accentors) •
Turdidae (thrushes) (including chats, which are now part of the family Muscicapidae (HBW 11))
Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers This volume was published in September 2006. It has an introductory essay "Ecological Significance of Bird Populations" by
Cagan Sekercioglu with a preface by
Paul R. Ehrlich. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers) •
Platysteiridae (batises and wattle-eyes) •
Rhipiduridae (fantails) •
Monarchidae (monarch-flycatchers) •
Regulidae (kinglets and firecrests) •
Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers) •
Cisticolidae (cisticolas and allies) •
Sylviidae (Old World warblers)
Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees This volume was published in October 2007. It includes an introduction to the fossil birds by
Kevin J. Kayleigh. This volume covers the following groups: •
Picathartidae (picathartes) •
Timaliidae (babblers) •
Paradoxornithidae (parrotbills) •
Pomatostomidae (Australasian babblers) •
Orthonychidae (logrunners) •
Eupetidae (jewel-babblers and allies) •
Pachycephalidae (whistlers) •
Petroicidae (Australasian robins) •
Maluridae (fairy-wrens) •
Dasyornithidae (bristlebirds) •
Acanthizidae (Australasian warblers and thornbills) •
Epthianuridae (Australian chats) •
Neosittidae (sittellas) •
Climacteridae (Australasian treecreepers) •
Paridae (chickadees)
Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes This volume was published in October 2008. It includes an introductory essay on bird migration by
Ian Newton. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Remizidae (penduline-tits) •
Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) •
Sittidae (nuthatches) •
Tichodromadidae (wallcreeper) •
Certhiidae (treecreepers) •
Rhabdornithidae (Rabdornis) •
Nectariniidae (sunbirds) •
Melanocharitidae (berrypeckers and longbills) •
Paramythiidae (painted berrypeckers) •
Dicaeidae (flowerpeckers) •
Pardalotidae (pardalotes) •
Zosteropidae (white-eyes) •
Promeropidae (sugarbirds) •
Meliphagidae (honeyeaters) •
Oriolidae (orioles) •
Laniidae (shrikes)
Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows This volume was published in October 2009. It includes the foreword "Birding Past, Present and Future – a Global View" by
Stephen Moss. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Malaconotidae (bush-shrikes) •
Prionopidae (helmet-shrikes) •
Vangidae (vangas) •
Dicruridae (drongos) •
Callaeidae (New Zealand wattlebirds) •
Notiomystidae (stitchbird) •
Grallinidae (magpie-larks) •
Corcoracidae (white-winged chough and apostlebird) •
Artamidae (woodswallows) •
Pityriaseidae (Bornean bristlehead) •
Cracticidae (butcherbirds) •
Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise) •
Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds) •
Corvidae (crows) •
Buphagidae (oxpeckers) •
Sturnidae (starlings) •
Passeridae (Old World sparrows)
Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers This volume was published in October 2010. It includes a foreword on bird conservation by
Stuart Butchart,
Nigel Collar,
Alison Stattersfield, and
Leon Bennun. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Ploceidae (weavers) •
Estrildidae (waxbills) •
Viduidae (indigobirds) •
Vireonidae (vireos) •
Fringillidae (finches) •
Drepanididae (i.e. subfamily
Drepanidinae in recent taxonomies) (Hawaiian honeycreepers) •
Peucedramidae (Olive warbler) •
Parulidae (New World warblers)
Volume 16: Cardinals to New World Blackbirds This volume was published in December 2011. It includes a foreword on
climate change and birds by
Anders Pape Møller. Groups covered in this volume are as follows: •
Thraupidae (tanagers) •
Cardinalidae (cardinals) •
Emberizidae (buntings and New World sparrows) •
Icteridae (New World blackbirds)
Special Volume: New Species and Global Index This volume was published in July 2013. It includes a comprehensive introduction by
Jon Fjeldså on changes in bird macrosystematics and a foreword on the history of
BirdLife International. It covers 84 new species published more recently than their corresponding HBW volumes, including 15 scientific descriptions of newly discovered Amazonian birds.
HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-passerines This volume was published in July 2014. It depicts all non-passerines with drawings and maps, including all extinct species since the year 1500.
HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 2: Passerines This volume was published in December 2016. It depicts all passerines with drawings and maps, including all extinct species since the year 1500. == See also ==