Book
The Sibley guide to bird life & behavior
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Physical Description
588 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
At head of title: National Audubon Society.
Map on back lining papers.
Contents
- World of birds: Flight, form, and function
- Implications of flight
- Feathers
- Molts and plumages
- Aerodynamics
- Feet, bills, and digestion
- Bones and muscle
- Respiration and metabolism
- Senses and vocal apparatus
- Bird intelligence
- Origins, evolution, and classification
- Origins of birds
- How bird species originate
- Classification
- Behavior
- Study of bird behavior
- Function of behaviors
- Daily and seasonal rhythms
- Daily maintenance behaviors
- Migration
- Dispersal
- Communication
- Reproductive behavior
- Understanding behavior: the outer frontier
- Habitats and distributions
- Range and habitat
- Habitat distribution patterns
- Habitat types
- Forests and woodlands
- Grasslands
- Shrublands
- Deserts
- Tundra
- Wetland and aquatic habitats
- Ocean habitats
- Human-created habitats
- Populations and conservation
- What determines bird population sizes?
- Population regulation
- Conservation threats
- Tracking bird populations in North America
- Protecting North American birds.
- Bird families of North America: Loons
- Grebes
- Albatrosses
- Shearwaters and Petrels
- Storm-Petrels
- Tropicbirds
- Boobies and Gannets
- Pelicans
- Cormorants
- Darters (Anhinga)
- Frigatebirds
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Ibises and Spoonbills
- Storks
- New World Vultures
- Flamingos
- Ducks, Geese, and Swans
- Hawks and allies
- Falcons and Caracaras
- Chachalacas and allies
- Grouse, Turkeys, and allies
- New World Quail
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Limpkin
- Cranes
- Thick-knees
- Plovers and Lapwings
- Oystercathcers
- Stilts and Avocets
- Jacanas
- Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies
- Coursers and Pratincoles
- Gulls, Terns, and allies
- Auks
- Pigeons and Doves
- Parrots and allies
- Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
- Barn owls
- Typical owls
- Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Swifts
- Hummingbirds
- Trogons
- Hoopoe
- Kingfishers
- Woodpeckers and allies
- Tyrant flycatchers
- Shrikes
- Vireos
- Crows and Jays
- Larks
- Swallows and Martins
- Chickadees and Titmice
- Penduline Tits (Verdin)
- Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit)
- Nuthatches
- Creepers
- Wrens
- Dippers
- Bulbuls
- Kinglets
- Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Old World Flycatchers
- Thrushes
- Babblers (Wrentit)
- Mockingbirds and Thrashers
- Starlings and Mynas
- Accentors
- Wagtails and Pipits
- Waxwings
- Silky-fly catchers
- Olive Warbler
- Wood-Warblers
- Bananaquit
- Tanagers
- New World Sparrows
- Cardinals and allies
- Blackbirds, Orioles, and allies
- Finches and allies
- Old World Sparrows.