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