Record details

• ISBN: 9781400043866 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 1400043867 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: 588 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
• Edition: Andrew Stewart Publishing Edition, Flexibind Edition.
• Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
• Copyright: �2001

Content descriptions

General Note:

At head of title: National Audubon Society.

Map on back lining papers.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: The world of birds: Flight, form, and function. The 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. The origin of birds -- How bird species originate -- Classification -- Behavior. The study of bird behavior -- The 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.

Part II: 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 -- Oystercatchers -- 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-flycatchers -- 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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