Record details

• ISBN: 0792253140
• ISBN: 9780792253143
• Physical Description: 503 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm
• Edition: 5th edition
• Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2006]
• Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

General Note:

Given in Memory of Carl Dean Goodson by Martha Simmons.

Includes index.

Rev. ed. of: Field guide to the birds of North America. 4th ed., Fully rev. & updated. 2002.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ducks, Geese, Swans 20 -- Curassows, Guans 56 -- Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, Old World Quail 56 -- New World Quail 66 -- Loons 70 -- Grebes 74 -- Albatrosses 78 -- Shearwaters, Petrels 82 -- Storm-Petrels 94 -- Frigatebirds 98 -- Tropicbirds 98 -- Boobies, Gannets 100 -- Pelicans 102 -- Darters 104 -- Cormorants 104 -- Herons, Bitterns, Allies 108 -- Storks 114 -- Flamingos 114 -- Ibises, Spoonbills 116 -- New World Vultures 118 -- Hawks, Kites, Eagles, Allies 118 -- Caracaras, Falcons 136 -- Limpkins 146 -- Rails, Gallinules, Coots 146 -- Cranes 152 -- Lapwings, Plovers 154 -- Jacanas 160 -- Oystercatchers 160 -- Stilts, Avocets 160 -- Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Allies 162 -- Gulls, Terns, Skimmers 198 -- Skuas, Jaegers 228 -- Auks, Murres, Puffins 232 -- Pigeons, Doves 242 -- Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, Parrots 248 -- Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis 252 -- Owls 256 -- Goatsuckers 266 -- Swifts 270 -- Hummingbirds 272 -- Trogons 278 -- Kingfishers 280 -- Woodpeckers, Allies 282 -- Tyrant Flycatchers 294 -- Shrikes 312 -- Vireos 314 -- Crows, Jays 320 -- Larks 328 -- Swallows 330 -- Babblers 334 -- Chickadees, Titmice 334 -- Penduline Tits, Verdins 338 -- Long-tailed Tits, Bushtits 338 -- Creepers 340 -- Nuthatches 340 -- Wrens 342 -- Dippers 344 -- Kinglets 346 -- Old World Warblers, Gnatcatchers 346 -- Old World Flycatchers 350 -- Thrushes 352 -- Mockingbirds, Thrashers 362 -- Bulbuls 366 -- Starlings 366 -- Accentors 368 -- Wagtails, Pipits 368 -- Waxwings 372 -- Silky-flycatchers 372 -- Wood-Warblers 374 -- Olive Warbler 398 -- Tanagers 400 -- Bananaquit 402 -- Emberizids (Sparrows) 402 -- Cardinals, Saltators, Allies 436 -- Blackbirds 442 -- Fringilline and Cardueline Finches, Allies 454 -- Old World Sparrows 464 -- Weavers 464 -- Estrildid Finches 464 -- Accidentals, Extinct Species 466 -- Appendix AOU and ABA Checklist Differences; Greenland; Bermuda 480.

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Birds > North America > Identification.
Goodson, Carl Dean > Memorial.
Simmons, Martha > 2006-2007, Donor.