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howard and moore complete checklist of the birds of the world
Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World - wikipedia Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World Jump to : navigation , search The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World <Td_colspan="2"> The cover of the third edition Author Richard Howard and Alick Moore Country U.K. Language English Publisher Christopher Helm Publication date 2003 Media type Print ( Hardback ) ISBN 0 - 7136 - 6536 - X OCLC 59367637 LC Class QL677 . H75 2003 This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( July 2008 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World is a book by Richard Howard and Alick Moore which presents a list of the bird species of the world . It was the first single - volume world bird list to include subspecies names , and until the publication of the 5th edition of James Clements ' Checklist of Birds of the World was the only one to do so . It is currently in its fourth edition ( 2013 ) , and is published by Aves Press in the UK . Contents ( hide ) 1 First edition 2 Second edition 3 Third edition 4 Fourth edition 5 References First edition ( edit ) The first edition was published in 1980 . This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . ( July 2008 ) Second edition ( edit ) Front cover of the second edition The second edition was published in 1991 , and a reprint was issued in 1994 , and included an appendix with a further 282 changes . The jacket paintings are by Martin Woodcock . This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . ( July 2008 ) Third edition ( edit ) The third edition was published in 2003 . It was edited by Edward C. Dickinson , with the assistance of four other regional compilers : David Pearson ( covering Africa ) , James Van Remsen , Jr . ( The Americas ) , Kees Roselaar ( the Palearctic region ) and Richard Schodde ( Australasia ) ; Dickinson himself acted as the regional consultant for Asia . This edition starts with a foreword from Richard Howard ( Alick Moore having died prior to this edition being prepared ) . A seven - page introduction is followed by a six - page chapter entitled `` Avian Higher - level Phylogenetics and the Howard and Moore Checklist of Birds '' by Joel Cracraft , F. Keith Barker and Alice Cibois , after which is a summary of the family structure used in this edition , in tabular form , giving numbers of genera and species . The bulk of the book , from pages 31 to 826 is the systematic list . A references list from pages 832 to 883 lists 3000 references used in the compilation of the checklist . Fourth edition ( edit ) The fourth edition was published in two volumes in 2013 and 2014 . The first volume ( covering the non-passerines ) was edited by Edward C. Dickinson and James Van Remsen , Jr. while the second volume ( passerines ) was edited by Edward C. Dickinson and Les Christidis . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World , Volume 1 : Non-passerines '' . www.nhbs.com . Retrieved 9 September 2017 . Jump up ^ `` The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World , Volume 2 : Passerines '' . www.nhbs.com . Retrieved 9 September 2017 . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard_and_Moore_Complete_Checklist_of_the_Birds_of_the_World&oldid=815380144 '' Categories : Ornithological checklists Hidden categories : Pages to import images to Wikidata Articles lacking sources from July 2008 All articles lacking sources Articles to be expanded from July 2008 All articles to be expanded Articles using small message boxes Talk Contents About Wikipedia Esperanto Français Nederlands Português Edit links This page was last edited on 14 December 2017 , at 14 : 01 . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply . By using this site , you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation , Inc. , a non-profit organization . About Wikipedia