Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2014]
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- Now covering more than 1,000 species with the most-detailed information found in a single volume –Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 724-725) and index.
- Ducks, geese, and swans — Curassows and guans — New World quail — Partridges, grouse, and turkeys — Loons — Grebes — Flamingos — Albatrosses — Shearwaters and petrels — Storm-petrels — Tropicbirds — Storks — Frigatebirds — Boobies and gannets — Cormorants — Darters — Pelicans — Herons, bitterns, and allies — Ibises and spoonbills — New World vultures — Osprey — Hawks, kites, eagles, and allies — Rails, gallinules, and coots — Sungrebes — Limpkin — Cranes — Thick-knees — Stilts and avocets — Oystercatchers — Lapwings and plovers — Jacanas — Sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies — Coursers and pratincoles — Skuas and jaegers — Auks, murres, and puffins — Gulls, terns, and skimmers — Pigeons and doves — Cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis — Barn owls — Typical owls — Goatsuckers — Swifts — Hummingbirds — Trogons — Hoopoe — Kingfishers — Woodpeckers and allies — Caracaras and falcons — Lories, parakeets, macaws, and parrots — Tyrant flycatchers — Becards, tityras, and allies — Shrikes — Vireos — Crows and jays — Larks — Swallows — Chickadees and titmice — Penduline tits and verdins — Long-tailed tits and bushtits — Nuthatches — Creepers — Wrens — Gnatcatchers and gnatwrens — Dippers — Bulbuls — Kinglets — Leaf warblers — Sylviid warblers — Reed warblers — Grassbirds — Old World flycatchers — Thrushes — Mockingbirds and thrashers — Starlings — Accentors — Wagtails and pipits — Waxwings — Silky-flycatchers — Olive warbler — Longspurs and snow buntings — Wood-warblers — Incertae sedis (Bananaquit) — Tanagers — Emberizids — Cardinals and allies — Blackbirds — Fringilline and cardueline finches and allies — Old World sparrows — Weavers — Estrildid finches.
- Examines more than eighty avian families, including an overview of plumage, behavior, distribution, taxonomy, and conservation, and describes all 962 species, covering identification, similar species, voice, status, and distribution.
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