HUMMINGBIRDS · Trochilidae

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. Contents ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. ECOLOGICAL ZONES AND BIRD HABITATS 6
8. RECENT TRENDS IN SIERRA BIRD POPULATIONS AND RANGES 28
9. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT SIERRA BIRDS 37
10. BIRD CONSERVATION IN THE SIERRA 39
11. Family and Species Accounts
12. WATERFOWL · Anatidae 45
13. QUAIL · Odontophoridae 71
14. FOWL-LIKE BIRDS · Phasianidae 74
15. LOONS · Gaviidae 81
16. GREBES · Podicipedidae 83
17. CORMORANTS · Phalacrocoracidae 89
18. PELICANS · Pelecanidae 90
19. HERONS AND RELATIVES · Ardeidae 92
20. IBIS · Threskiornithidae 98
21. NEW WORLD VULTURES · Cathartidae 100
22. OSPREY · Pandionidae 103
23. HAWKS AND RELATIVES · Accipitridae 104
24. FALCONS · Falconidae 118
25. RAILS AND RELATIVES · Rallidae 123
26. CRANES · Gruidae 128
27. PLOVERS · Charadriidae 130
28. STILTS AND AVOCETS · Recurvirostridae 134
29. SANDPIPERS AND RELATIVES · Scolopacidae 136
30. GULLS AND TERNS · Laridae 147
31. PIGEONS AND DOVES · Columbidae 154
32. CUCKOOS AND ROADRUNNERS · Cuculidae 159
33. BARN OWL · Tytonidae 162
34. TYPICAL OWLS · Strigidae 163
35. NIGHTHAWKS AND RELATIVES · Caprimulgidae 175
36. SWIFTS · Apodidae 178
37. HUMMINGBIRDS · Trochilidae 181
38. KINGFISHERS · Alcedinidae 187
39. WOODPECKERS · Picidae 188
40. TYRANT FLYCATCHERS · Tyrannidae 204
41. SHRIKES · Laniidae 217
42. VIREOS · Vireonidae 219
43. JAYS AND RELATIVES · Corvidae 224
44. LARKS · Alaudidae 236
45. SWALLOWS · Hirundinidae 237
46. CHICKADEES AND TITMICE · Paridae 245
47. VERDIN · Remizidae 250
48. BUSHTIT · Aegithalidae 251
49. NUTHATCHES · Sittidae 252
50. CREEPERS · Certhiidae 256
51. WRENS · Troglodytidae 257
52. GNATCATCHERS · Polioptilidae 264
53. DIPPERS · Cinclidae 265
54. KINGLETS · Regulidae 266
55. WRENTIT · Sylviidae 269
56. THRUSHES AND RELATIVES · Turdidae 270
57. MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS · Mimidae 278
58. STARLINGS · Sturnidae 283
59. PIPITS · Motacillidae 285
60. WAXWINGS · Bombycillidae 286
61. SILKY FLYCATCHERS · Ptilogonatidae 287
62. WOOD-WARBLERS · Parulidae 288
63. SPARROWS AND RELATIVES · Emberizidae 302
64. GROSBEAKS AND RELATIVES · Cardinalidae 322
65. BLACKBIRDS AND RELATIVES · Icteridae 328
66. FINCHES AND RELATIVES · Fringillidae 340
67. OLD WORLD SPARROWS · Passeridae 353
68. Appendices 355
69. Glossary 385
70. Bibliography 387
71. Index of Common Names Index of Common Names 413
72. Index of Scientific Names 421
73. About the Authors and Artist 429