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Our round up of latest revisions includes: Heermann's Gull, Western Reef-Heron, Kashmir Nutracker, Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo, Green Manakin, Chivi Vireo, and Red-throated Loon
Catch up on these recently updated species accounts: White-crowned Manakin, Black-faced Dacnis, Orange Bullfinch, and Restinga Tyrannulet.
Recent genetic research attempts to crack one of the greatest ornithological mysteries: the identity of a nightjar known only from a single specimen collected in 1929 in extreme north-west China.
Catch up on these recently updated species accounts: Pinyon Jay, Bare-faced Curassow, and Tricolored and White-winged Brushfinch.
We just released three new features for Birds of the World including: access to the “Ornithological Notes,” as formerly published in HBW Alive tools for seeing species common names in additional languages ‘Surprise me’ – a fun way to explore the species available in Birds of the World. And of course, we regularly release revised […]
Early this year, the ornithological world was rocked when Frank Rheindt and colleagues published a paper in which they described five entirely new species of birds, and five new subspecies of birds, all from several small islands near Sulawesi, Indonesia (Rheindt et al. 2020).
Welcome to Birds of the World, a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology, allowing you to explore the remarkable diversity of birds!Â
A brief note on the release and history of Birds of the World by John Fitzpatrick, Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Josep del Hoyo, co-founder of Lynx Edicions and Senior Editor of Handbook of Birds of the World, sends words of welcome as HBW Alive finds a new home.
One of the most exciting features in Birds of the World is the new Bird Families of the World Explorer, which provides visual and interactive overviews of all 249 bird families along with in-depth summaries of recent scientific literature of the relationships of each family.