The Complete Birds Of The World

[Abigael Ortyl]

Forthe first time ever, you can contemplate All the Birds of the World together in a single easy-to-use, fully illustrated volume. Created for a broad public, from novice birders to expert ornithologists and anyone interested in the spectacular diversity of birds, this book has something for everyone.

I got the book 2 days ago and i love it. There were a few nice surprises in it, like pages with extinct species.

beautiful illustrations.

i want to thank the staff of linx for there kindness, help and good information.

The bopok was a must buy for me and i love it.

Great book for every bird enthusiast for a very reasonable price! Drawings could have been a bit larger but since there are +10 000 species covered, it was probably the only solution. Absolute recommendation!

Awesome book.

Paper quality could have been a little better but with so much content it would probably weight a ton.

Maybe splitting it into 2 tomes will be more reasonable, although being single book makes it quite impressive (and a little hard in handling).

This is the greatest illustrated birds book! There are only illustrated birds, ranges, conservation status and QR code but enough. So I recommend for everyone that non-English language people.

Yes, this is a great price, of course!

This is certainly one of the most important books on birds ever published. And although there are online resources that are similar, none can give you the browsing ability that a printed copy can. I am so glad I got this book!

This magnificent book is the culmination of a 20 year labour of love by the visionary founders of Lynx. The artwork is of a very high standard, and the QR codes for each species provide rapid and comprehensive additional information. A must-have for any bird lover.

The taxonomic circle introduced in the book is ingenious, a master stroke of infographics that strips away large tranches of explanatory text and allows keen birders to read the information visually, easily and quickly. A circle is broken into four quadrants, each quadrant representing the status of a bird in each of the four major checklists of birds. These are the eBird Clements Checklist, IOC World Bird List, Howard and Moore checklist and the HBW and BirdLife International Checklist of the Birds of the World (HBW). The HBW checklist is assigned to the upper left quadrant. There are four levels of status coded in colour. Namely, Species (red), Subspecies Group (orange) Subspecies (pink) and not an accepted form (white). In each family, when an issue of lumping and splitting treatment arises in a difference between the different checklists, these are indicated in the circle quadrants by letters. A, B and C (and so on) are respectively the first, second and third species within a family where there is a taxonomic disagreement between the four checklists. Letter are used rather than numbers as letters allow the use of upper case and lower case for the system to work.

The front and outside back covers have a visual index of bird families, with passerines in the front and non-passerines in the rear. The appendices contain species extinct since AD 1,500, a list of standard country codes used in the distribution maps, a generous 34 pages of colour maps showing political boundaries and country codes and a list of one-country endemics which will help world listers to plan their trips. The top five are Indonesia (557 species), Australia (369 species), Brazil (275 species), Philippines (270 species) and Peru (134 species).

The front sections explain how the book works and the four major world checklists. A page is devoted to each of the phylogenetic trees of the non-passerines and passerines. I would have liked these to have occupied a double page spread each, to make the images and text easier to view and read. There is a lot of fascinating evolutionary information embedded in these. For example, the African landbird radiation and Austral landbird radiation resulted in two major branches. The African splitting again with one branch having most of the Birds of Prey which includes the New World Vultures (Cathartidae), Secretary Bird (Sagittariidae), Osprey (Pandinidae), Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae). The Austral Branch has small terminal branches for Seriemas (Cariamidae) and the Falcons (Falconidae), before a major split that gave rise to the Passerines on one branch and the other branch with further terminal branches resulting in New Zealand Parrots (Strigopidae), Cockatoos (Cacatuidae) and Parrots Psittacidae). Thus, falcons although so similar to eagles and hawks (on the African branch) are more closely related to parrots being on the Austral branch.

ABW is edited by Josep del Hoyo and in the preface he explains the story behind this book as a triple project which began with a 15 country Land Rover drive across Africa which led to the HBW and the Illustrated Checklists of the Birds of the World and the ABW. The inside jacket flap carries a mini author bio. In this book, he emerges from the shadows, with overt recognition of his pivotal role in transforming natural history publishing by building out the Lynx Edicions team.

It is an amazing achivement for sure, getting all the bird species of the world in a single volume, all of them illustrated.

Yes, this book is all about the illustrations, and they vary from acceptable to masterful. In the acceptable spectrum, its mainly some issues with proportions and sometimes a bit dull colours. The Pink robin can serve as an example for both. Some ot the waders and birds of prey could also get better in a future update, perhaps.. The vast majority of the illustrations are very good though, and many of them is just perfect!

Despite some imperfections in some illustrations (yes Im a picky one) I really love this book! To turn the pages and see all this beauty and fantastic diversity among the birds makes me happy, everytime. I dont think I can say that about any other bird book I own.

It is a great value, well worth every euro. My highest recommendations!

The book is incredible!

I highly recommend it for everybody who likes to broaden their knowledge in the incredible diversity of birds.

It is my 2nd purchase with Lynx Edicions. I have made fantastic experiences with the company. Very quick customer support and very fair and quick complaint policies.

5 stars for both the publisher and the book!

The book itself is incredible, and really is comprehensive. Has range maps for everything, subspecies, extinct species, QR codes, you name it.

But, the shipping took around five days in total, and even though I paid only for the cheapest shipping option, I still got updates along every stop of the way. All the packaging was recyclable and sturdy to boot, and the book came in perfect condition. The price of the book really is worth what you get

I received mine a week back. Had some time to browse through the book during the weekend. I was flabbergasted by the effort that would have taken to compile so much information on so many birds. I could see the passion with which the authors have worked on this monumental edition. Even in this digital world order, this book is relevant and any bird lover will definitely like this to be in their posession. Love this book!

Absolutely love the book. I can flip through the pages for hours just looking at all the birds and many of their subspecies and comparing them to others from all around the world. The information given for each is perfect. Just what you need to know arranged in a concise and clear way. Brilliant work!

I only have one problem with the book. Though the great majority of illustrations are amazing, the quality of some is just not good enough for the rest of the book. A great example is on p.482 and p.483. To the left a superb illustration of a Pacific-slope Flycatcher that looks like a photograph. I can almost see it blinking and its feathers moving in the wind. To the right, a doubtful Olive-sided Flycatcher and Greater Pewee that look like taxidermy. I would not have identified them if I did not read their name.

You can see the different styles of the contributing artists in the hummingbird section. Thats fine, for the most part. But on p.151 the difference between the superb Blue-chinned Emerald and the Dusky Hummingbird is abrupt. The Boobooks in p.249 also clash dramatically. The differences are a bit disturbing.

I can confirm the positive comments of other reviewers regarding the general concept of the book, its print and packaging quality and its massive scope. I will be very happy to have it in my library for the years to come.

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