Josep del Hoyo Calduch(Editor), Andrew Elliott(Editor), David A Christie(Editor), Murray Bruce(Foreword By)
845 pages, 81 plates with colour illustrations; 477 colour photos, 681 colour distribution maps
Publisher: Lynx Edicions
Volume 8 of the Handbook of the Birds of the World, Broadbills to Tapaculos covers the first nine families of Passeriformes, including broadbills, asities, pittas, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, antbirds, and tapaculos. It features 81 color plates, 477 photographs, 681 distribution maps, and around 4,000 bibliographical references. With a foreword by Murray Bruce on the history of bird classification, this volume is an essential reference for bird enthusiasts and researchers interested in tropical species and passerine taxonomy.
