Josep del Hoyo Calduch(Editor), Andrew Elliott(Editor), Jordi Sargatal(Editor), Jürgen H Haffer(Foreword By)
679 pages, 70 plates with colour illustrations; 236 colour photos, 837 colour distribution maps, 13 illustrations and tables
Publisher: Lynx Edicions
Volume 4 of the Handbook of the Birds of the World covers six bird families across four orders, including pigeons, doves, parrots, cockatoos, cuckoos, sandgrouse, and turacos. With 70 color plates, 236 photographs, 837 distribution maps, and nearly 7,000 references, this volume features the most species (837) of any non-passerine volume. Key taxonomic discussions address issues like the separation of cockatoos from parrots. Foreword by Jürgen H. Haffer on species concepts in ornithology.
