Howell / Lewington / Russell Rare Birds of North America

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4807-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Howell, Steve N. G.

Lewington, Ian

Russell, Will

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Nachschlagewerke
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

How to Use This Book xi

Abbreviations and Terminology xv

Geographic Terms xvii

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS A 'RARE BIRD'-AND WHEN AND WHENCE? 1

MIGRATION AND VAGRANCY IN BIRDS 4

MIGRATION 4

VAGRANCY 6

Drift 7

Misorientation 10

Overshooting 14

Dispersal 14

Association 16

Disorientation 16

False Vagrancy 16

WHERE DO NORTH AMERICAN VAGRANTS COME FROM? 16

OLD WORLD SPECIES 16

East Asia 19

Western Eurasia-Africa 22

NEW WORLD SPECIES 24

Mainland 24

Island 29

PELAGIC SPECIES 30

Temperate Southern Hemisphere 30

Subtropical and Equatorial 30

TOPOGRAPHY, MOLT, AND AGING 32

BIRD TOPOGRAPHY 32

MOLTS AND PLUMAGES 32

MOLT AND AGING 35

Waterfowl 36

Pelagic Seabirds 38

Gulls and Terns 39

Shorebirds 39

Wading Birds 39

Raptors and Owls 40

Larger Landbirds 40

Aerial Landbirds 40

Songbirds 41

SPECIES ACCOUNTS

WATERFOWL 44

OLD WORLD 44

NEW WORLD 65

SUNGREBES 70

ALCIDS 71

PELAGIC SEABIRDS 74

PETRELS 74

ALBATROSSES 92

STORM-PETRELS 104

TROPICBIRDS 111

FRIGATEBIRDS 112

BOOBIES 117

GULLS AND TERNS 124

SHOREBIRDS 141

OLD WORLD 141

Plovers 142

Oystercatchers 151

Stilts 152

Sandpipers 154

Pratincoles 189

NEW WORLD 190

Thick-knees 190

Plovers 191

WADING BIRDS 194

OLD WORLD 194

Herons 194

Cranes 203

Rails 206

NEW WORLD 210

Herons 210

Storks 211

Rails 213

Jacanas 215

RAPTORS AND OWLS 217

OLD WORLD 217

NEW WORLD 230

LARGER LANDBIRDS 237

OLD WORLD 237

Nightjars 237

Pigeons 238

Cuckoos 240

Hoopoes 243

Woodpeckers 244

Corvids 246

NEW WORLD 248

Pigeons 248

Cuckoos 251

Trogons 252

Kingfishers 254

AERIAL LANDBIRDS 255

OLD WORLD 255

Swifts 255

Swallows 259

NEW WORLD 260

Hummingbirds 261

Swifts 272

Swallows 274

SONGBIRDS 278

OLD WORLD 278

Old World Flycatchers 279

Shrikes 286

Accentors 288

Chats and Thrushes 289

Old World Warblers 303

Wagtails and Pipits 315

Larks 322

Old World Buntings 323

Finches 334

NEW WORLD 342

Tyrant-flycatchers and allies 343

Mimids 362

Thrushes 365

Silkies (Silky-flycatchers) 373

Wrens 374

Vireos 375

Wood-warblers 377

Grassquits 385

Tanagers 388

New World Grosbeaks and Allies 393

New World Orioles 398

Appendices

Appendix A. Species New to North America, Fall 2011-Summer 2012 403

Appendix B: Species of Hypothetical Occurrence 404

Appendix C: Birds New to North America, 1950-2011 408

Literature Cited 411

Index 425

Über Autor(innen)

Steve N. G. Howell is a research associate at PRBO Conservation Science and a staff leader with WINGS, an international bird tour company. His books include Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). Ian Lewington is one of the world's finest bird illustrators. His books include Rare Birds of Britain and Europe. Will Russell is cofounder and managing director of WINGS.