Beehler / Pratt Birds of New Guinea

Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8071-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 672 Seiten

Bruce M. Beehler is a research associate of the Division of Birds at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and a naturalist with interests in birds and forests. Thane K. Pratt is a research associate at the B. P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii and a bird conservationist with a focus on the tropical Pacific. Pratt and Beehler are the coauthors of the field guide Birds of New Guinea, Second Edition (Princeton).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beehler, Bruce M.

Pratt, Thane K.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 8

PART ONE

Introduction 11

The New Guinea Region 11

New Guinea in Context 12

New Guinea’s Bird Regions 13

References and Data Sources 16

Systematics 18

Taxonomy 21

Species Concepts 22

Treatment of Subspecies 23

The Avifauna 25

Historical Biogeography 25

The Checklist and Nature Conservation 26

The Future 27

Layout of the Accounts 28

Terms, Usage, and Abbreviations 34

Figures 37

PART TWO

Casuariiformes 40

Casuariidae 40

Galliformes 44

Megapodiidae 44

Phasianidae 50

Anseriformes 53

Anseranatidae 53

Anatidae 54

Phoenicopteriformes 61

Podicipedidae 61

Columbiformes 63

Columbidae 63

Phaethontiformes 92

Phaethontidae 92

Procellariiformes 93

Oceanitidae 94

Hydrobatidae 96

Procellariidae 97

Ciconiiformes 103

Ciconiidae 103

Pelecanidae 104

Threskiornithidae 105

Ardeidae 108

Fregatidae 116

Sulidae 117

Phalacrocoracidae 120

Anhingidae 122

Otidiformes 123

Otididae 123

Gruiformes 123

Rallidae 124

Gruidae 135

Cuculiformes 136

Centropodidae 136

Cuculidae 138

Caprimulgiformes 148

Podargidae 149

Caprimulgidae 150

Aegothelidae 153

Apodidae 157

Charadriiformes 163

Burhinidae 163

Haematopodidae 164

Recurvirostridae 165

Charadriidae 166

Jacanidae 171

Scolopacidae 171

Turnicidae 184

Glareolidae 186

Laridae 187

Stercorariidae 197

Accipitriformes 198

Pandionidae 199

Accipitridae 200

Strigiformes 213

Tytonidae 213

Strigidae 216

Bucerotiformes 219

Bucerotidae 219

Coraciiformes 220

Meropidae 220

Coraciidae 221

Halcyonidae 222

Alcedinidae 233

Falconiformes 235

Falconidae 235

Psittaciformes 238

Cacatuidae 238

Psittrichasidae 240

Psittaculidae 241

Passeriformes 271

Pittidae 271

Ptilonorhynchidae 274

Climacteridae 282

Maluridae 284

Meliphagidae 288

Acanthizidae 325

Pomatostomidae 340

Orthonychidae 341

Cnemophilidae 342

Melanocharitidae 345

Paramythiidae 352

Psophodidae 354

Cinclosomatidae 355

Machaerirhynchidae 360

Cracticidae 362

Artamidae 365

Rhagologidae 367

Campephagidae 368

Neosittidae 379

Oreoicidae 381

Eulacestomatidae 383

Pachycephalidae 384

Oriolidae 400

Rhipiduridae 406

Dicruridae 413

Ifritidae 415

Paradisaeidae 416

Melampittidae 438

Monarchidae 440

Corvidae 453

Laniidae 454

Petroicidae 455

Alaudidae 473

Hirundinidae 474

Pycnonotidae 478

Phylloscopidae 479

Zosteropidae 481

Acrocephalidae 487

Locustellidae 489

Cisticolidae 492

Sturnidae 494

Turdidae 498

Muscicapidae 500

Dicaeidae 503

Nectariniidae 506

Passeridae 510

Estrildidae 511

Motacillidae 520

PART THREE

Bibliography 525

Geographic Gazetteer 560

J. L. Mandeville and W. S. Peckover

Index of English Bird Names and Topics 633

Index of Scientific Names 647

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce M. Beehler is a research associate of the Division of Birds at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and a naturalist with interests in birds and forests. Thane K. Pratt is a research associate at the B. P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii and a bird conservationist with a focus on the tropical Pacific. Pratt and Beehler are the coauthors of the field guide Birds of New Guinea, Second Edition (Princeton).