Sibley birds west
Subtitle: field guide to birds of western North America
By: written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley
Edition: Second edition, revised edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
ISBN-13: 9780307957924
Subjects: Bird watching; Guidebooks; Birds; Identification
Other titles: Field guide to birds of western North America; Birds west :; Sibley field guide to birds of western North America
Work titles: Sibley field guide to birds of western North America
Description: This guide features more than 777 bird species, plus regional populations, found west of the Rocky Mountains. Entries include illustrations -- more than 5,046 in total -- with descriptive captions pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry has been updated to include the most current information concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Here too are more than 650 updated maps drawn from information contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent, and showing winter, summer, year-round, migration, and rare ranges.
Notes: "A Scott & Nix edition."

Includes index.

Illustrations and maps on lining papers.

Previous edition published as: Sibley field guide to birds of western North America by Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Table of contents: title: Swans and geese; title: Ducks; title: Upland game birds; title: Loons and grebes; title: Albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters; title: Storm-petrels; title: Pelicans, boobies, and allies; title: Cormarants; title: Wading birds; title: Hawks and vultures; title: Gruiformes; title: Shorebirds; title: Gulls; title: Terns and skimmers; title: Jaegers and skua; title: Alcids; title: Pigeons and doves; title: Cuckoos and their allies; title: Owls; title: Goatsuckers; title: Swifts; title: Hummingbirds; title: Kingfishers and trogons; title: Woodpeckers; title: Falcons; title: Parrots; title: Tyrant flycatchers and becard; title: Shrikes and vireos; title: Jays, crows, and their allies; title: Larks; title: Swallows; title: Chickadees, nuthatches, and their allies; title: Wrens; title: Gnatcatchers, kinglets, and others; title: Thrushes; title: Mimids; title: Wagtails, pipts, waxwings, silky-flycatchers, starlings, longspurs, and olive warbler; title: Wood-warblers; title: Emberizine sparrows and their allies; title: Tanagers, cardinals, and their allies; title: Icterids; title: Finches and old world sparrows.