Contents
Foreword ...................................... viii
How to use this book ............................ xi
Advisory boards ................................. xiii
Contributing writers ............................. xv
Contributing illustrators ......................... xviii
Volume 8: Birds I
What is a bird? ................................. 3
Birds and humans ............................... 19
Avian migration and navigation .................... 29
Avian song ..................................... 37
Avian flight .................................... 45
Order STRUTHIONIFORMES
Tinamous and ratites ............................ 53
Family: Tinamous ........................... 57
Family: Rheas ............................... 69
Family: Cassowaries .......................... 75
Family: Emus ............................... 83
Family: Kiwis ............................... 89
Family: Moas ............................... 95
Family: Ostriches ............................ 99
Family: Elephant birds ....................... 103
Order PROCELLARIIFORMES
Tubenosed seabirds ............................. 107
Family: Albatrosses .......................... 113
Family: Shearwaters, petrels, and fulmars ........ 123
Family: Storm-petrels ........................ 135
Family: Diving-petrels ........................ 143
Order SPHENISCIFORMES
Penguins
Family: Penguins ............................ 147
Order GAVIIFORMES
Loons
Family: Loons .............................. 159
Order PODICIPEDIFORMES
Grebes
Family: Grebes .............................. 169
Order PELECANIFORMES
Pelicans and cormorants ......................... 183
Family: Tropicbirds .......................... 187
Family: Frigatebirds .......................... 193
Family: Cormorants and anhingas .............. 201
Family: Boobies and gannets .................. 211
Family: Pelicans ............................. 225
Order CICONIIFORMES
Herons, storks, spoonbills, ibis, and New World vultures .............. 233
Family: Herons and bitterns ................... 239
Family: Hammerheads ....................... 261
Family: Storks .............................. 265
Family: New World vultures .................. 275
Family: Shoebills ............................ 287
Family: Ibises and spoonbills .................. 291
Order PHOENICOPTERIFORMES
Flamingos
Family: Flamingos ........................... 303
Order FALCONIFORMES
Diurnal birds of prey ............................ 313
Family: Hawks and eagles ..................... 317
Family: Secretary birds ....................... 343
Family: Falcons and caracaras ................. 347
Order ANSERIFORMES
Ducks, geese, swans, and screamers ................ 363
Family: Ducks, geese, and swans ............... 369
Family: Screamers ........................... 393
Order GALLIFORMES
Chicken-like birds ............................... 399
Family: Moundbuilders ....................... 403
Family: Curassows, guans, and chachalacas ....... 413
Family: Guineafowl .......................... 425
Family: Fowls and pheasants .................. 433
Family: New World quails .................... 455
Order OPISTHOCOMIFORMES
Hoatzins
Family: Hoatzins ............................ 465
For further reading .............................. 469
Organizations ................................... 474
Contributors to the first edition.................... 479
Glossary ....................................... 486
Aves species list ................................. 497
Geologic time scale .............................. 560
Index .......................................... 561
Volume 9: Birds II
Order GRUIFORMES
Cranes, rails, and relatives ........................ 1
Family: Mesites and roatelos .................. 5
Family: Buttonquails ......................... 11
Family: Cranes .............................. 23
Family: Limpkins ............................ 37
Family: Kagus .............................. 41
Family: Rails, coots, and moorhens ............. 45
Family: Sungrebes ........................... 69
Family: Sunbitterns .......................... 73
Family: Trumpeters .......................... 77
Family: Seriemas ............................ 85
Family: Bustards ............................ 91
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Gulls, terns, plovers, and other shorebirds ........... 101
Family: Jacanas .............................. 107
Family: Painted snipes ........................ 115
Family: Crab plovers ......................... 121
Family: Oystercatchers ....................... 125
Family: Stilts and avocets ..................... 133
Family: Thick-knees ......................... 143
Family: Pratincoles and coursers ............... 151
Family: Plovers and lapwings .................. 161
Family: Sandpipers .......................... 175
Family: Seedsnipes ........................... 189
Family: Sheathbills .......................... 197
Family: Gulls and terns ....................... 203
Family: Auks, puffins, and murres .............. 219
Order PTEROCLIFORMES
Sandgrouse
Family: Sandgrouse .......................... 231
Order COLUMBIFORMES
Pigeons, doves, and dodos ........................ 241
Family: Pigeons and doves .................... 247
Family: Dodos and solitaires .................. 269
Order PSITTACIFORMES
Parrots
Family: Parrots .............................. 275
Order MUSOPHAGIFORMES
Turacos and plantain eaters
Family: Turacos and plantain eaters ............ 299
Order CUCULIFORMES
Cuckoos, anis, and roadrunners
Family: Cuckoos, anis, and roadrunners ......... 311
Order STRIGIFORMES
Owls .......................................... 331
Family: Barn owls ........................... 335
Family: Owls ............................... 345
Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Nightjars ...................................... 367
Family: Oilbirds ............................. 373
Family: Frogmouths ......................... 377
Family: Owlet-nightjars ...................... 387
Family: Potoos .............................. 395
Family: Nightjars ............................ 401
Order APODIFORMES
Swifts and hummingbirds ........................ 415
Family: Swifts ............................... 421
Family: Tree swifts .......................... 433
Family: Hummingbirds ....................... 437
Order COLIIFORMES
Mousebirds
Family: Mousebirds .......................... 469
Order TROGONIFORMES
Trogons
Family: Trogons ............................ 477
For further reading .............................. 487
Organizations ................................... 492
Contributors to the first edition.................... 497
Glossary ....................................... 504
Aves species list ................................. 515
Geologic time scale .............................. 578
Index .......................................... 579
Volume 10: Birds III
Order CORACIIFORMES
Kingfishers, todies, hoopoes, and relatives ........... 1
Family: Kingfishers .......................... 5
Family: Todies .............................. 25
Family: Motmots ............................ 31
Family: Bee-eaters ........................... 39
Family: Rollers .............................. 51
Family: Hoopoes ............................ 61
Family: Woodhoopoes ....................... 65
Family: Hornbills ............................ 71
Order PICIFORMES
Woodpeckers and relatives ....................... 85
Family: Jacamars ............................ 91
Family: Puffbirds ............................ 101
Family: Barbets ............................. 113
Family: Toucans ............................ 125
Family: Honeyguides ......................... 137
Family: Woodpeckers, wrynecks, and piculets .... 147
Order PASSERIFORMES
Perching birds .................................. 169
Family: Broadbills ........................... 177
Family: False sunbirds and asities .............. 187
Family: Pittas ............................... 193
Family: New Zealand wrens ................... 203
Family: Ovenbirds ........................... 209
Family: Woodcreepers ....................... 229
Family: Ant thrushes ......................... 239
Family: Tapaculos ........................... 257
Family: Tyrant flycatchers .................... 269
Family: Sharpbills ........................... 291
Family: Manakins ............................ 295
Family: Cotingas ............................ 305
Family: Plantcutters .......................... 325
Family: Lyrebirds ............................ 329
Family: Scrub-birds .......................... 337
Family: Larks ............................... 341
Family: Swallows ............................ 357
Family: Pipits and wagtails .................... 371
Family: Cuckoo-shrikes ....................... 385
Family: Bulbuls ............................. 395
Family: Fairy bluebirds and leafbirds ............ 415
Family: Shrikes .............................. 425
Family: Vanga shrikes ........................ 439
Family: Waxwings and silky flycatchers ......... 447
Family: Palmchats ........................... 455
Family: Hedge sparrows ...................... 459
Family: Thrashers and mockingbirds ............ 465
Family: Dippers ............................. 475
Family: Thrushes and chats ................... 483
Family: Babblers ............................ 505
Family: Wrens .............................. 525
For further reading .............................. 539
Organizations ................................... 544
Contributors to the first edition.................... 549
Glossary ....................................... 556
Aves species list ................................. 567
Geologic time scale .............................. 630
Index .......................................... 631
Volume 11: Birds IV
Family: Old World warblers ................... 1
Family: Old World flycatchers ................. 25
Family: Australian fairy-wrens ................. 45
Family: Australian warblers .................... 55
Family: Australian chats ...................... 65
Family: Logrunners and chowchillas ............ 69
Family: Quail thrushes and whipbirds ........... 75
Family: Fantails ............................. 83
Family: Monarch flycatchers .................. 97
Family: Australian robins ..................... 105
Family: Whistlers ............................ 115
Family: Pseudo babblers ...................... 127
Family: Australian creepers .................... 133
Family: Long-tailed titmice ................... 141
Family: Penduline titmice ..................... 147
Family: Titmice and chickadees ................ 155
Family: Nuthatches and wall creepers ........... 167
Family: Treecreepers ......................... 177
Family: Philippine creepers ................... 183
Family: Flowerpeckers ........................ 189
Family: Pardalotes ........................... 201
Family: Sunbirds ............................ 207
Family: White-eyes .......................... 227
Family: Australian honeyeaters ................. 235
Family: Vireos and peppershrikes .............. 255
Family: New World finches ................... 263
Family: New World warblers .................. 285
Family: New World blackbirds and orioles ...... 301
Family: Finches ............................. 323
Family: Hawaiian honeycreepers ............... 341
Family: Waxbills and grassfinches .............. 353
Family: Weavers ............................ 375
Family: Sparrows ............................ 397
Family: Starlings and mynas ................... 407
Family: Old World orioles and figbirds ......... 427
Family: Drongos ............................ 437
Family: New Zealand wattle birds .............. 447
Family: Mudnest builders ..................... 453
Family: Woodswallows ....................... 459
Family: Magpie-shrikes ....................... 467
Family: Bowerbirds .......................... 477
Family: Birds of paradise ...................... 489
Family: Crows and jays ....................... 503
For further reading .............................. 525
Organizations ................................... 530
Contributors to the first edition.................... 535
Glossary ....................................... 542
Aves species list ................................. 553
Geologic time scale .............................. 616
Index .......................................... 617
