Helm Identification Guides
The Helm Identification Guides are a series of books that identify groups of birds. The series include two types of guides, those that are:
- Taxonomic, dealing with a particular family of birds on a worldwide scale—most early Helm Guides were this type, as well as many more-recent ones, although some later books deal with identification of such groups on a regional scale only (e.g., The Gulls Guide, which covers only species in Europe, Asia, and North America)
- Geographic, including all bird species in an area (e.g., The Birds of the West Indies)
Early volumes were sometimes published under the Bloomsbury Publishing Plc), and these guides are now marketed as a single series. A completely revised version of the initial Seabirds has been published by Lynx Edicions.
Several of the books have won the British Birds Bird Book of the Year award. A list of titles in the series, in chronological order of publication, is as follows:
Works with a taxonomic scope
Note: 'nW' indicates those that do not have worldwide coverage.
1980s
- Seabirds - an identification guide by ISBN 0-7470-1410-8'obs.'
- Shorebirds - an identification guide to the waders of the world by ISBN 0-7470-1403-5
- The Tanagers : Natural History, Distribution, and Identification by ISBN 978-0-87474-552-8'Smithsonian'
- Wildfowl - an identification guide to the ducks, geese and swans of the world by ISBN 0-7470-2201-1
- A Handbook to the Swallows and Martins of the World by ISBN 0-7136-4206-8
1990–1994
- Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers - A Handbook by ISBN 0-7136-8028-8
- Finches and Sparrows by ISBN 0-7136-8017-2
- Crows and Jays - A Guide to the Crows, Jays and Magpies of the World by ISBN 0-7136-3999-7
- New World Warblers by ISBN 0-7136-3932-6
1995–1999
- Woodpeckers by ISBN 1-873403-25-9'Pica'
- Buntings and Sparrows - A Guide to the Buntings and North American Sparrows by ISBN 1-873403-19-4'Pica'
- Terns of Europe and North America by ISBN 0-7136-4056-1'A & C Black' 'nW'
- Swifts - A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World by ISBN 1-873403-31-3'Pica'
- Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers by ISBN 0-7136-3964-4
- Munias and Mannikins by ISBN 1-873403-51-8
- Pittas, Broadbills and Asities by ISBN 978-1-873403-24-2'Pica'
- Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa by ISBN 978-0-7136-3971-1'nW'
- Skuas and Jaegers - a guide to the skuas and jaegers of the world by ISBN 1-873403-46-1'Pica'
- Shrikes - A Guide to the Shrikes of the World, by ISBN 1-873403-47-X'Pica' 'obs.'
- Nightjars - A Guide to Nightjars and related Nightbirds by ISBN 1-873403-48-8'Pica'
- Parrots - A Guide to the Parrots of the World by ISBN 1-873403-40-2'Pica'
- Rails - a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world by Barry Taylor, illustrated by ISBN 0-300-07758-0'Pica'
- Starlings and Mynas by ISBN 0-7136-3961-X
- Owls - a Guide to the Owls of the World by ISBN 1-873403-74-7'Pica' 'obs.'
- New World Blackbirds - the Icterids by ISBN 0-7136-4333-1
- Tanagers by ISBN 978-0-7136-5116-4softcover (a revision of earlier issue)
2000–2009
- Thrushes by ISBN 0-7136-3940-7
- Shrikes and Bush-shrikes by ISBN 0-7136-3861-3
- Raptors of the World by ISBN 0-7136-8026-1
- Pigeons and Doves by ISBN 1-873403-60-7
- Sylvia Warblers - identification, taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Sylvia, by ISBN 0-7136-3984-9
- Sunbirds - A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World by ISBN 1-873403-80-1
- Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers by ISBN 1-873403-95-X
- Stonechats - A Guide to the Genus Saxicola by ISBN 0-7136-6024-4
- Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse - a guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse of the World by ISBN 0-7136-3966-0
- Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America, by ISBN 0-7136-5834-7'nW'
- ISBN 0-7136-7087-8'nW'
- Owls of the World by ISBN 978-0-300-14227-3
2010–2019
- Reed and Bush Warblers by ISBN 9780713660227
- Cotingas and Manakins by ISBN 9780713660258
- Cuckoos of the World by ISBN 9780713660340
- Robins and Chats by ISBN 9780713639636
- Wildfowl of Europe, Asia and North America by ISBN 9781472912343'nW'
- ISBN 9781472913616'nW'
- Antpittas and Gnateaters by ISBN 9781472919649
- African Raptors by ISBN 9780713665383'nW'
2020–current
- Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds by ISBN 9780713660272
- Seabirds: The New Identification Guide by ISBN 978-8416728411'Lynx'
- Shrikes of the World by ISBN 9781472933775
External links
- Publisher website Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine