Title: Guide to the birds of Alaska /
Authors: Armstrong, Robert H., 1936-
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Birds Alaska Identification.
Abstract: Extensively revised edition (first, 1980) includes all 443 species of birds found in Alaska, with new, full-color photos of all regularly-occurring species. Contains a map of Alaska's six biogeographic regions, is organized by bird families, and details birds' field marks, status, distribution, behavior, similar species, voice, and habitat.
Contents: Note on Alaska's biogeographic regions -- Map -- Introduction -- Key to charts -- Checklist of Alaska's birds -- Bird families: Loons -- Grebes -- Albatrosses -- Fulmars, petrels, shearwaters -- Storm-petrels -- Cormorants -- Bitterns, herons -- Swans, geese, ducks -- Hawks, eagles -- Falcons -- Grouse, ptarmigan -- Rails, coots -- Cranes -- Plovers -- Oystercatchers -- Sandpipers -- Jaegers, gulls, terns -- Alcids -- Pigeons, doves -- Typical owls -- Goatsuckers -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Larks -- Swallows -- Jays, magpies, crows -- Chickadees -- Nuthatches -- Creepers -- Wrens -- Dippers -- Old world warblers, kinglets, thrushes -- Wagtails, pipits -- Waxwings -- Shrikes -- Starlings -- Vireos -- Wood warblers, tanagers, sparrows, buntings, blackbirds -- Finches -- Casual and accidental species.