This book provides the first standardized English-language nomenclature for all living birds of the world. While previous checklists, including those by Sibley and Monroe, Clements, and Howard and Moore, were primarily taxonomic works, "Birds of the World" provides English-language names based on the rules and principles developed by leading ornithologists worldwide and endorsed by members of the preeminent International Ornithological Congress. The book's introduction includes background material on the project and discusses the authors' rationale for naming conventions. The list of over 10,000 names follows, in taxonomic order, with relevant scientific names and a brief description of the birds' breeding range. The accompanying CD contains full text and additional information on species distribution.
- ISBN10 0691128278
- ISBN13 9780691128276
- Publish Date 20 August 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 272
- Language English
- URL https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8271.html