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Rare birds of North America, Steve N. G. Howell, Ian Lewington, and Will Russell

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-423) and index

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index present

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Rare birds of North America

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862039818

Steve N. G. Howell, Ian Lewington, and Will Russell

A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. This book covers 262 species originating from three very different regions: the Old World, the New World tropics, and the world's oceans

What is a 'rare bird'-- and when and whence? -- Migration and vagrancy in birds -- Where do North American vagrants come from? -- Old World species -- East Asia -- Western Eurasia-Africa -- New World species -- Mainland -- Island -- Pelagic species -- Temperate Southern Hemisphere -- Subtropical and Equatorial -- Topography, molt, and aging -- Molts and plumages -- waterfowl -- Pelagic seabirds -- bulls and terns -- Shorebirds -- Wading birds -- Raptors and owls -- Larger landbirds -- Aerial landbirds -- Songbirds -- Species accounts -- Waterfowl -- Sungrebes -- Alcids -- Pelagic seabirds -- Petrels -- Albatrosses -- Storm-petrels -- Tropicbirds -- Frigatebirds -- Boobies -- Gulls and terns -- Shorebirds -- Plovers -- Oystercatchers -- Stilts -- Sandpipers -- Pratincoles -- Thick-knees -- Wading birds -- Herons -- Cranes -- Rails -- Storks -- Jacanas -- Raptors and owls -- Larger landbirds -- Nightjars -- Pigeons -- Cuckoos -- Hoopoes -- Woodpeckers -- Corvids -- Trogons -- Kingfishers -- Aerial landbirds -- Swifts -- Swallows -- Songbirds -- Old World flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Accentors -- Chats and thrushes -- Old World warblers -- Wagtails and pipits -- Larks -- Old World buntings -- Finches -- Tyrant-flycatchers and allies -- Mimids -- Thrushes -- Silkies (Silky-flycatchers) -- Wrens -- Vireos -- Wood-warblers -- Grassquits -- Tanagers -- New World grosbeaks and allies -- New World orioles -- Appendix A. Species new to North America, Fall 2011-Summer 2012 -- Appendix B. Species of hypothetical occurrence -- Appendix C. Birds new to North America, 1950-2011