Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 7 Plate 1 Rheas 2 Tinamous 3 Tinamous 4 Grebes 5 Albatrosses 6 Petrels 7 Petrels and Prions 8 Prions, Petrels and Shearwaters 9 Storm-petrels and Diving-petrels 10 Penguins 11 Ttopicbitds, Boobies and Pelican 12 Cormorants, Anhinga and Frigatebirds 13 Herons and Bitterns 14 Ibises, Spoonbill, Storks, Flamingos and Screamers 15 Ducks, Swan and Geese 16 Ducks 17 Ducks 18 Ducks 19 Raptors (Vultures, Condorand Osprey) 20 Raptors(Kites) 21 Raptors (Harriers and Hawks) 22 Raptors (Hawks, Buzzard-eagle and Eagles) 23 Raptors (Hawks) 24 Raptors (Eagles and Hawk-eagles) 25 Raptors (Caracaras) 26 Raptors (Falcons, Forest-falcons and Kestrel) 27 Raptors (Chachalacas, Guans and Curassow) 28 Fowl (Wood-quail and Quail) and Crakes 29 Crakes and Rails 30 Gallinules and Coots 31 Sungrebe, Limpkin, Seriemas, Thick-knee, Lapwings and Plovers 32 Plovers and Dotterel 33 Oystercatchers, Stilt, Avocet, Jacana and Painted Snipe 34 Sandpipers, Curlew, Whimbtel, Godwits, Tumstone and Surfbird 35 Knot, Sandeding and Sandpipers 36 Dowitcher, Snipe, Phalaropes and Seed-snipe 37 Sheathbill, Jaegers, Skuas and Black Skimmer 38 Gulls 39 Terns 40 Tems 41 Doves and pigeons 42 Doves 43 Macaws, Parakeets and Parrot 44 Parakeets and Parrots 45 Cuckoos 46 Owls 47 Owls 48 Night hawks and Nightjars 49 Nightjars 50 Pota~s and Swifts 51 Hummingbirds 52 Hummingbirds 53 Hummingbirds 54 Trogons, Motmots, Kingfishers, Puffbirds and Jacamary 55 Toucans 56 Woodpeckers 57 Woodpeckers 58 Woodpeckers 59 Woodcreepers 60 Ovenbirds and allies (Miners and Earthcreepexs) 61 Ovenbirds and allies (Cinclodes, Groundcreeper, Hoxneros, Reedhaunters, Wiremil, Rayaditos, Rushbird and Tit-spinetails) 62 Ovenbirds and allies (Tit-spinetails and Spinetails) 63 Ovenbirds andallies(CanasterosandWren-spinetail) 64 Ovenbirds and allies (Thornbirds, Brush-runner, Firewood-gatherer, Treerunner and Cacholotes) 65 Ovenbirds and allies (Foliage-gleaners, Treehunter, Xenops, Treerunner, Leaftosser and Streamcreeper) 66 Antshrikes 67 Antvireos,Antwrens and Antbirds 68 Antbirds, Fire-eyes, Antthxushes, Antpittas and Gnateatex 69 Tapaculos 70 Tyrants (Tyrannulets, Flycatchers and Elaenias) 71 Tyrants (Tyrannulets, Wagtail-tyrant, Tit-tyrants and Rush-tyrant) 72 Tyrants (Grass-tyrant, Tachuri, Doraditos, Pygmy-tyrants, Flycatchers, Bristle-tyrant, Tyrannulets) 73 Tyrants (Tyrannulets, Pygmy-tyrant, Tody-tyrant, Bamboo-tyrant, Tody-Flycatchers, Flatbill, Flycatcher and Spadebills) 74 Tyrants (Flycatchers, Peewees, Chat-tyrants and Bush-tyrants) 75 Tyrants (Diucon, Monjitas and Shrike-tyrants) 76 Tyrants(Ground-tyrants and Negritos) 77 Tyrants (Black-tyrants, Water-tyrants and Marsh-tyrant) 78 Tyrants (Field-tyrant, Flycatcher, Grey-tyrant, Attila, Casiomis, Sirystes, Flycatchers and Kiskadees) 79 Tyrants (Flycatchers and Kingbirds) 80 Tyrants (Xenopsaris, Becards and Tityras) 81 Manakins, Cotingas (Berry-eaters, Fruitcrows, Bellbird), Sharpbill, Plantcutters and Jays 82 Swallows and Martins 83 Wrens, Dippers and Gnatcatchexs 84 Thrushes and Mockingbirds 85 Pipits and Starlings 86 Vireos, Wood Warblers and Bananaquit 87 Tanagers (Conebills, Dacnis, Chlorophonia and Euphonias) 88 Tanagers 89 Tanagers 90 Saltators, Grosbeaks and Cardinals 91 Cardinal, Embezerine Finches (Chaco-finch, Brush-finches, Grassquits, Seedeaters and Seed-finch) 92 Emberizine Finches (Seedeaters and Grassquit) 93 Emberizine Finches (Pampa-finch, Grass-finches, Yellowfinches and Warbling-finches) 94 Emberizine Finches (Warbling-finches, Diuca-finches, Reedfinch and Flower-piercexs) 95 Emberizine Finches (Sierra-finches and Sparrows) 96 Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Caciques and Oriole 97 Blackbirds, Marshbirds, Meadowlarks, Siskins and House Sparrow A-E Silhouettes of raptors in flight Annotated map of area followed by a distribution map for each bird 218 Bibliography and list of further reading 292 Indexes of English and scientific names 293

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[A]n outstanding field guide that covers a vast geographic area and includes a wealth of information for more than 1,100 species of birds... It should be purchased by anybody interested in the birds of southern South America. -- Floyd E. Hayes Auk