Bird: the definitive visual guide

Foreword / Michael Rands

Introduction. Bird anatomy ; Senses ; Feathers ; Wings ; Flight ; Gliding and soaring ; Legs and feet ; Bills ; Feeding on animals ; Feeding on plants ; Communication ; Defense ; Breeding ; Courtship ; Nests and eggs ; Parental care ; Living together ; Migration ; Migration routes ; Birds under threat ; Conservation ; Extinct birds

Habitats. Bird geography ; Bird habitats ; Grasslands ; Deserts ; Tropical forest ; Temperate forest ; Coniferous forest ; Heath and scrubland ; Mountains ; Polar regions ; Wetlands ; Coasts ; Oceans and seas ; Farmlands and cities

Bird species. Classification ; Tinamous ; Ostriches ; Rheas ; Cassowaries and emus ; Kiwis ; Gamebirds ; Waterfowl ; Penguins ; Loons ; Albatrosses and petrels ; Grebes ; Flamingos ; Storks and herons ; Pelicans and relatives ; Birds of prey ; Cranes and relatives ; Waders, gulls and auks ; Sandgrouse ; Pigeons and doves ; Parrots ; Cuckoos and turacos ; Owls ; Nightjars and frogmouths ; Swifts and hummingbirds ; Mousebirds ; Trogons ; Kingfishers and relatives ; Woodpeckers and toucans ; Passerines.

CD Little Tinamou; song; Brazil

Plain Chachalaca; group calls; Texas

Western Capercaillie; male displaying; Scotland

Willow Ptarmigan; male calls; Alaska

Horned Screamer; pair duet; Peru

Snow Goose; calls of migrating flock; California

Tundra Swan; calls of migrating flock; South Carolina

Long-tailed Duck; male calls; Alaska

Gentoo Penguin; calls at a nesting colony; Deception Island, Antarctica

Bermuda Petrel (Cahow); adult calls a nesting colony; Bermuda

Great Northern Loon; wails of a pair; New York

Red-necked Grebe; pair calls; Alaska

American White Ibis; adult calls at a roost; Florida

Double-crested Cormorant; adult calls at a roost; Alabama

Masked Booby; adult and chick calls at a nesting colony; Florida

Barred Forest Falcon; calls; Mexico

African Fish Eagle; calls; Tanzania

Snail Kite; calls; Florida

Northern Goshawk; alarm calls; Maine

Corncrake; song; Scotland

Limpkin; calls; Argentina

Sandhill Crane; pair calls; Alaska

American Woodcock; calls; New York

Ruddy Turnstone; calls; Alaska

Sooty Tern; adult calls at a nesting colony; Florida

Rhinoceros Auklet; calls from a nesting colony; California

Yellow-collared Lovebird; calls; Tanzania

Scarlet Macaw; calls; Brazil

Groove-billed Ani; calls; Mexico

Great Blue Turaco; flock calls; Kenya

Great Gray Owl; male advertising hoot; Alaska

Oilbird; calls from cave; Venezuela

Chuck-will's-widow; song; Flordia

Common Potoo; territorial defense call; Venezuela

Anna's Hummingbird; song; California

Laughing Kookaburra; calls; Australia

Cuban Tody; calls; Cuba

Green Wood Hoopoe; call; Kenya

Chestnut-eared Aracari; call; Brazil

Pileated Woodpecker; song; Oregon

Great Jacamar; song; Brazil

White-bearede Manakin; mechanical sounds from lek; Colombia

Screeaming Piha; display at lek; Guyana

White Bellbird; song; Brazil

Sedge Warbler; song; Netherlands

Firewood-gatherer; song duet; Argentina

Satin Bowerbird; song; Australia

Superb Lyrebird; song; Australia

Noisy Miner; song; Australia

Eastern Whipbird; song; Australia

American Cliff Swallow; calls at a nesting colony; Oregon

Blue Mockingbird; song; Mexico

Hermit Thrush; song; Alaska

Bluethroat; song; Alaska

Common Nightingale; song; Netherlands

Two-barred Crossbill; song; New York

Iiwi; song; Hawaii

Tennessee Warbler; song; Alaska

Yellow-rumped Cacique; song; Brazil

Lapland Longspur; song; Alaska.