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Title: American Museum of Natural History Birds of North America Western Region
Author(s): DK Publishing
Publisher: DK Publishing
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 482
ISBN: 0756673887, 9780756673888




Description :
This definitive field guide is the only guide to use a fully integrated photographic approach to profile the extraordinary range of birds found in Western North America. The highest-quality photography brings nearly 575 species to life on the page, capturing their beauty and making identification quick and effortless.

The 367 species most commonly seen west of the 100th Meridian (in the United States, the region west of the Great Plains) are featured in full-page profiles that emphasize all the information needed to identify them. Diagnostic photographs are silhouetted and clearly annotated, and any plumages, whether female, juvenile, subspecies, and winter or summer, that differ noticeably from the primary image are also included and labeled accordingly. Detailed similar species boxes show the plumage that is most similar-in some cases the female or juvenile rather than the featured adult-and the most significant differences are picked out. Stunning context photographs show the bird at home, in its normal habitat or performing behavior that is typical of that species. Schematic artworks show the shape and posture of the bird in flight as well as its coloration, and a diagram of its flight pattern is also included.

The Southwest, a region characterized by its own region of birds where species common to northern Mexico may cross the border, is a popular destination because of the many species that can be seen nowhere else in eastern North America. The 80 most common of these southern gems are profiled in their own section of quarter-page entries, each with a stunning photograph annotated to point out the most significant field marks. A separate section profiles 128 species that are particularly uncommon or local in their distribution.



Table of contents :
Contents 5 ......Page 7
Preface 6 ......Page 8
How This Book Works 8 ......Page 10
Evolution 10 ......Page 12
Anatomy and Flight 12 ......Page 14
Migration 14 ......Page 16
Courtship and Mating 16 ......Page 18
Nests and Eggs 18 ......Page 20
Identification 20 ......Page 22
Species Guide 22 ......Page 24
Gamebirds 23 ......Page 25
Waterfowl 38 ......Page 40
Loons 70 ......Page 72
Tubenoses 74 ......Page 76
Grebes 80 ......Page 82
Storks, Ibises, and Herons 87 ......Page 89
Pelicans and Relatives 96 ......Page 98
Birds of Prey 102 ......Page 104
Rails and Cranes 121 ......Page 123
Shorebirds, Gulls, and Auks 128 ......Page 130
Pigeons and Doves 190 ......Page 192
Cuckoos 195 ......Page 197
Owls 199 ......Page 201
Nightjars and Nighthawks 214 ......Page 216
Swifts and Hummingbirds 217 ......Page 219
Kingfishers 226 ......Page 228
Woodpeckers 228 ......Page 230
Flycatchers 243 ......Page 245
Shrikes, Vireos, Jays, and Crows 261 ......Page 263
Waxwings, Chickadees, Titmice, Swallows, Larks, and Kinglets 281 ......Page 283
Wrens, Gnatcatchers, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, and Thrashers 301 ......Page 303
Thrushes, Wagtails, Pipits, and Dippers 321 ......Page 323
Finches 333 ......Page 335
Wood–warblers 346 ......Page 348
Orioles and Blackbirds 372 ......Page 374
Longspurs, American Sparrows, Tanagers, and Cardinals 384 ......Page 386
Rare Species 418 ......Page 420
Vagrants 470 ......Page 472
Glossary 472 ......Page 474
Index 474 ......Page 476
Acknowledgments 479 ......Page 481

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