Initially produced in hard copy, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology along with BNA’s first editor, Alan Poole, spearheaded the second generation of the project by establishing BNA Online in 2004, which debuted as an online subscription-based service.Ī new era for BNA ensured when it began to take advantage of the wealth of Cornell Lab assets, including images, sounds, and video from Macaulay Library, and maps and data visualizations from eBird. The BNA project was initiated in 1992 as a collaboration between the Academy of Natural Sciences and the American Ornithological Society (AOS formerly known as American Ornithologists’ Union), and while the content is owned by Cornell Lab of Ornithology, our editorial team continues to work closely with the AOS Advisory Committee. The Birds of North America (BNA) provided encyclopedic coverage of the biology of North American breeding birds, with species accounts written by recognized experts.
Below we provide a brief overview of these volumes plus the data and media sources that underpin its innovation.Īn out-of-print serial publication, formerly hosted online by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and American Ornithological Society Illustrators: Arlott, Norman Burn, Hilary LEWINGTON, Ian Quinn, David Rose, Chris Small, Brian Worfolk, Tim.Birds of the World (BOW) content is written by ornithologists all over the world and was amassed from four major celebrated works of ornithology: Birds of North America, The Handbook of Birds of the World, Neotropical Birds, and Bird Families of the World. The index can be searched by the scientific name, or by common names in English, French, German and Spanish.Īuthors: Butchart, Stuart Collar, Nigel Stattersfield, Alison Bennun, Leon
Species Accounts of New Species Each of the 55 species is described, illustrated and shown on a distribution map, just as in the HBW Volumes.Ī collection of 200 stunning bird photos selected from the images presented in the HBW World Bird Photo Contest 2012, in homage to the wonderful birds of the world, to dedicated and inspiring nature photographers, as well as to our loyal and supportive HBW subscribers.Ī Global index to the entire series with quick keys to rapidly find what users are looking for in the 16 HBW Volumes. Many changes have been made possible, mostly thanks to advances in molecular technology, which is especially useful in determining (with much more certainty than at species level) relationships in terms of orders, families and other macrosystematic groups.Ī fascinating essay about the discovery of species new to Science in recent times, analyzing in depth the how, why and where of these new findings. Macrosystematics by Jon Fjeldså A comprehensive introduction to the changes in bird macrosystematics over the past 20 years. A special chapter on the history and other important aspects of the BirdLife International organization, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the BirdLife Partnership and the 90th anniversary of its predecessor, the International Council for Bird Preservation. The Special Volume will also include a global index to the collection, an indispensable and useful tool which will enable users to quickly find the specific species they are looking for in the more than 12,500 pages of the 16 volumes.įoreword by BirdLife International 90 years and growing: how BirdLife went from a council of experts to everybody's global partnership. The Special Volume will cover and illustrate all these species, 55 in total with texts, plates and distribution maps in typical HBW format. In the 20 years that have passed since this project started, a number of species genuinely new to Science have been described, and therefore are not featured in the 16 volumes of HBW. With the release of the 16th volume of the Handbook of the Birds of the World, this project has now been brought to completion.