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The Sibley guide to bird life & behavior
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Alfred A. Knopf
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Chino Valley Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
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QL681.S495 2001
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ISBN
9781400043866
9780679451235
9780679451235
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print - First edition.
Bird Names and Classification 9 --
Worldwide Family Features 10 --
Conservation 11 --
Part I World of Birds --
Flight, Form, and Function 15 --
Origins, Evolution, and Classification 39 --
Behavior 51 --
Habitats and Distributions 80 --
Populations and Conservation 107 --
Part II Bird Families of North America --
Loons 123 --
Grebes 127 --
Albatrosses 132 --
Shearwaters and Petrels 136 --
Storm-Petrels 146 --
Tropicbirds 151 --
Boobies and Gannets 154 --
Pelicans 157 --
Cormorants 160 --
Darters (Anhinga) 165 --
Frigatebirds 167 --
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns 170 --
Ibises and Spoonbills 177 --
Storks 180 --
New World Vultures 183 --
Flamingos 187 --
Ducks, Geese, and Swans 190 --
Hawks and Allies 212 --
Falcons and Caracaras 225 --
Chachalacas and Allies 230 --
Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies 233 --
New World Quail 242 --
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 246 --
Limpkin 251 --
Cranes 253 --
Thick-knees 256 --
Plovers and Lapwings 257 --
Oystercatchers 265 --
Stilts and Avocets 268 --
Jacanas 271 --
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies 273 --
Coursers and Pratincoles 288 --
Gulls, Terns, and Allies 289 --
Auks 309 --
Pigeons and Doves 319 --
Parrots and Allies 326 --
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis 332 --
Barn Owls 336 --
Typical Owls 339 --
Nighthawks and Nightjars 348 --
Swifts 353 --
Hummingbirds 357 --
Trogons 366 --
Hoopoe 369 --
Kingfishers 370 --
Woodpeckers and Allies 373 --
Tyrant Flycatchers 384 --
Shrikes 399 --
Vireos 402 --
Crows and Jays 408 --
Larks 416 --
Swallows and Martins 419 --
Chickadees and Titmice 425 --
Penduline Tits (Verdin) 430 --
Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit) 432 --
Nuthatches 434 --
Creepers 438 --
Wrens 440 --
Dippers 445 --
Bulbuls 448 --
Kinglets 450 --
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers 453 --
Old World Flycatchers 457 --
Thrushes 458 --
Babblers (Wrentit) 466 --
Mockingbirds and Thrashers 468 --
Starlings and Mynas 475 --
Accentors 478 --
Wagtails and Pipits 479 --
Waxwings 485 --
Silky-flycatchers 488 --
Olive Warbler 490 --
Wood-Warblers 492 --
Bananaquit 510 --
Tanagers 512 --
New World Sparrows 516 --
Cardinals and Allies 536 --
Blackbirds, Orioles, and Allies 542 --
Finches and Allies 552 --
Old World Sparrows 562.
From the Book - Regular Print
World of birds: Flight, form, and function
Implications of flight
Feathers
Molts and plumages
Aerodynamics
Feet, bills, and digestion
Bones and muscle
Respiration and metabolism
Senses and vocal apparatus
Bird intelligence
Origins, evolution, and classification
Origins of birds
How bird species originate
Classification
Behavior
Study of bird behavior
Function of behaviors
Daily and seasonal rhythms
Daily maintenance behaviors
Migration
Dispersal
Communication
Reproductive behavior
Understanding behavior: the outer frontier
Habitats and distributions
Range and habitat
Habitat distribution patterns
Habitat types
Forests and woodlands
Grasslands
Shrublands
Deserts
Tundra
Wetland and aquatic habitats
Ocean habitats
Human-created habitats
Populations and conservation
What determines bird population sizes?
Population regulation
Conservation threats
Tracking bird populations in North America
Protecting North American birds.
Bird families of North America: Loons
Grebes
Albatrosses
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storm-Petrels
Tropicbirds
Boobies and Gannets
Pelicans
Cormorants
Darters (Anhinga)
Frigatebirds
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Ibises and Spoonbills
Storks
New World Vultures
Flamingos
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Hawks and allies
Falcons and Caracaras
Chachalacas and allies
Grouse, Turkeys, and allies
New World Quail
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Thick-knees
Plovers and Lapwings
Oystercathcers
Stilts and Avocets
Jacanas
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies
Coursers and Pratincoles
Gulls, Terns, and allies
Auks
Pigeons and Doves
Parrots and allies
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
Barn owls
Typical owls
Nighthawks and Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Trogons
Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers and allies
Tyrant flycatchers
Shrikes
Vireos
Crows and Jays
Larks
Swallows and Martins
Chickadees and Titmice
Penduline Tits (Verdin)
Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit)
Nuthatches
Creepers
Wrens
Dippers
Bulbuls
Kinglets
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
Old World Flycatchers
Thrushes
Babblers (Wrentit)
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings and Mynas
Accentors
Wagtails and Pipits
Waxwings
Silky-fly catchers
Olive Warbler
Wood-Warblers
Bananaquit
Tanagers
New World Sparrows
Cardinals and allies
Blackbirds, Orioles, and allies
Finches and allies
Old World Sparrows.
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