I am pleased to announce that all 30 titles in the 2019 editions of the ‘All the World’s Birds’ series of Companion Guides have been updated to 2020 editions and are available to be downloaded to Kindle reading devices.

In addition, two new titles have been introduced – PART ELEVEN of the PART-BY-PART Series and the third volume of the Focus On … NORTH-WEST SOUTH AMERICA titles.

The ‘All the World’s Birds’ series of Companion Guides derives its taxonomy, English names and scientific names from The IOC World Bird List, an open access resource maintained by the International Ornithological Congress (IOC). The IOC bird list is hosted on a dedicated World Bird Names website, which provides access to the list in various different formats. The version of the IOC bird list used in the ‘All the World’s Birds 2020’ series of Companion Guides is Version 9.2, published June 22 2019. This includes a major revision to the sequencing of Non-Passerine Orders, which is reflected in the contents of the ATWB 2020 titles.

To view the new sequence of Non-Passerine families click here: http://bit.ly/NonPns.

To see all the currently available titles in the ‘All the World’s Birds’ series, search in the Books section of your local Amazon site for ATWB. Or, click here to see all ATWB titles on Amazon US; or here to see all ATWB titles on Amazon UK.

[Note: There is currently a technical problem with the search engine on Amazon.co.uk. One title – see below – does not appear in search results on this UK platform.]

The following eBooks are now available:

PART-BY-PART companion guides (search Books for ATWBPP):

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART ONE
OSTRICHES to HUMMINGBIRDS

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART TWO
TURACOS to FLAMINGOS

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART THREE
BUTTONQUAIL to HOATZIN

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART FOUR
NEW WORLD VULTURES to BEE-EATERS

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART FIVE
JACAMARS to OLD WORLD PARROTS

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART SIX
NEW ZEALAND WRENS to TYRANT FLYCATCHERS, CALYPTURA

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART SEVEN
COTINGAS to WHISTLERS & ALLIES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART ELEVEN
DIPPERS to FINCHES, EUPHONIAS   NEW!

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – PART TWELVE
LONGSPURS, SNOW BUNTINGS to TANAGERS & ALLIES

WORLD REGION guides (search Books for ATWBWR):

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – OCEANS

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – WESTERN PALEARCTIC

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA
VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES

[Technical problem: to find the above title on Amazon.co.uk click on this link: http://bit.ly/ATWB20wr3uk]

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA
VOLUME 2: SUBOSCINE PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA
VOLUME 3: OSCINE PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – AUSTRALASIA
VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide – AUSTRALASIA
VOLUME 2: PASSERINES

FOCUS ON guides (search Books for ATWBFO):

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
VOLUME 2: PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on SOUTH-EAST ASIA
VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on SOUTH-EAST ASIA
VOLUME 2: PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on NORTH-WEST SOUTH AMERICA
VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on NORTH-WEST SOUTH AMERICA
VOLUME 2: SUBOSCINE PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on NORTH-WEST SOUTH AMERICA
VOLUME 3: OSCINE PASSERINES   NEW!

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on WALLACEA
VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES

All the World’s Birds 2020: A Companion Guide  Focus on WALLACEA
VOLUME 2: PASSERINES

INTERACTIVE CHECKLISTS (search Books for ATWBIC):

All the World’s Birds 2020: Interactive Checklist   SRI LANKA

All the World’s Birds 2020: Interactive Checklist   SOUTH-WEST INDIA

All the World’s Birds 2020: Interactive Checklist   NORTH CENTRAL INDIA

All the World’s Birds 2020: Interactive Checklist   NORTH-EAST INDIA

All the World’s Birds 2020: Interactive Checklist   SULAWESI

All the World’s Birds 2020: Interactive Checklist   MOLUCCAS

All the World’s Birds 2020: Interactive Checklist   NUSA TENGGARA

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Some details …

Each of the ATWB Companion Guides has a number of important features, including:

– A complete taxonomic listing of bird species

– An indication of where each bird family and species can be found in its native state

– Spotlighted species that have a restricted regional or worldwide range

However, perhaps the key feature of all eBooks in the Companion Guide series is the way you can quickly and simply access relevant, up to date online information about every featured bird species. If your reading device is connected to the internet, a single click will take you to a search results page for a species, from where you can continue to search for additional information to whatever level of detail you desire.

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