TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beletsky,Les
TI  - Birds of the world
SN  - 0801884292 (hardcover : alk. paper)
U1  - 598  
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Birds
N1  - 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?
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