Sunbird

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgments 7
4. Introduction 8
5. Australian Climate and Rainfall 11
6. Habitats of Australia 12
7. Species Accounts
8. Cassowary 40
9. Emu 40
10. Megapodes 42
11. Quail 44
12. Grebes 46
13. Ducks, Geese, and Swans 48
14. Gannet 58
15. Tropicbirds 58
16. Pigeons and Doves 60
17. Frogmouths 70
18. Owlet-nightjar 72
19. Nightjars 72
20. Swifts 74
21. Storm Petrels 76
22. Albatrosses 78
23. Petrels and Shearwaters 84
24. Penguins 100
25. Frigatebirds 102
26. Boobies 104
27. Darter 106
28. Cormorants 106
29. Pelican 108
30. Stork 108
31. Cranes 108
32. Herons and Bitterns 110
33. Ibises and Spoonbills 116
34. Osprey 118
35. Kites, Hawks, and Eagles 118
36. Falcons 128
37. Rails, Crakes, and Coots 130
38. Bustard 136
39. Stone-curlews 136
40. Stilts and Avocets 138
41. Oystercatchers 138
42. Plovers 140
43. Jacana 146
44. Painted-snipe 148
45. Sandpipers and Snipes 148
46. Buttonquail 162
47. Pratincoles 166
48. Plains-wanderer 166
49. Skuas 168
50. Gulls and Terns 170
51. Cockatoos 180
52. Parrots 186
53. Cuckoos 202
54. Owls 208
55. Barn Owls 210
56. Kingfishers 212
57. Dollarbird 216
58. Bee-eater 216
59. Pittas 218
60. Lyrebirds 220
61. Australasian Treecreepers 222
62. Bowerbirds 224
63. Australasian Wrens 228
64. Scrubbirds 242
65. Bristlebirds 242
66. Australasian Warblers 244
67. Pardalotes 260
68. Honeyeaters 262
69. Australasian Babblers 298
70. Logrunners 300
71. Quail-thrushes and Whipbirds 302
72. Cuckooshrikes 306
73. Sittella 310
74. Whistlers and Allies 310
75. Figbird and Orioles 318
76. Woodswallows 320
77. Butcherbirds and Currawongs 324
78. Fantails 328
79. Crows 330
80. Monarchs 332
81. Australian Mudnesters 338
82. Birds-of-paradise 340
83. Drongo 342
84. Australasian Robins 342
85. Larks 352
86. Pipit and Wagtail 352
87. Grassbirds 352
88. Cisticolas 354
89. Reed Warbler 354
90. White-eyes 356
91. Mistletoebird 356
92. Sunbird 356
93. Swallows and Martins 358
94. Thrushes 360
95. Estrildid Finches 362
96. Old World Sparrows 370
97. Finches 370
98. Starlings 372
99. Bulbul 372
100. Abbreviations 374
101. Glossary 375
102. Photo Credits 380
103. Index of Species 381