Conservation will certainly benefit if its advocates can present a united front. It is greatly to be hoped that their harmony will not only endure but, further, become the core of a much broader consensus on how we define and classify our avian biodiversity, at every geographical scale. HBW Alive and BirdLife International propose that their respective web sites will be updated in parallel, so far as is practical. It is acknowledged that the systematic order published here is a work in progress and that regular updates will be needed for decades to come. For the first time, a work of this kind has been able to use a set of criteria that include field observations, such as vocalisations and ecology, alongside the more traditional museum work: these are the Tobias criteria, published in Ibis in 2010.Ī clear and well-illustrated 36-page introduction sets out the rationale for this new collaborative listing, the problems the task presents, the benefits and drawbacks of the criteria used and the implications of the overall results. The biggest problem is where to recognise that speciation has occurred. Abstract: Volume 6 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) covers 27 families in two orders, lagomorphs and most of the families of the order Rodentia. IUCN’s Red List of conservation priorities. IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Texas A & M University, US. 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. 1 : Ostrich to Ducks by Josep del Hoyo Calduch. 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Handbooks of the Birds of the World Ser.: Handbook of the Birds of the World. 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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