Birds of the world/
Les Beletsky ; illustrated by David Nurney ... [et al.].
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.
- xi, 513 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Introduction: Birds and Birdwatching Ratites: Ostrich, Emu, Cassowaries, Rheas, and Kiwis Tinamous Penguins Loons Grebes Albatrosses Petrels and Shearwaters Storm-petrels; Diving-petrels Tropicbirds; Frigatebirds Pelicans Boobies and Gannets Cormorants; Anhingas Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns Storks; Shoebill; Hamerkop Ibises and Spoonbills Flamingos; Screamers Ducks, Geese, and Swans New World Vultures Hawks, Eagles, and Kites; Osprey; Secretary-bird Falcons Megapodes Pheasants, Grouse, and Partridges; Buttonquail New World Quail Curassows, Guans, and Chachalacas Guineafowl; Turkeys Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Cranes Limpkin; Trumpeters; Seriemas Sungrebes; Sunbittern; Kagu; Mesites Bustards Jacanas Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Snipes; Painted-snipes Plovers and Lapwings Thick-knees; Seedsnipes; Plains-wanderer Oystercatchers; Crab-plover Stilts and Avocets; Ibisbill Pratincoles and Coursers Gulls and Terns Skuas; Skimmers; Sheathbills Puffins and Auks Sandgrouse Pigeons and Doves Parrots Cockatoos Turacos Cuckoos Ground-cuckoos; Anis; Hoatzin Owls Nightjars Frogmouths; Owlet-Nightjars; Potoos; Oilbird Swifts; Treeswifts Hummingbirds Mousebirds Trogons Kingfishers Todies Motmots Bee-eaters Rollers; Ground-Rollers; Cuckoo-Roller Hornbills Jacamars; Woodhoopoes; Hoopoes Puffbirds Barbets Toucans Honeyguides Woodpeckers Pittas Broadbills; Asities; New Zealand Wrens Woodcreepers Ovenbirds Antbirds Tapaculos; Gnateaters Cotingas Manakins New World Flycatchers Creepers; Australasian Treecreepers; Philippine Creepers (Rhabdornises) Lyrebirds; Scrub-birds Bowerbirds Fairy-wrens and Grasswrens Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Pardalotes Honeyeaters and Australian Chats Australasian Robins Whistlers Logrunners; Australasian Babblers; Australian Mudnesters; New Zealand Wattlebirds Whipbirds, Quail-thrushes, and Jewel-babblers Monarch Flycatchers and Fantails Drongos Jays, Crows, Ravens, and Magpies Birds-of-Paradise Woodswallows Butcherbirds and Currawongs; Magpie-larks Leafbirds, Ioras, and Fairy-bluebirds Old World Orioles Cuckoo-shrikes, Trillers, and Minivets Vireos Shrikes; Helmetshrikes Bushshrikes Vangas Wattle-eyes, Batises, and Shrike-flycatchers Waxwings; Silky-flycatchers; Palmchat Thrushes; Dippers Old World Flycatchers Starlings, Mynas, and Oxpeckers Mockingbirds and Thrashers Nuthatches; Sittellas Wrens Gnatcatchers; Kinglets Parrotbills; Penduline Tits Long-tailed Tits Tits and Chickadees Swallows Bulbuls; Hypocolius White-eyes Cisticolas, Prinias, and Apalises Old World Warblers Babblers; Rockfowl Larks Old World Sparrows Weavers Waxbills Indigobirds and Whydahs Wagtails and Pipits Accentors Sugarbirds; Flowerpeckers; Berrypeckers Sunbirds and Spiderhunters Finches, Siskins, Crossbills, and Canaries Hawaiian Honeycreepers Wood Warblers Flowerpiercers; Conebills Tanagers New World Sparrows and Old World Buntings Cardinals, Saltators, and Grosbeaks New World Blackbirds Avian Diversity and Biogeography 1. Avian diversity: How many kinds of birds are there? 2. How does bird diversity compare with that of other vertebrate groups? 3. There are vast numbers of individual birds, but why is there great variation among species in numbers of individuals? 4. Why are bird species distributed unevenly among various families - that is, why are some families large, others small? 5. Avian biogeography: How are bird species distributed? A. Zoogeographic regions - describing bird distributions. B. The tropics - where most birds occur. C. Islands - size and distance matter. D. Endemics - some birds occur in very limited areas. 6. Decline in avian diversity: Environmental threats. A. How many birds are threatened and what are the main threats? B. Which kinds of birds are threatened, and where are they located?