Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource. Birds

1521 Pages·2005·96.21 MB·English

by  Grzimek

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Student Animal Life Resource
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Birds
volume 1
Tinamous to Falcons
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Birds
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Ducks to Auks
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Birds
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Sandgrouse to Woodpeckers
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Birds
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Broadbills to Fantails
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Monarch Flycatchers to Crows
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Grzimek’s Student Animal Life Resource
Birds
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(volume 1) — ISBN 0-7876-9237-9 (volume 2) — ISBN 0-7876-9238-7 (volume 3)
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1. Birds—Juvenile literature. I. Grzimek, Bernhard. II. McDade, Melissa C.
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Contents
BIRDS: VOLUME 1
Readers Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Pronunciation Guide for Scientific Names . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxvii
Getting to Know Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xli
Tinamous and ratites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Tinamous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Rheas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Cassowaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Emu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Kiwis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Ostrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Tubenosed seabirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Albatrosses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Shearwaters, petrels, and fulmars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Storm-petrels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Diving-petrels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Penguins
Penguins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Loons
Loons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Grebes
Grebes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Pelicans and other fishing birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Tropicbirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
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Frigatebirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Cormorants and anhingas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Boobies and gannets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Pelicans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Wading birds and New World vultures . . . . . . . . . .143
Herons and bitterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Hammerhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Storks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
New World vultures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Shoebill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Ibises and spoonbills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Flamingos
Flamingos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Diurnal birds of prey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Hawks and eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Secretary bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Falcons and caracaras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Species List by Biome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lvii
Species List by Geographic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lxiii
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cix
BIRDS: VOLUME 2
Readers Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Pronunciation Guide for Scientific Names . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxvii
Getting to Know Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xli
Ducks, geese, swans, and screamers . . . . . . . . . .241
Ducks, geese, and swans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Screamers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Chicken-like birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Moundbuilders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Curassows, guans, and chachalacas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Guineafowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Fowls and pheasants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
New World quails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Hoatzin
Hoatzin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Cranes, rails, and relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Mesites and roatelos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Buttonquails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
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