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{{short description|Spanish ornithological publishing company}} |
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'''Lynx Edicions''' is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[publishing company]] specializing in [[ornithology]] and [[natural history]]. |
'''Lynx Edicions''' is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[publishing company]] specializing in [[ornithology]] and [[natural history]]. |
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==Books== |
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It publishes the ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]]'', a 16-volume series completed in 2012 that documents for the first time in a single work an entire animal [[Class (biology)|class]], illustrating and treating in detail all the species of that class. No such comprehensive work had been completed before for this or any other group in the [[animal]] kingdom. |
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Other books published by this company include the ''[[Handbook of the Mammals of the World]]'' (a multi-volume undertaking like the work on birds; work on it began in 2009); field guides to birds of various regions (starting in 2018);<ref name="lynx-hist"/> and ''[[Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide]]'', published in collaboration with the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. |
Other books published by this company include the ''[[Handbook of the Mammals of the World]]'' (a multi-volume undertaking like the work on birds; work on it began in 2009); field guides to birds of various regions (starting in 2018);<ref name="lynx-hist"/> and ''[[Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide]]'', published in collaboration with the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. |
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==Web content== |
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As a complement to the ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]]'', and with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna, in 2002 Lynx Edicions started the ''[[Internet Bird Collection]]'' (IBC). This is a free-access, online audiovisual library of footage of the world's birds which permits the posting of videos, photographs, and recordings illustrating various biological traits of every species (e.g. subspecies, plumage, feeding, breeding, etc.). It is a non-profit endeavour fuelled by material from more than one hundred contributors around the world. |
As a complement to the ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]]'', and with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna, in 2002 Lynx Edicions started the ''[[Internet Bird Collection]]'' (IBC). This is a free-access, online audiovisual library of footage of the world's birds which permits the posting of videos, photographs, and recordings illustrating various biological traits of every species (e.g. subspecies, plumage, feeding, breeding, etc.). It is a non-profit endeavour fuelled by material from more than one hundred contributors around the world. |
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==History== |
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Lynx Edicions was founded in [[Barcelona]] by {{ill|Ramon Mascort Amigó|ca}}, a lawyer and collector; {{ill|Jordi Sargatal|ca|Jordi Sargatal Vicens}}, a naturalist; and {{ill|Josep del Hoyo|ca|Josep del Hoyo i Calduch}}, a medical doctor and writer.<ref name="lynx-hist">{{cite web|url= https://www.lynxeds.com/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=Lynx Edicions}}</ref> Since 2002, the company has been based in the [[Bellaterra]] district of [[Cerdanyola del Vallès]]. |
Lynx Edicions was founded in [[Barcelona]] by {{ill|Ramon Mascort Amigó|ca}}, a lawyer and collector; {{ill|Jordi Sargatal|ca|Jordi Sargatal Vicens}}, a naturalist; and {{ill|Josep del Hoyo|ca|Josep del Hoyo i Calduch}}, a medical doctor and writer.<ref name="lynx-hist">{{cite web|url= https://www.lynxeds.com/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=Lynx Edicions}}</ref> Since 2002, the company has been based in the [[Bellaterra]] district of [[Cerdanyola del Vallès]]. |
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Revision as of 20:31, 10 September 2021
Lynx Edicions is a Spanish publishing company specializing in ornithology and natural history.
Books
It publishes the Handbook of the Birds of the World, a 16-volume series completed in 2012 that documents for the first time in a single work an entire animal class, illustrating and treating in detail all the species of that class. No such comprehensive work had been completed before for this or any other group in the animal kingdom.
Other books published by this company include the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (a multi-volume undertaking like the work on birds; work on it began in 2009); field guides to birds of various regions (starting in 2018);[1] and Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide, published in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution.
Web content
As a complement to the Handbook of the Birds of the World, and with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna, in 2002 Lynx Edicions started the Internet Bird Collection (IBC). This is a free-access, online audiovisual library of footage of the world's birds which permits the posting of videos, photographs, and recordings illustrating various biological traits of every species (e.g. subspecies, plumage, feeding, breeding, etc.). It is a non-profit endeavour fuelled by material from more than one hundred contributors around the world.
History
Lynx Edicions was founded in Barcelona by Ramon Mascort Amigó, a lawyer and collector; Jordi Sargatal, a naturalist; and Josep del Hoyo, a medical doctor and writer.[1] Since 2002, the company has been based in the Bellaterra district of Cerdanyola del Vallès.
References
- ^ a b "Our History". Lynx Edicions.
External links
- Lynx Edicions website
- Internet Bird Collection. Videos, photos & sounds of birds.
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