National Geographic complete birds of North America
By: edited by Jonathan Alderfer with Jon L. Dunn ; maps by Paul Lehman ; contributing authors, Jessie H. Barry [and 24 others]
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Edition: Second edition, fully revised and updated.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 743
ISBN-13: 9781426213731
Subjects: Identification; Birds
Other titles: Complete birds of North America
Description: Examines more than eighty avian families, including an overview of plumage, behavior, distribution, taxonomy, and conservation, and describes all 962 species, covering identification, similar species, voice, status, and distribution.
Notes: "Now covering more than 1,000 species with the most-detailed information found in a single volume"--Cover.

Previous edition: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ducks, geese, and swans; title: Curassows and guans; title: New World quail; title: Partridges, grouse, and turkeys; title: Loons; title: Grebes; title: Flamingos; title: Albatrosses; title: Shearwaters and petrels; title: Storm-petrels; title: Tropic birds; title: Storks; title: Frigatebirds; title: Boobies and gannets; title: Cormorants; title: Darters; title: Pelicans; title: Herons, bitterns, and allies; title: Ibises and spoonbills; title: New World vultures; title: Osprey; title: Hawks, kites, eagles, and allies; title: Rails, gallinules, and coots; title: Sungrebes; title: Limpkin; title: Cranes; title: Thick-knees; title: Stilts and avocets; title: Oystercatchers; title: Lapwings and plovers; title: Jacanas; title: Sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies; title: Coursers and pratincoles; title: Skuas and jaegers; title: Auks, murres, and puffins; title: Gulls, terns, and skimmers; title: Pigeons and doves; title: Cuckoos, roadrunenrs, and anis; title: Barn owls; title: Typical owls; title: Goatsuckers; title: Swifts; title: Hummingbirds; title: Trogons; title: Hoopoe; title: Kingfishers; title: Woodpeckers and allies; title: Caracaras and falcons; title: Lories, parakeets, macaws, and parrots; title: Tyrant flycatchers; title: Becards, tityras, and allies; title: Shrikes; title: Vireos; title: Crows and jays; title: Larks; title: Swallows; title: Chickadees and titmice; title: Penduline tits and verdins; title: Long-tailed tits and bushtits; title: Nuthatches; title: Creepers; title: Wrens; title: Gnatcatchers and gnatwrens; title: Dippers; title: Bulbuls; title: Kinglets; title: Leaf warblers; title: Sylviid warblers; title: Reed warblers; title: Grassbirds; title: Old World flycatchers; title: Thrushes; title: Mockingbirds and thrashers; title: Starlings; title: Accentors; title: Wagtails and pipits; title: Waxwings; title: Silky-flycatchers; title: Olive warbler; title: Longspurs and snow buntings; title: Wood-warblers; title: Incertae sedis (Bananaquit); title: Tangers; title: Emberizids; title: Cardinals and allies; title: Blackbirds; title: Fringilline and cardueline finches and allies; title: Old World sparrows; title: Weavers; title: Estrildid finches.