The Sibley guide to bird life & behavior
By: illustrated by David Allen Sibley ; edited by Chris Elphick, John B. Dunning, Jr., David Allen Sibley.
Contributors: Elphick, Chris.; Dunning, John B.; National Audubon Society.
Edition: 1st Flexibind ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9781400043866
Subjects: Birds -- North America; Birds -- Behavior -- North America; Birds; Birds -- Behavior
Other titles: Sibley guide to bird life and behavior
Notes: At head of title: National Audubon Society.

Map on back lining papers.
Table of contents: title: World of birds: Flight, form, and function; title: Implications of flight; title: Feathers; title: Molts and plumages; title: Aerodynamics; title: Feet, bills, and digestion; title: Bones and muscle; title: Respiration and metabolism; title: Senses and vocal apparatus; title: Bird intelligence; title: Origins, evolution, and classification; title: Origins of birds; title: How bird species originate; title: Classification; title: Behavior; title: Study of bird behavior; title: Function of behaviors; title: Daily and seasonal rhythms; title: Daily maintenance behaviors; title: Migration; title: Dispersal; title: Communication; title: Reproductive behavior; title: Understanding behavior: the outer frontier; title: Habitats and distributions; title: Range and habitat; title: Habitat distribution patterns; title: Habitat types; title: Forests and woodlands; title: Grasslands; title: Shrublands; title: Deserts; title: Tundra; title: Wetland and aquatic habitats; title: Ocean habitats; title: Human-created habitats; title: Populations and conservation; title: What determines bird population sizes?; title: Population regulation; title: Conservation threats; title: Tracking bird populations in North America; title: Protecting North American birds.; title: Bird families of North America: Loons; title: Grebes; title: Albatrosses; title: Shearwaters and Petrels; title: Storm-Petrels; title: Tropicbirds; title: Boobies and Gannets; title: Pelicans; title: Cormorants; title: Darters (Anhinga); title: Frigatebirds; title: Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns; title: Ibises and Spoonbills; title: Storks; title: New World Vultures; title: Flamingos; title: Ducks, Geese, and Swans; title: Hawks and allies; title: Falcons and Caracaras; title: Chachalacas and allies; title: Grouse, Turkeys, and allies; title: New World Quail; title: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots; title: Limpkin; title: Cranes; title: Thick-knees; title: Plovers and Lapwings; title: Oystercathcers; title: Stilts and Avocets; title: Jacanas; title: Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies; title: Coursers and Pratincoles; title: Gulls, Terns, and allies; title: Auks; title: Pigeons and Doves; title: Parrots and allies; title: Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis; title: Barn owls; title: Typical owls; title: Nighthawks and Nightjars; title: Swifts; title: Hummingbirds; title: Trogons; title: Hoopoe; title: Kingfishers; title: Woodpeckers and allies; title: Tyrant flycatchers; title: Shrikes; title: Vireos; title: Crows and Jays; title: Larks; title: Swallows and Martins; title: Chickadees and Titmice; title: Penduline Tits (Verdin); title: Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit); title: Nuthatches; title: Creepers; title: Wrens; title: Dippers; title: Bulbuls; title: Kinglets; title: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers; title: Old World Flycatchers; title: Thrushes; title: Babblers (Wrentit); title: Mockingbirds and Thrashers; title: Starlings and Mynas; title: Accentors; title: Wagtails and Pipits; title: Waxwings; title: Silky-fly catchers; title: Olive Warbler; title: Wood-Warblers; title: Bananaquit; title: Tanagers; title: New World Sparrows; title: Cardinals and allies; title: Blackbirds, Orioles, and allies; title: Finches and allies; title: Old World Sparrows.