PART-BY-PART Companion Guides

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: A Companion Guide – PART-BY-PART

The PART-BY-PART series of ATWB eBooks is being redeveloped to reflect The Global Avian Checklist (AviList). To view the structure and generic content of these eBooks click here.

Unlike other ATWB eBooks, Part-by-Part eBooks are not published as Kindle eBooks. Instead, they may be viewed by accessing the ATWB Online portal.

ATWB Online enables you to browse the content of ATWB guides. To access the ATWB Online portal click here. Be sure to read the INTRODUCTION to ATWB Online before browsing for the first time. It explains how the content that is presented online differs in its FUNCTIONALITY from a Kindle eBook.

 

The first nine 2026 PART-BY-PART Companion Guides have been published, as listed below. They cover all the world’s 4308 ‘known to be extant’ Non-Passerine bird species, plus the 1393 ‘known to be extant’ Suboscine Passerine species and the first 2650 ‘known to be extant’ Oscine Passerine species as they appear in v2025 of the AviList. You can view all nine titles on ATWB Online here.

[Note: for information about 2025 PART-BY-PART Companion Guides, scroll down this page.]

 

For the purpose of compiling these Companion Guides, the AviList has been divided into twelve parts:

Non-Passerines

Part 1: Ostriches to Sandgrouse

Part 2: Doves and Pigeons to Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls

Part 3: Sunbittern to Hummingbirds

Part 4: Bay Owls and Barn Owls to Kingfishers

Part 5: Jacamars to Old World Parrots

Passerines

Part 6: New Zealand Wrens to Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Part 7: Lyrebirds to Whistlers and Allies

Part 8: Fantails and Silktails to Cisticolas and Allies

Part 9: Reed Warblers and Allies to Laughingthrushes and Allies

Part 10: Palmchat to Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies

Part 11: Sugarbirds to Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Part 12: Thrush-tanager to Tanagers and Allies

 

For each title, click on the “Updates” link to see how the changes introduced by the AviList have impacted on the contents of the eBook.

 

PART ONE: Ostriches to Sandgrouse  778 species      Updates

PART TWO: Doves and Pigeons to Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls  876 species      Updates

PART THREE: Sunbittern to Hummingbirds  956 species      Updates

PART FOUR: Bay Owls and Barn Owls to Kingfishers  807 species      Updates

PART FIVE: Jacamars to Old World Parrots  891 species      Updates

PART SIX: New Zealand Wrens to Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers  1393 species      Updates

PART SEVEN: Lyrebirds to Whistlers and Allies  799 species      Updates

PART EIGHT: Fantails and Silktails to Cisticolas and Allies  856 species      Updates

PART NINE: Reed Warblers and Allies to Laughingthrushes and Allies  995 species      Updates

 

All twelve 2025 PART-BY-PART Companion Guides have been published, as listed below. They cover all the world’s 11,113 extant bird species as they appear in v14.2 of the IOC bird list. You can view all twelve titles on ATWB Online.

ATWB Online enables you to browse the content of ATWB guides. To access the ATWB Online portal click here. Be sure to read the INTRODUCTION to ATWB Online before browsing for the first time. It explains how the content that is presented online differs in its FUNCTIONALITY from a Kindle eBook.

 

For the purpose of compiling these Companion Guides, the IOC bird list has been divided into twelve parts:

Non-Passerines

Part 1: Ostriches to Hummingbirds

Part 2: Turacos to Flamingos

Part 3: Buttonquail to Hoatzin

Part 4: New World Vultures to Bee-eaters

Part 5: Jacamars to Old World Parrots

Passerines

Part 6: New Zealand Wrens to Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Part 7: Cotingas to Whistlers & Allies

Part 8: Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers to Bulbuls

Part 9: Swallows, Martins to Laughingthrushes & Allies

Part 10: Dapple-throat & Allies to Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Part 11: Dippers to Finches, Euphonias

Part 12: Longspurs, Snow Buntings to Tanagers & Allies

 

For each title, click on the “Updates” link to see how changes to the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of the eBook since it was first published.

 

PART ONE: Ostriches to Hummingbirds  1146 species      Updates

PART TWO: Turacos to Flamingos  755 species      Updates

PART THREE: Buttonquail to Hoatzin  751 species      Updates

PART FOUR: New World Vultures to Bee-eaters  827 species      Updates

PART FIVE: Jacamars to Old World Parrots  906 species      Updates

PART SIX: New Zealand Wrens to Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura  1236 species      Updates

PART SEVEN: Cotingas to Whistlers & Allies  900 species      Updates

PART EIGHT: Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers to Bulbuls  942 species      Updates

PART NINE: Swallows, Martins to Laughingthrushes & Allies  1033 species      Updates

PART TEN: Dapple-throat & Allies to Chats, Old World Flycatchers  882 species      Updates

PART ELEVEN: Dippers to Finches, Euphonias  855 species      Updates

PART TWELVE: Longspurs, Snow Buntings to Tanagers & Allies  880 species      Updates

 

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