Research Catalog

Title

Bird : the definitive visual guide / Audubon ; [senior editor, Peter Frances ; contributors, BirdLife International, David Burnie].

Publication

New York : DK Pub., c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Frances, Peter
• Burnie, David
• National Audubon Society
• BirdLife International

Description

512 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 31 cm. +

Summary

This visual guide to every bird order and family profiles more than 1,500 species, photographed in their native environment by photographers around the globe. Authoritative, comprehensive, and completely up to date, this reference volume of the world's birds illustrates the full range of birds, bird behavior, and bird-watching locations organized in taxonomic order with detailed introductions to every bird order. Features special double-pages on the most spectacular birds and an audio CD of bird songs and calls.

Subjects

• Ouvrages illustrés
• Illustrated works
• Pictorial works
• Field guides
• illustrated books
• Birds > Pictorial works
• Birds > Identification

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• Illustrated works
• Field guides
• Pictorial works
• Ouvrages illustrés.

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Foreword / Michael Rands -- Introduction. Bird anatomy ; Senses ; Feathers ; Wings ; Flight ; Gliding and soaring ; Legs and feet ; Bills ; Feeding on animals ; Feeding on plants ; Communication ; Defense ; Breeding ; Courtship ; Nests and eggs ; Parental care ; Living together ; Migration ; Migration routes ; Birds under threat ; Conservation ; Extinct birds -- Habitats. Bird geography ; Bird habitats ; Grasslands ; Deserts ; Tropical forest ; Temperate forest ; Coniferous forest ; Heath and scrubland ; Mountains ; Polar regions ; Wetlands ; Coasts ; Oceans and seas ; Farmlands and cities -- Bird species. Classification ; Tinamous ; Ostriches ; Rheas ; Cassowaries and emus ; Kiwis ; Gamebirds ; Waterfowl ; Penguins ; Loons ; Albatrosses and petrels ; Grebes ; Flamingos ; Storks and herons ; Pelicans and relatives ; Birds of prey ; Cranes and relatives ; Waders, gulls and auks ; Sandgrouse ; Pigeons and doves ; Parrots ; Cuckoos and turacos ; Owls ; Nightjars and frogmouths ; Swifts and hummingbirds ; Mousebirds ; Trogons ; Kingfishers and relatives ; Woodpeckers and toucans ; Passerines.
• CD Little Tinamou; song; Brazil -- Plain Chachalaca; group calls; Texas -- Western Capercaillie; male displaying; Scotland -- Willow Ptarmigan; male calls; Alaska -- Horned Screamer; pair duet; Peru -- Snow Goose; calls of migrating flock; California -- Tundra Swan; calls of migrating flock; South Carolina -- Long-tailed Duck; male calls; Alaska -- Gentoo Penguin; calls at a nesting colony; Deception Island, Antarctica -- Bermuda Petrel (Cahow); adult calls a nesting colony; Bermuda -- Great Northern Loon; wails of a pair; New York -- Red-necked Grebe; pair calls; Alaska -- American White Ibis; adult calls at a roost; Florida -- Double-crested Cormorant; adult calls at a roost; Alabama -- Masked Booby; adult and chick calls at a nesting colony; Florida -- Barred Forest Falcon; calls; Mexico -- African Fish Eagle; calls; Tanzania -- Snail Kite; calls; Florida -- Northern Goshawk; alarm calls; Maine -- Corncrake; song; Scotland -- Limpkin; calls; Argentina -- Sandhill Crane; pair calls; Alaska -- American Woodcock; calls; New York -- Ruddy Turnstone; calls; Alaska -- Sooty Tern; adult calls at a nesting colony; Florida -- Rhinoceros Auklet; calls from a nesting colony; California -- Yellow-collared Lovebird; calls; Tanzania -- Scarlet Macaw; calls; Brazil -- Groove-billed Ani; calls; Mexico -- Great Blue Turaco; flock calls; Kenya -- Great Gray Owl; male advertising hoot; Alaska -- Oilbird; calls from cave; Venezuela -- Chuck-will's-widow; song; Flordia -- Common Potoo; territorial defense call; Venezuela -- Anna's Hummingbird; song; California -- Laughing Kookaburra; calls; Australia -- Cuban Tody; calls; Cuba -- Green Wood Hoopoe; call; Kenya -- Chestnut-eared Aracari; call; Brazil -- Pileated Woodpecker; song; Oregon -- Great Jacamar; song; Brazil -- White-bearede Manakin; mechanical sounds from lek; Colombia -- Screeaming Piha; display at lek; Guyana -- White Bellbird; song; Brazil -- Sedge Warbler; song; Netherlands -- Firewood-gatherer; song duet; Argentina -- Satin Bowerbird; song; Australia -- Superb Lyrebird; song; Australia -- Noisy Miner; song; Australia -- Eastern Whipbird; song; Australia -- American Cliff Swallow; calls at a nesting colony; Oregon -- Blue Mockingbird; song; Mexico -- Hermit Thrush; song; Alaska -- Bluethroat; song; Alaska -- Common Nightingale; song; Netherlands -- Two-barred Crossbill; song; New York -- Iiwi; song; Hawaii -- Tennessee Warbler; song; Alaska -- Yellow-rumped Cacique; song; Brazil -- Lapland Longspur; song; Alaska.

ISBN

• 9781405306331 (hardcover)
• 1405306335 (hardcover)
• 9780756631536
• 075663153X

OCLC

• 137313365
• SCSB-10304001

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library