A landmark field guide, combining unmatched illustration, field expertise, and modern data to redefine how birds are identified and understood
- More than 800 regularly occurring species and 158 rare visitors found across the United States and Canada
- More than 7,000 illustrations in 300 plates provide unprecedented and lifelike plumage, age, sex, and subspecies details and hundreds of vignettes showing birds in their habitat
- ID plates and facing-page text allow side-by-side comparison of similar species and provide deep ID context that is impossible to achieve on mobile screens
- 鈥淪ounds鈥 sections offer expert guidance for interpreting vocalizations and separating confusing species
- Complements the strengths of the popular Merlin Bird ID app, bridging page and smartphone in a field-ready system for sound ID
- eBird integration includes shared global nomenclature, including subspecies, across the guide and Merlin, ensuring ease of identification and data-sharing
- Distribution maps powered by eBird data transform millions of observations into new insights about bird distribution and abundance
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A World-class Team of Authors and Illustrators
Brian L. Sullivan is Birds of the World project lead at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. From 2005-2017 he served as a project leader for eBird. His academic papers have focused on the power of gathering observational data at scale, engaging communities, and delivering science for conservation impact. His interest in bird identification, sound recording, and photography have taken him around the world. He is co-author of several books on bird ID, including Better Birding (快色直播, 2016) as well as the co-creator of the groundbreaking 鈥楻aptor ID鈥 app for mobile devices.
Michael O鈥橞rien is an author, artist, and tour leader for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours living in West Cape May, NJ. He is co-author of The Shorebird Guide, Flight Calls of Migratory Birds, and America鈥檚 100 Most Wanted Birds, and author of Larkwire, an app for learning bird sounds. His illustrations have been published in National Geographic鈥檚 Field Guide to the Birds of North America and the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America.
Christopher Wood is a field ornithologist, conservationist, and birder based in Ithaca, NY. He is Program Director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Director of eBird, leading efforts to turn bird observations into actionable conservation worldwide. He is passionate about making bird data and knowledge more accessible to birders, scientists, and decision-makers.
Steve N. G. Howell is an international bird tour leader with WINGS, a Research Associate of the California Academy of Sciences and Point Blue Conservation Science, and a prolific writer. A world-renowned expert on oceanic and neotropical birds, Steve has authored numerous books and other publications, including Oceanic Birds of the World (快色直播, 2019, co-authored with Kirk Zufelt) and recent field guides to the birds of Belize and Costa Rica (both 快色直播 and co-authored with Dale Dyer).
Ian Lewington, principal illustrator for this book, is widely recognized as one of the world鈥檚 most accompished bird illustrators. He has been obsessed with watching and drawing birds from childhood, an interest inspired by his natural historian father and brother. Since winning 鈥楤ird Illustrator of the Year鈥 in 1985 Ian's illustrations have appeared in many books and journals including Rare Birds of North America (快色直播, 2014), Rare Birds of Britain and Europe, The Auks, and the multi-volume Birds of the World. He has been county bird recorder for Oxfordshire, UK since 1994.
Lorenzo Starnini is an Italian wildlife illustrator specializing in birds. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with international journals, universities, research institutions, and the Italian Ministry of the Environment on a wide range of projects. His work integrates the distinct characteristics of two seemingly divergent approaches to artwork: the sensitivity of traditional artistic techniques and the precision of digital illustration. All his artwork for this guide was created digitally with meticulous attention to detail.
鈥We鈥檙e thrilled to partner with 快色直播 on this beautiful and modern guide that brings together the best from printed pages and the digital world.The Bird Guide connects readers to birds and nature, and will work hand in hand with the Lab鈥檚 powerful ID tools, including unparalleled distribution maps and data-sharing opportunities from eBird, and real-time sound recognition with the free Merlin app鈥攁ll to make birding more accessible than ever.鈥
Ian Owens, Executive Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology