An ornithological handbook is a book (or series of books) giving summarised information either about the birds of a particular

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area or a particular

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group of birds. Some handbooks cover many aspects of their subjects' biology, whereas others focus on specific topics, particularly identification.

List of ornithological handbooks with a worldwide scope

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Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. ...

'' * The '' Bird families of the world'' series * The ''

Helm Identification Guides The ''Helm Identification Guides'' are a series of books that identify groups of bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Ovi ...

'' series

List of ornithological handbooks with a geographic scope

* '' The Birds of Africa'' * '' The Birds of the Malay Peninsula'' * '' Birds of North America'' * '' The Birds of South America'' * ''Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide'' * '' Birds of the Western Palearctic'' *Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds: Passerines: A Photographic Guide (Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, 2018) * '' Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds'', the standard text of Australian ornithology, abbreviated as HANZAB * ''

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'', the handbook by Serventy and Whittell, published in 1948 through five editions.

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