The ''Helm Identification Guides'' are a series of books that identify groups of
bird
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s. 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
Croom Helm
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or
Christopher Helm
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Born in Dundee, he was raised in Forfar ...
imprints. In addition, a parallel set of guides, very similar in design, was published by
Pica Press
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History
The firm was founded in 1 ...
in the 1990s (marked ''Pica'' in the list below); Pica was later absorbed into
A & C Black (now part of
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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), and all guides are now marketed as a single series.
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
Peter Harrison (1983)
* ''Shorebirds - an identification guide to the waders of the world'' by
John Marchant,
A. J. Prater
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and
Peter Hayman (1986)
* ''Wildfowl - an identification guide to the ducks, geese and swans of the world'' by
Steve Madge and
Hilary Burn
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Career
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(1988)
* ''A Handbook to the Swallows and Martins of the World'' by
Angela Turner
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* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
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* Angel ...
, illustrated by
Chris Rose
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(1989)
1990–1994
* ''Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers - A Handbook'' by
C. Hilary Fry
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and
Kathie Fry
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, illustrated by
Alan Harris (1992)
* ''Finches and Sparrows'' by
Peter Clement, illustrated by
Alan Harris and
John Davis (1993)
* ''Crows and Jays - A Guide to the Crows, Jays and Magpies of the World'' by
Steve Madge, illustrated by
Hilary Burn
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Career
Burn is the daughter of Colin Barber, an engineering draughtsman. She attended the Macclesfield High School and studied at the University of L ...
(1994)
* ''New World Warblers'' by
Jon Curson, illustrated by
David Quinn and
David Beadle
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(1994)
1995–1999
* ''Woodpeckers'' by
Hans Winkler
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, translated by
David Christie, illustrated by
David Nurney
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Nurney illustrated birds from an early age. In 1981, he received his diploma in communication design (graphics and illustration) at the Epsom School ...
(1995) 'Pica'
* ''Buntings and Sparrows - A Guide to the Buntings and North American Sparrows'' by
Urban Olsson
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and
Jon Curson, illustrated by
Clive Byers (1995) 'Pica'
* ''Terns of Europe and North America'' by
Klaus Malling Olsen, illustrated by
Hans Larsson (1995) 'nW'
* ''Swifts - A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World'' by
Phil Chantler, illustrated by
Gerald Driessens (1995) 'Pica'
* ''Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers'' by
Simon Harrap
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People
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* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, illustrated by
David Quinn (1996)
* ''Munias and Mannikins'' by
Robin L. Restall
Robin may refer to:
Animals
* Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae
* Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including:
**European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'')
** Bush-robin
**Forest r ...
(1996)
* ''Pittas, Broadbills and Asities'' by
Frank Lambert, illustrated by
Martin Woodcock Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austr ...
(1996) 'Pica'
* ''Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa'' by
Kevin Baker (1997) 'nW'
* ''Skuas and Jaegers - a guide to the skuas and jaegers of the world'' by
Klaus Malling Olsen, illustrated by
Hans Larsson (1997) 'Pica'
* ''Shrikes - A Guide to the Shrikes of the World'', by
Norbert Lefranc, illustrated by
Tim Worfolk (1997) 'Pica'
* ''Nightjars - A Guide to Nightjars and related Nightbirds'' by
Nigel Cleere
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, illustrated by
Dave Nurney
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Career
Nurney illustrated birds from an early age. In 1981, he received his diploma in communication design (graphics and illustration) at the Epsom School ...
(1998) 'Pica'
* ''Parrots - A Guide to the Parrots of the World'' by
Tony Juniper
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and
Mike Parr, illustrated by
Kim Franklin
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,
Robin Restall
Robin may refer to:
Animals
* Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae
* Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including:
**European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'')
** Bush-robin
**Forest r ...
,
Dan Powell
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,
David Johnston
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and
Carl D'Silva (1998) 'Pica'
* ''Rails - a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world'' by Barry Taylor, illustrated by
Ber van Perlo (1998) 'Pica'
* ''Starlings and Mynas'' by
Chris Feare and
Adrian Craig, illustrated by
Barry Croucher,
Chris Shields
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and
Kamol Komolphalin (1998)
* ''Owls - a Guide to the Owls of the World'' by
Claus König &
Friedhelm Weick Friedhelm is a name of Germanic origin. It may refer to:
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*Friedhelm Döhl (born 1936), German composer and professor of music
* Friedhelm Eronat (born 1953), Geneva-b ...
and
Jan-Hendrik Becking (1999) 'Pica'
* ''New World Blackbirds - the Icterids'' by
Alvaro Jaramillo and
Peter Burke (1999)
* ''Tanagers'' by
Morton L. Isler Morton may refer to:
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* Morton (surname)
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and
Phyllis R. Isler
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* Ph ...
(1999) ''softcover'' (a revision of ''The Tanagers : Natural History, Distribution, and Identification'' (1987) )
2000–2009
* ''Thrushes'' by
Peter Clement, illustrated by
Ren Hathway (2000)
* ''Shrikes and Bush-shrikes'' by
Tony Harris, illustrated by
Kim Franklin
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
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(2000)
* ''Raptors of the World'' by
James Ferguson-Lees and
David Christie, illustrated by
Kim Franklin
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,
David Mead and Philip Burton (2001)
* ''Pigeons and Doves'' by
David Gibbs, illustrated by
Eustace Barnes
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and
John Cox (2001)
* ''Sylvia Warblers - identification, taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Sylvia'', by
Hadoram Shirihai
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,
Gabriel Gargallo and
Andreas J. Helbig
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, illustrated by
Alan Harris, photographic editor
David Cottridge
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(2001)
* ''Sunbirds - A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World'' by
Robert A. Cheke
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and
Clive F. Mann, illustrated by
Richard Allen (2001)
* ''Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers'' by
David Brewer, illustrated by
Barry Kent MacKay (2001)
* ''Stonechats - A Guide to the Genus Saxicola'' by
Ewan Urquhart, illustrated by
Adam Bowley (2002)
* ''Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse - a guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse of the World'' by
Steve Madge and
Phil MacGowan (2002)
* ''Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America'', by
Per Alstrom &
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* Krister Classon (born 1955), Swedish comedian, actor, director and screenwriter
* Krister Dreyer (born ...
, illustrated by
Bill Zetterstrom (2003) 'nW'
* ''
Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America
''Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America'' by Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson is a volume in the ''Helm Identification Guides'' series of bird identification books.
The book is intended to succeed Peter J. Grant's '' Gulls: A Guide to Iden ...
'' by
Klaus Malling Olsen, illustrated by
Hans Larsson (2003) 'nW'
2010–2019
* ''Reed and Bush Warblers'' by
Peter Kennerley
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* Peter (surname), a su ...
and
David Pearson, illustrated by
Brian Small (2010)
* ''Cotingas and Manakins'' by
Graeme Green
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and
Guy Kirwan (2011)
* ''Cuckoos of the World'' by
Johannes Erritzøe
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,
Clive F. Mann,
Frederik P. Brammer and
Richard A. Fuller, illustrated by
Richard Allen,
Jan Wilczur
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* Japanese Article Numbe ...
,
Martin Woodcock Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austr ...
and
Tim Worfolk (2012)
* ''Robins and Chats'' by
Peter Clement, and
Chris Rose
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Early life and career
Rose, who was born and r ...
(2015)
* ''Wildfowl of Europe, Asia and North America'' by
Sebastien Reeber (2015) 'nW'
* ''
Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East'' by
Dick Forsman
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(2016) 'nW'
* ''Antpittas and Gnateaters'' by
Harold F. Greeney and
David Beadle
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(2018)
* ''African Raptors'' by
William S. Clark and
Rob Davies (2018) 'nW'
2020–current
* ''Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds '' by
Phil Gregory
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Personal lif ...
and
Richard Allen (2020)
External links
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