Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks

Hoatzin to Auks. 60 colour plates of birds, 389 colour photographs, 577 distribution maps and more than 8000 bibliographical references. There is a foreword by Robert Bateman on "art and nature". Volume #3 includes the following taxa: Opisthocomidae (hoatzin) Mesitornithidae (mesites) Turnicidae (buttonquails) Gruidae (cranes) Aramidae (limpkin) Psophiidae (trumpeters) Rallidae (rails, gallinules and coots) Heliornithidae (finfoots) Rhynochetidae (kagu) Eurypygidae (sunbittern) Cariamidae (seriemas) Otididae (bustards) Jacanidae (jacanas) Rostratulidae (painted snipes) Dromadidae (crab plover) Haematopodidae (oystercatchers) Ibidorhynchidae (ibisbill) Recurvirostridae (avocets, stilts) Burhinidae (thick-knees) Glareolidae (pratincoles, coursers) Charadriidae (plovers) Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) Pedionomidae (plains-wanderer) Thinocoridae (seedsnipes) Chionididae (sheathbills) Stercorariidae (skuas) Laridae (gulls) Sternidae (terns) Rhynchopidae (skimmers) Alcidae (auks)