Manual of Neotropical Birds, 1. köideUniversity of Chicago Press, 1977 - 674 pages |
Contents
Species Illustrated | vii |
Preface | xv |
Introduction | xvii |
Selected Zoogeographical References | xxiii |
Synopsis of Families | xxiv |
Diagram of a Bird | l |
Spheniscidae | 3 |
Rheidae 12 Tinamous Tinamidae | 12 |
Pandionidae | 271 |
Accipitridae | 274 |
Falconidae | 351 |
Cracidae | 386 |
Phasianidae | 439 |
Meleagrididae | 469 |
Opisthocomidae | 471 |
Aramidae | 472 |
Podicipedidae | 81 |
Diomedeidae | 92 |
Procellariidae | 107 |
Hydrobatidae | 121 |
Pelecanoididae | 132 |
Phaethontidae | 135 |
Pelecanidae | 137 |
Sulidae | 140 |
Phalacrocoracidae | 145 |
Anhingidae | 151 |
Fregatidae | 152 |
Ardeidae | 154 |
Ciconiidae | 189 |
Threskiornithidae | 191 |
Phoenicopteridae | 205 |
Anhimidae | 208 |
Anatidae | 211 |
Cathartidae | 262 |
Common terms and phrases
abdomen Adult Amadon Amer ARGENTINA band bill black birds blackish bluish gray BOLIVIA BRAZIL breast breeding brownish buff buffy Central America chest chestnut CHILE cinnamon coast coastal COLOMBIA coloration COSTA RICA crest crown Crypturellus culmen from base culmen from cere darker decidedly Description Diagnosis Distribution dorsal dusky eastern ECUADOR exposed culmen feathers feet flanks foreneck Genus grayish brown greenish Hawks head and neck hindneck Immature Iris brown islands less mainly male mantle Measurements Mexico Monotypic mottled nominate race northwestern ochraceous Pacific pale paler PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU plumage primaries rectrices remiges Río Negro rufescent rufous rump Santa scapulars Sexes alike Sexes similar sides of head sooty South America southeastern southern southward species spotted streaked stripe tarsus tawny throat tibiae Tierra del Fuego Tinamou tipped Trinidad Tropical zone underparts upper tail coverts upperparts URUGUAY VENEZUELA vermiculated western Wetmore whitish wing chord wing coverts wing flat winter yellow yellowish