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National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America
- Title
- National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America / edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2006.
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- Description
- 503 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 21 cm
- Summary
- Describes and presents color illustrations and range maps for 967 North American bird species, covering their physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and vocalizations.
- Uniform Title
- Field guide to the birds of North America.
- Alternative Title
- Field guide to the birds of North America
- Birds of North America
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Identification guides.
- Guidebooks.
- Note
- Revised edition of: Field guide to the birds of North America. 4th ed., Fully rev. & updated. 2002.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ducks, geese, swans -- Curassows, guans -- Partridges, grouse, turkeys, Old Word quail -- New World quail -- Loons -- Grebes -- Albatrosses -- Shearwaters, petrels -- Storm-petrels -- Frigatebirds -- Tropicbirds -- Boobies, gannets -- Pelicans -- Darters -- Cormorants -- Herons, bitterns, allies -- Storks -- Flamingos -- Ibises, spoonbills -- New World vultures -- Hawks, kites, eagles, allies -- Caracaras, falcons -- Limpkins -- Rails, gallinules, coots -- Cranes -- Lapwings, plovers -- Jacanas -- Oystercatchers -- Silts, avocets -- Sandpipers, phalaropes, allies -- Gulls, terns, skimmers -- Skuas, jaegers -- Auks, murres, puffins -- Pigeons, doves -- Lories, parakeets, macaws, parrots -- Cuckoos, roadrunners, anis -- Owls -- Goatsuckers -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Trogons -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers, allies -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows, jays -- Larks -- Swallows -- Babblers -- Chickadees, titmice -- Penduline tits, verdins -- Long-tailed tits, bushtits -- Creepers -- Nuthatches -- Wrens -- Dippers -- Kinglets -- Old World warblers, gnatcatcher -- Old World flycatchers -- Thrushes -- Mockingbirds, thrashers -- Bulbuls -- Starlings -- Accentors -- Wagtails, pipits -- Waxwings -- Silky-flycatchers -- Wood-warblers -- Olive warbler -- Tanagers -- Bananaquit -- Emberizids (sparrows) -- Cardinals, saltators, allies -- Blackbirds -- Fringilline and cardueline finches, allies -- Old World sparrows -- Weavers -- Estrildid finches -- Accidentals, extinct species -- Appendix. AOU and ABA checklist differences ; Greenland ; Bermuda.
- Call Number
- JSC 13-22
- ISBN
- 0792253140
- 9780792253143
- LCCN
- 2006049420
- OCLC
- 70167849
- Title
- National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America / edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2006.
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Dunn, Jon L. (Jon Lloyd), 1954-Alderfer, Jonathan K.National Geographic Society (U.S.)
- Added Title
- Field guide to the birds of North America.
- Research Call Number
- JSC 13-22