Birder's conservation handbook: 100 North American birds at risk

Content: Foreword / John Fitzpatrick --
Acknowledgments --
Scope and purpose --
Birds as indicators --
State of North American bird populations --
Major conservation issues affecting North America\'s birds --
State of bird conservation in North America and beyond --
What you can do --
Species accounts --
Emperor goose (Chen canagica) --
Brant (Branta bernicla) --
Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) --
American black duck (Anas rubripes) --
Mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) --
Steller\'s eider (Polysticta stelleri) --
Spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) --
Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) --
Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) --
Blue grouse, including dusky (Dendragapus obscurus) and sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) --
Greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) --
Lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) --
Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) --
Yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii) --
Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutablillis) --Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) --
Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) --
Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) --
Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) --
Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) --
Black-vented shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas) --
Ashy storm-petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa) --
Black storm-petrel (Oceanodroma melania) --
Least storm-petrel (Oceanodroma microsoma) --
Red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile) --
California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) --
Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) --
Yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) --
Black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) --
Whooping crane (Grus americana) --
American golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica) --
Pacific golden-plover (Pluvialis fulva) --
Snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) --
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) --
Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) --
Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis) --
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) --
Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) --
Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) --
Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) --
Surfbird (Aphriza virgata) --
Red knot (Calidris canutus) --
Buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) --
Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) --
American woodcock (Scolopax minor) --
Wilson\'s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) --
Heermann\'s gull (Larus heermanni) --
Red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris). Elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) --
Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) --
Kittlitz\'s murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) --
Xantus\'s murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) --
Craveri\'s murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) --
White-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) --
Green parakeet (Aratinga holochlora) --
Thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) --
Red-crowned parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) --
Spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) --
Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) --
Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) --
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) --
Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) --
Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) --
Bell\'s vireo (Vireo bellii) --
Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) --
Gray vireo (Vireo vicinior) --
Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) --
Island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis) --
Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) --
Brown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) --
California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) --
Bicknell\'s thrush (Catharus bicknelli) --
Bendire\'s thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) --
Sprague\'s pipit (Anthus spragueii) --
Bachman\'s warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) --
Golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) --
Virginia\'s warbler (Vermivora virginiae) --
Colima warbler (Vermivora crissalis) --
Lucy\'s warbler (Vermivora luciae) --
Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) --
Grace\'s warbler (Dendroica graciae) --
Kirtland\'s warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) --
Prairie warbler (Dendroica discolor) --
Bay-breasted warbler (Dendroica castanea) --
Cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea) --
Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) --
Worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) --
Swainson\'s warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) --
Kentucky warbler (Oporornis formosus) --
Canada warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) --
Bachman\'s sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) --
Brewer\'s sparrow (Spizella breweri) --
Baird\'s sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) --
Henslow\'s sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) --
Saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) --
Harris\' sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) --
McKay\'s bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus) --
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris) --
Tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) --
Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) --
Appendix 1: North American birds of conservation concern listed by different agencies and organizations --
Appendix 2: Hawaiian birds of conservation concern and extinct species --
Appendix 3: Mexican government official list of endangered, threatened, and special concern bird species --
Appendix 4: Agencies and organizations involved in bird conservation --
Illustration credits --
Index.