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The Sibley guide to birds / written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014Edition: Second editionDescription: xxv, 598 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 030795790X
  • 9780307957900 :
Other title:
  • Sibley birds
Subject(s):
Contents:
Gulls : Identification of bulls ; Identification of hybrid gulls ; Albinism in gulls -- Terns and skimmer -- Skuas and jaegers : Bill details ; Jaeger identification -- Alcids -- Pigeons and doves : Bird families -- Cuckoos -- Owls : Owling ; Branching owls -- Nightjars : Eyeshine -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds : Hummingbird wing shapes ; Hummingbird displays ; Hybrid hummingbirds -- Trogons and kingfishers : Kingfisher behavior -- Woodpeckers : Woodpecker drumming -- Falcons -- Parrots -- Tyrant flycatchers and becard : Identification of Empidonax ; Comparing Empidonax and other flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows and jays -- Larks -- Swallows : Molting swallows -- Chickadees and allies : Chickadee and titmouse identification ; Black-capped and Carolina chickadee identification -- Nuthatches and creeper -- Wrens : Sedge wren and grass sparrows -- Gnatcatchers, kinglets, and others : Identification of gnatcatchers -- Thrushes : Identification of bluebirds -- Mockingbirds, thrashers, starlings, accentors, wagtails, and pipits -- Waxwings, silky-flycatchers, oliver warbler, and longspurs : Identification of snow and McKay's bunting -- Wood-warblers : Warbler identification ; Blue-winged x golden-winged warbler hybrids ; Hybrid warblers ; Taxonomic outliers ; Bill shapes of songbirds -- Emberizine sparrows : Sparrow-like birds ; Identification of Spizella sparrows -- Cardinals : Identification of grosbeaks ; Identification of Passinera buntings -- Orioles and blackbirds : Old world and new world names ; Plumage variation in orioles ; Identification of orioles -- Finches and allies : Red crossbill types.
Introduction : Classification of birds ; Equipment for birding ; Learning to identify birds ; Psychological effects and mistakes ; Variation in appearance ; Geographic variation and subspecies ; Learning songs and calls ; Finding rare birds ; Ethics ; Extinct species -- Bird topography : Parts of a passerine ; Parts of a shorebird ; Parts of a duck ; Mold and plumage -- Key to the species accounts -- Key to the group accounts -- Key to the range maps -- Ducks, geese, and swans : Geese head and bill shapes ; Identification of swans ; Domestic geese ; Domestic ducks ; Exotic waterfowl ; Hybrid mallard identification ; Downy young ; Rare and exotic ducks ; Identification of scaups ; Hybrid Aythya ; Identification of eiders ; Diving motions ; Goldeneye hybrids -- Upland game birds -- Loons and grebes : Loon habits ; Identification of grebes -- Albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters : Molt in seabirds -- Storm-petrels -- Pelicans, boobies, and frigatebirds -- Cormorants : Identification of cormorants -- Tropicbirds -- Wading birds : Snowy egret vs. little egret ; Snowy egret vs. little blue heron ; Courtship colors ; Identification of dark ibises -- Hawks and vultures : Harrier flight shapes ; Accipiter identification ; Buteo identification -- Rails, coots, cranes, and limpkin : Identification of coots ; Crane behavior ; Habits of rails -- Shorebirds : Identification of yellowlegs ; Bill length in curlews ; Identification of small sandpipers ; Dowitcher identification ; Aerial displays of snipes and woodcocks ; Identifying pharalopes --
Summary: "A completely revised edition of Sibley's landmark guide, with more than 600 new paintings and 111 rare species added, new information on habitat and behavior, and more tips on finding species in the field"--Cover.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 598.097 S564 Checked out 07/22/2024 33111007549195
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of David Allen Sibley's classic guide to birding.

"Undoubtedly the finest guide to North American birds."--Guy McCaskie, Birding

The publication of The Sibley Guide to Birds, First Edition quickly established David Allen Sibley as the author and illustrator of the nation's supreme and most comprehensive guide to birds. Used by millions of birders from novices to the most expert, The Sibley Guide became the standard by which natural history guides are measured. The second edition builds on this foundation of excellence, offering massively expanded and updated information, new paintings, new and rare species, and a new, elegant design.

The second edition of this handsome, flexibound volume offers a wealth of improvements and updates:

* All illustrations reproduced 15 to 20 percent larger for better detail.
* Includes nearly 7,000 paintings digitally remastered from original art for enhanced print quality.
* Expanded text includes habitat information and voice description for every species and more tips on finding birds in the field.
* More than 600 new paintings, including illustrations of 115 rare species and additional paintings of common species and regional populations.
* More than 700 updated maps of ranges, showing winter, summer, year-round, migration, and rare ranges.
* 85 bird family pages now cross-referenced to species accounts.
* Revised taxonomic order and most current common names for every species.

The Sibley Guide to Birds, second edition, brings the genius of David Allen Sibley to the world once again in a volume that every birder must own.

"A Scott & Nix edition"--page [ii].

Includes index.

Gulls : Identification of bulls ; Identification of hybrid gulls ; Albinism in gulls -- Terns and skimmer -- Skuas and jaegers : Bill details ; Jaeger identification -- Alcids -- Pigeons and doves : Bird families -- Cuckoos -- Owls : Owling ; Branching owls -- Nightjars : Eyeshine -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds : Hummingbird wing shapes ; Hummingbird displays ; Hybrid hummingbirds -- Trogons and kingfishers : Kingfisher behavior -- Woodpeckers : Woodpecker drumming -- Falcons -- Parrots -- Tyrant flycatchers and becard : Identification of Empidonax ; Comparing Empidonax and other flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows and jays -- Larks -- Swallows : Molting swallows -- Chickadees and allies : Chickadee and titmouse identification ; Black-capped and Carolina chickadee identification -- Nuthatches and creeper -- Wrens : Sedge wren and grass sparrows -- Gnatcatchers, kinglets, and others : Identification of gnatcatchers -- Thrushes : Identification of bluebirds -- Mockingbirds, thrashers, starlings, accentors, wagtails, and pipits -- Waxwings, silky-flycatchers, oliver warbler, and longspurs : Identification of snow and McKay's bunting -- Wood-warblers : Warbler identification ; Blue-winged x golden-winged warbler hybrids ; Hybrid warblers ; Taxonomic outliers ; Bill shapes of songbirds -- Emberizine sparrows : Sparrow-like birds ; Identification of Spizella sparrows -- Cardinals : Identification of grosbeaks ; Identification of Passinera buntings -- Orioles and blackbirds : Old world and new world names ; Plumage variation in orioles ; Identification of orioles -- Finches and allies : Red crossbill types.

Introduction : Classification of birds ; Equipment for birding ; Learning to identify birds ; Psychological effects and mistakes ; Variation in appearance ; Geographic variation and subspecies ; Learning songs and calls ; Finding rare birds ; Ethics ; Extinct species -- Bird topography : Parts of a passerine ; Parts of a shorebird ; Parts of a duck ; Mold and plumage -- Key to the species accounts -- Key to the group accounts -- Key to the range maps -- Ducks, geese, and swans : Geese head and bill shapes ; Identification of swans ; Domestic geese ; Domestic ducks ; Exotic waterfowl ; Hybrid mallard identification ; Downy young ; Rare and exotic ducks ; Identification of scaups ; Hybrid Aythya ; Identification of eiders ; Diving motions ; Goldeneye hybrids -- Upland game birds -- Loons and grebes : Loon habits ; Identification of grebes -- Albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters : Molt in seabirds -- Storm-petrels -- Pelicans, boobies, and frigatebirds -- Cormorants : Identification of cormorants -- Tropicbirds -- Wading birds : Snowy egret vs. little egret ; Snowy egret vs. little blue heron ; Courtship colors ; Identification of dark ibises -- Hawks and vultures : Harrier flight shapes ; Accipiter identification ; Buteo identification -- Rails, coots, cranes, and limpkin : Identification of coots ; Crane behavior ; Habits of rails -- Shorebirds : Identification of yellowlegs ; Bill length in curlews ; Identification of small sandpipers ; Dowitcher identification ; Aerial displays of snipes and woodcocks ; Identifying pharalopes --

"A completely revised edition of Sibley's landmark guide, with more than 600 new paintings and 111 rare species added, new information on habitat and behavior, and more tips on finding species in the field"--Cover.

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