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This 5th edition features all species known to breed in North America, more than 960 in all. It is lavishly illustrated with specially-commissioned full-colour illustrationss, plus newly updated range maps and detailed descriptions.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Introduction(p. 6)
• Ducks, Geese, Swans(p. 20)
• Curassows, Guans(p. 56)
• Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, Old World Quail(p. 56)
• New World Quail(p. 66)
• Loons(p. 70)
• Grebes(p. 74)
• Albatrosses(p. 78)
• Shearwaters, Petrels(p. 82)
• Storm-Petrels(p. 94)
• Frigatebirds(p. 98)
• Tropicbirds(p. 98)
• Boobies, Gannets(p. 100)
• Pelicans(p. 102)
• Darters(p. 104)
• Cormorants(p. 104)
• Herons, Bitterns, Allies(p. 108)
• Storks(p. 114)
• Flamingos(p. 114)
• Ibises, Spoonbills(p. 116)
• New World Vultures(p. 118)
• Hawks, Kites, Eagles, Allies(p. 118)
• Caracaras, Falcons(p. 136)
• Limpkins(p. 146)
• Rails, Gallinules, Coots(p. 146)
• Cranes(p. 152)
• Lapwings, Plovers(p. 154)
• Jacanas(p. 160)
• Oystercatchers(p. 160)
• Stilts, Avocets(p. 160)
• Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Allies(p. 162)
• Gulls, Terns, Skimmers(p. 198)
• Skuas, Jaegers(p. 228)
• Auks, Murres, Puffins(p. 232)
• Pigeons, Doves(p. 242)
• Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, Parrots(p. 248)
• Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis(p. 252)
• Owls(p. 256)
• Goatsuckers(p. 266)
• Swifts(p. 270)
• Hummingbirds(p. 272)
• Trogons(p. 278)
• Kingfishers(p. 280)
• Woodpeckers, Allies(p. 282)
• Tyrant Flycatchers(p. 294)
• Shrikes(p. 312)
• Vireos(p. 314)
• Crows, Jays(p. 320)
• Larks(p. 328)
• Swallows(p. 330)
• Babblers(p. 334)
• Chickadees, Titmice(p. 334)
• Penduline Tits, Verdins(p. 338)
• Long-tailed Tits, Bushtits(p. 338)
• Creepers(p. 340)
• Nuthatches(p. 340)
• Wrens(p. 342)
• Dippers(p. 344)
• Kinglets(p. 346)
• Old World Warblers, Gnatcatchers(p. 346)
• Old World Flycatchers(p. 350)
• Thrushes(p. 352)
• Mockingbirds, Thrashers(p. 362)
• Bulbuls(p. 366)
• Starlings(p. 366)
• Accentors(p. 368)
• Wagtails, Pipits(p. 368)
• Waxwings(p. 372)
• Silky-flycatchers(p. 372)
• Wood-Warblers(p. 374)
• Olive Warbler(p. 398)
• Tanagers(p. 400)
• Bananaquit(p. 402)
• Emberizids (Sparrows)(p. 402)
• Cardinals, Saltators, Allies(p. 436)
• Blackbirds(p. 442)
• Fringilline and Cardueline Finches, Allies(p. 454)
• Old World Sparrows(p. 464)
• Weavers(p. 464)
• Estrildid Finches(p. 464)
• Accidentals, Extinct Species(p. 466)
• Appendix AOU and ABA Checklist Differences; Greenland; Bermuda(p. 480)
• Index(p. 482)
• Art Credits(p. 500)
• Acknowledgments(p. 502)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Jon L. Dunn, a leading expert on the identification and distribution of North American birds, has served as chief consultant on all four previous editions of this book. He is also a consultant for the American Birding Association magazine, Birding, and the former chair of the ABA Checklist Committee, as well as a member of the California Bird Records Committee and the AOU Committee on Taxonomy and Nomenclature. He lives in Bishop, California.

Jonathan Alderfer, chief consultant for National Geographic's Birding Program, is a widely published author and field guide illustrator. One of the nation's foremost birding artists, he is well known for his expertise as a field ornithologist and an authority on North American birds. He was a general consultant, art consultant, and contributing artist for the NG Field Guide to the Birds of North America 3rd and 4th editions, and the lead editor of NG's Complete Birds of North America. A former Associate Editor of Birding, the ABA magazine, he also served on the Maryland/D.C. Bird Records Committee. He lives in Washington, D.C.