Rare birds of North America
By: Steve N.G. Howell, Ian Lewington, and Will Russell
Contributors: Lewington, Ian, author; Russell, Will (Will Conor), 1941- author
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780691117966
Subjects: Geographical distribution; Rare birds; Identification
Description: A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. This book covers 262 species originating from three every different regions: the Old World, the New World tropics, and the world's oceans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-423) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a 'rare bird'; title: and when and whence? Migration and vagrancy in birds ; Where do North American vagrants come from? ; Topography, molt, and aging; title: Species accounts. Waterfowl ; Sungrebes ; Alcids ; Pelagic seabirds ; Gulls and terns ; Shorebirds ; Wading birds ; Raptors and owls ; Larger landbirds ; Aerial landbirds ; Songbirds; title: Appendix A. Species new to North America, Fall 2011-Summer 2012; title: Appendix B. Species of hypothetical occurrence; title: Appendix C. Birds new to North America, 1950-2011.