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Examines more than eighty avian families, including an overview of plumage, behavior, distribution, taxonomy, and conservation, and describes all 962 species, covering identification, similar species, voice, status, and distribution.
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National Geographic complete birds of North America
2014
in English
- Second edition, fully revised and updated.
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Table of Contents
Ducks, geese, and swans
Curassows and guans
New World quail
Partridges, grouse, and turkeys
Loons
Grebes
Flamingos
Albatrosses
Shearwaters and petrels
Storm-petrels
Tropic birds
Storks
Frigatebirds
Boobies and gannets
Cormorants
Darters
Pelicans
Herons, bitterns, and allies
Ibises and spoonbills
New World vultures
Osprey
Hawks, kites, eagles, and allies
Rails, gallinules, and coots
Sungrebes
Limpkin
Cranes
Thick-knees
Stilts and avocets
Oystercatchers
Lapwings and plovers
Jacanas
Sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies
Coursers and pratincoles
Skuas and jaegers
Auks, murres, and puffins
Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Pigeons and doves
Cuckoos, roadrunenrs, and anis
Barn owls
Typical owls
Goatsuckers
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Trogons
Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers and allies
Caracaras and falcons
Lories, parakeets, macaws, and parrots
Tyrant flycatchers
Becards, tityras, and allies
Shrikes
Vireos
Crows and jays
Larks
Swallows
Chickadees and titmice
Penduline tits and verdins
Long-tailed tits and bushtits
Nuthatches
Creepers
Wrens
Gnatcatchers and gnatwrens
Dippers
Bulbuls
Kinglets
Leaf warblers
Sylviid warblers
Reed warblers
Grassbirds
Old World flycatchers
Thrushes
Mockingbirds and thrashers
Starlings
Accentors
Wagtails and pipits
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Olive warbler
Longspurs and snow buntings
Wood-warblers
Incertae sedis (Bananaquit)
Tangers
Emberizids
Cardinals and allies
Blackbirds
Fringilline and cardueline finches and allies
Old World sparrows
Weavers
Estrildid finches.
Edition Notes
"Now covering more than 1,000 species with the most-detailed information found in a single volume"--Cover.
Previous edition: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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