Handbook of the Birds of the World [HBW], Volume Nine: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails

This title is not held in stock but we are happy to supply on special order.   Please contact us.  The second passerine volume.  The series completed in sixteen volumes.

Volume 9 of this landmark series deals with species from around the world and continues treatment of the passerines. It covers the following families: Cotingidae (Cotingas), Pipridae (Manakins), Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers), Acanthisittidae (New Zealand Wrens), Atrichornithidae (Scrub-birds), Menuridae (Lyrebirds), Alaudidae (Larks), Hirundinidae (Swallows), and Motacillidae (Pipits and Wagtails). This volume has a foreword on ornithological nomenclature.