Helm Identification Guides - What Next ? (1 Viewer)

[Pet]

Just look at this stunning cover ! Coming in April 2025.

Imagine a cover of Hummingbirds of the World in Helm I.D. series !!!

 

[Andy Adcock]

For Consideration :

1. Hummingbirds of the World - Of the Americas
2. Tyrant Flycatchers of the World - Of the Americas
3. Old World Flycatchers - Of the World
4. Toucans of the World - Of the Americas
5. Hornbills of the World - Africa and Asia
6. Honeyeaters of the World - Of Australia
7. White-eyes of the World
8. Babblers of the World - Of Babbylon.
9. Fairy-wrens, Emu-wrens and Grasswrens of the World - Of Australia
10. Fairy Flycatchers of the World
11. Monarch Flycatchers of the World
12. Fantails of the World
13. Herons of the World
14. Drongos of the World
15. Australasian Robins of the World
16. Australian Warblers of the World
17. Bulbuls of the World - Africa and Asia
18. Antbirds of the World - Of the Americas
19. Ovenbirds of the World - Of the Americas
20. Vangas of the World - Of Madagacar
21. Weavers of the World - Africa and Asia
22. Vireos of the World - Of the Americas
23. Buntings of the World
24. Weavers of the World - Part two?
25. New World Sparrows of the World - Of the New World
26. Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World - One right
27. Wren-babblers of the World - Of Asia
28. African Warblers of the World
29. Indigobirds, Whydahs and their Allies of the World - Of Africa
30. Pardalotes of the World - Of Australia

Can't be bothered to do them all, you're bio is inaccurate, clearly not from Earth.

 

[Pet]

Can't be bothered to do them all, you're bio is inaccurate, clearly not from Earth.

Come on !!! My idea was to just give a general view of what can be done.

Off course Hummingbirds belong to the Americas ! And Americas belong to this World !

Here We Go ! :

https://www.nhbs.com/hummingbirds-of-the-world-book

 

[CaliSteve]

A second edition of Pittas, Broadbills and Asities is being worked on by Frank Lambert. Publishing date is July 2025.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1762814873614872784

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[Jim Martin]

A quick update on what's what on these books.

Sunbirds of the World (2nd edition) – publishing June 2025
Pittas, Broadbills and Asities (2nd edition) - publishing July 2025
Nightjars of the World - (probably) publishing November 2025

All three books are submitted and are currently passing through the production process! A big year for Helm in 2025.

Best wishes –

Jim

 

[Bubbs]

One of the original plates by MW. Sorry about the shadows and the light cable slightly right of top centre.

 

[Jim Martin]

One of the original plates by MW. Sorry about the shadows and the light cable slightly right of top centre.

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Oh wow, that's smashing! Thanks for sharing. I think my former boss (who commissioned the first edition back in the 90s) also has one of these plates hanging up somewhere in his house. Jim.

 

[Bubbs]

Oh wow, that's smashing! Thanks for sharing. I think my former boss (who commissioned the first edition back in the 90s) also has one of these plates hanging up somewhere in his house. Jim.

Thanks Jim. Barbara (Martins wife) framed it for me whilst I was staying with friends next door at Wiveton, Norfolk. The species shown in the original are TOP 6: Elegant Pitta. BOTTOM 2: Black-faced Pitta.

Martin Woodcock obituary

Artist admired for the illustrations that grace the pages of the monumental The Birds of Africa, first published in the early 1980s

www.theguardian.com