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| Author | Frank Gill and Minturn Wright |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Birds |
| Publisher | Christopher Helm / Princeton University Press |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | ix + 259 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7136-7904-5 |
| OCLC | 69484497 |
Birds of the World: Recommended English Names is a paperback book written by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright on behalf of the International Ornithologists' Union. The book is an attempt to produce a standardized set of English names for all bird species and is the product of a project set in motion at the 1990 International Ornithological Congress. It is supplemented by a website, the IOC World Bird List, giving updates to the published material.
An 11-page introduction deals with a number of issues which relate to the naming of birds. This is followed by a systematic list, from pages 12 to 211, and a 46-page index. The family sequence is that of the third edition of the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. The book's cover is illustrated with a photo of a helmet vanga, a bird endemic to Madagascar.[1]: back cover
- ^ Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, Birds of the World: Recommended English Names; Princeton University Press, 2006.