Description Description What’s the difference between a crow and a jay? How many species of sparrow are there? What song do cuckoos really sing? Discover all the key facts about the world’s orders and families of birds with The Handbook of Bird Families. This is a reformatted, resized and fully updated edition of the second part of the highly acclaimed reference The World of Birds, published by the Museum in 2014.
This ultimate handbook contains a comprehensive survey of the world’s birds, reflecting the latest classification changes to the Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. It includes an introduction to each of the bird orders and a detailed account and concise fact panel for every one of the 234 families. It details the appearance, behaviour and lifestyle of the family members, while a glossary, further reading list and an index ensure easy reference. With clear, lively text, informative fact boxes and special photography from award-winning wildlife photographer David Tipling and other top photographers, The Handbook of Bird Families belongs on the shelf of everyone interested in birds.