| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
480 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 18 cm |
| Note |
"Fully revised & updated with 800 range maps and quick-find index for the field"--Cover. |
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"Prepared by the Book Division; Jon L. Dunn, chief consultant; Jonathan K. Alderfer, art consultant and general consultant; Paul E. Lehman, chief map consultant; Mary B. Dickinson, editor"--P. 480. |
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Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Loons -- Grebes -- Albatrosses -- Shearwaters, petrels -- Storm-petrels -- Frigatebirds; tropicbirds -- Boobies, gannets -- Pelicans -- Anhingas; cormorants -- Herons, bitterns, egrets -- Storks, flamingos -- Ibises, spoonbills -- Ducks, geese, swans -- New World vultures; hawks, kites, eagles -- Caracaras, falcons -- Chacalacas; partridges, grouse, turkeys -- New World quail -- Limpkin; rails, gallinules, coots -- Cranes -- Lapwings, plovers -- Jacanas; oystercatchers; stilts, avocets -- Sandpipers, phalaropes -- Skuas, gulls, terns, skimmers -- Auks, murres, puffins -- Pigeons, doves -- Parakeets, parrots -- Cuckoos, roadrunners, anis -- Owls -- Nightjars -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Trogons -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows, jays, magpies -- Larks -- Swallows -- Wrentit; chickadees, titmice -- Verdins; bushtits -- Creepers; nuthatches -- Wrens -- Dippers -- Kinglets; Old World warblers, gnatcatchers -- Olds World flycatchers -- Thrushes, robins -- Mockingbirds, thrashers -- Bulbuls; starlings -- Accentors; wagtails, pipits -- Waxwings; silky-flycatchers -- Wood-warblers -- Olive warbler -- Tanagers -- Bananaquits; towhees, sparrows, longspurs, emberiza buntings -- Cardinals, grosbeaks, passerina buntings -- Blackbirds, orioles -- Finches -- Old World sparrows; estrildid finches, weavers. |
| Summary |
This field guide for serious birders combines accurate illustrations with useful maps and text in a portable format. Textual information includes notes on identification, behavior, habitat, and song; the illustrations depict individual species in varying plumages. |
| Subject |
Birds -- North America -- Identification.
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Bird watching -- North America -- Guidebooks.
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Birds -- North America -- Geographical distribution.
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| Added Author |
Dunn, Jon L. (Jon Lloyd), 1954-
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Alderfer, Jonathan K.
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Lehman, Paul E.
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Dickinson, Mary B.
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National Geographic Society (U.S.). Book Division.
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| Cover Title |
National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America |
| Added Title |
Birds of North America |
| ISBN |
0792268776 |
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0792274512 (prev. ed.) |
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