Collins: Birds of the World

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CONTENTS
PREFACE
BIRD TOPOGRAPHY
WORLD MAP
OSTRICHES Struthionidae
RHEAS Rheidae
KIWIS Apterygidae
CASSOWARIES AND EMU Casuariidae
TINAMOUS Tinamidae
SCREAMERS Anhimidae
MAGPIE GOOSE Anseranatidae
DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS Anatidae
MEGAPODES Megapodidae
CHACHALACAS, GUANS AND CURASSOWS Cracidae
GUINEAFOWL Numididae
NEW WORLD QUAIL Odontophoridae
PHEASANTS AND ALLIES Phasianidae
LOONS Gaviidae
PENGUINS Spheniscidae
AUSTRAL STORM PETRELS Oceanitidae
ALBATROSSES Diomedeidae
NORTHERN STORM PETRELS Hydrobatidae
PETRELS, SHEARWATERS AND DIVING PETRELS Procellariidae
GREBES Podicipedidae
FLAMINGOS Phoenicopteridae
TROPICBIRDS Phaethontidae
STORKS Ciconiidae
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS Threskiornithidae
HERONS AND BITTERNS Ardeidae
HAMERKOP Scopidae
SHOEBILL Balaenicipitidae
PELICANS Pelecanidae
FRIGATEBIRDS Fregatidae
GANNETS AND BOOBIES Sulidae
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Phalacrocoracidae
ANHINGAS AND DARTERS Anhingidae
NEW WORLD VULTURES Cathartidae
SECRETARYBIRD Sagittariidae
OSPREYS Pandionidae
KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES Accipitridae
BUSTARDS Otididae
MESITES Mesitornithidae
SERIEMAS Cariamidae
KAGU Rhynochetidae
SUNBITTERN Eurypygidae
FLUFFTAILS Sarothruridae
FINFOOTS Heliornithidae
RAILS, CRAKES AND COOTS Rallidae
TRUMPETERS Psophiidae
CRANES Gruidae
LIMPKIN Aramidae
BUTTONQUAIL Turnicidae
STONE-CURLEWS AND THICK-KNEES Burhinidae
SHEATHBILLS Chionidae
MAGELLANIC PLOVER Pluvianellidae
OYSTERCATCHERS Haematopodidae
CRAB-PLOVER Dromadidae
IBISBILL Ibidorhynchidae
STILTS AND AVOCETS Recurvirostridae
PLOVERS Charadriidae
EGYPTIAN PLOVER Pluvianidae
PAINTED-SNIPES Rostratulidae
JACANAS Jacanidae
PLAINS-WANDERER Pedionomidae
SEEDSNIPES Thinocoridae
SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES Scolopacidae
COURSERS AND PRATINCOLES Glareolidae
GULLS, TERNS AND SKIMMERS Laridae
SKUAS Stercorariidae
AUKS Alcidae
SANDGROUSE Pteroclidae
PIGEONS AND DOVES Columbidae
HOATZIN Opisthocomidae
TURACOS Musophagidae
CUCKOOS Cuculidae
BARN OWLS Tytonidae
OWLS Strigidae
FROGMOUTHS Podargidae
OILBIRD Steatornithidae
POTOOS Nyctibiidae
NIGHTJARS Caprimulgidae
OWLET-NIGHTJARS Aegothelidae
TREESWIFTS Hemiprocnidae
SWIFTS Apodidae
HUMMINGBIRDS Trochilidae
MOUSEBIRDS Coliidae
TROGONS Trogonidae
CUCKOO ROLLER Leptosomidae
ROLLERS Coraciidae
GROUND ROLLERS Brachypteraciidae
KINGFISHERS Alcedinidae
TODIES Todidae
MOTMOTS Momotidae
BEE-EATERS Meropidae
HOOPOES Upupidae
WOOD HOOPOES Phoeniculidae
GROUND HORNBILLS Bucorvidae
HORNBILLS Bucerotidae
JACAMARS Galbulidae
PUFFBIRDS Bucconidae
NEW WORLD BARBETS Capitonidae
TOUCAN BARBETS Semnornithidae
TOUCANS Ramphastidae
ASIAN BARBETS Megalaimidae
AFRICAN BARBETS Lybiidae
HONEYGUIDES Indicatoridae
WOODPECKERS Picidae
CARACARAS AND FALCONS Falconidae
NEW ZEALAND PARROTS Strigopidae
COCKATOOS Cacatuidae
AFRICAN AND NEW WORLD PARROTS Psittacidae
OLD WORLD PARROTS Psittaculidae
NEW ZEALAND WRENS Acanthisittidae
SAPAYOA Sapayoidae
BROADBILLS Eurylaimidae
PITTAS Pittidae
OVENBIRDS Furnariidae
ANTBIRDS Thamnophilidae
ANTTHRUSHES Formicariidae
ANTPITTAS Grallariidae
GNATEATERS Conopophagidae
TAPACULOS Rhinocryptidae
CRESCENTCHESTS Melanopareiidae
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS AND CALYPTURA Tyrannidae
COTINGAS Cotingidae
MANAKINS Pipridae
SHARPBILL, TITYRAS AND BECARDS Tityridae
LYREBIRDS Menuridae
SCRUBBIRDS Atrichornithidae
BOWERBIRDS Ptilonorhynchidae
AUSTRALASIAN TREECREEPERS Climacteridae
AUSTRALASIAN WRENS Maluridae
HONEYEATERS Meliphagidae
BRISTLEBIRDS Dasyornithidae
PARDALOTES Pardalotidae
AUSTRALASIAN WARBLERS Acanthizidae
AUSTRALASIAN BABBLERS Pomatostomidae
LOGRUNNERS Orthonychidae
SATINBIRDS Cnemophilidae
BERRYPECKERS AND LONGBILLS Melanocharitidae
PAINTED BERRYPECKERS Paramythiidae
NEW ZEALAND WATTLEBIRDS Callaeidae
STITCHBIRD Notiomystidae
WHIPBIRDS, JEWEL-BABBLERS AND QUAIL-THRUSHES Psophodidae
BATISES AND WATTLE-EYES Platysteiridae
BUSHSHRIKES Malaconotidae
BOATBILLS Machaerirhynchidae
VANGAS AND ALLIES Vangidae
BRISTLEHEAD Pityriasidae
WOODSWALLOWS, BUTCHERBIRDS AND ALLIES Artamidae
MOTTLED BERRYHUNTER Rhagologidae
IORAS Aegithinidae
CUCKOOSHRIKES Campephagidae
WHITEHEADS Mohouidae
SITTELLAS Neosittidae
PLOUGHBILL Eulacestomatidae
AUSTRALO-PAPUAN BELLBIRDS Oreoicidae
WHISTLERS AND ALLIES Pachycephalidae
SHRIKES Laniidae
VIREOS, GREENLETS AND SHRIKE-BABBLERS Vireonidae
FIGBIRDS AND ORIOLES Oriolidae
DRONGOS Dicruridae
FANTAILS Rhipiduridae
MONARCHS Monarchidae
CROWS AND JAYS Corvidae
AUSTRALIAN MUDNESTERS Corcoracidae
MELAMPITTAS Melampittidae
IFRIT Ifritidae
BIRDS-OF-PARADISE Paradisaeidae
AUSTRALASIAN ROBINS Petroicidae
ROCKFOWL Picathartidae
ROCKJUMPERS Chaetopidae
RAIL-BABBLER Eupetidae
WAXWINGS Bombycillidae
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS Ptiliogonatidae
HYPOCOLIUS Hypocoliidae
PALMCHAT Dulidae
HYLOCITREA Hylocitreidae
FAIRY FLYCATCHERS Stenostiridae
TITS AND CHICKADEES Paridae
PENDULINE TITS Remizidae
NICATORS Nicatoridae
BEARDED REEDLING Panuridae
LARKS Alaudidae
BULBULS Pycnonotidae
SWALLOWS AND MARTINS Hirundinidae
CUPWINGS Pnoepygidae
CROMBECS AND AFRICAN WARBLERS Macrosphenidae
CETTIA BUSH WARBLERS AND ALLIES Cettiidae
STREAKED SCRUB WARBLER Scotocercidae
YELLOW FLYCATCHERS Erythrocercidae
GRAUERIA, HYLIA AND PHOLIDORNIS Incertae sedis
BUSHTITS Aegithalidae
LEAF WARBLERS AND ALLIES Phylloscopidae
REED WARBLERS AND ALLIES Acrocephalidae
GRASSBIRDS AND ALLIES Locustellidae
BLACK-CAPPED DONACOBIUS Donacobiidae
MADAGASCAN WARBLERS Bernieridae
CISTICOLAS AND ALLIES Cisticolidae
BABBLERS AND SCIMITAR BABBLERS Timaliidae
FULVETTAS AND GROUND BABBLERS Pellorneidae
LAUGHINGTHRUSHES AND ALLIES Leiothrichidae
SYLVIID BABBLERS Sylviidae
WHITE-EYES Zosteropidae
DAPPLE-THROAT AND ALLIES Modulatricidae
SUGARBIRDS Promeropidae
FAIRY-BLUEBIRDS Irenidae
GOLDCRESTS AND KINGLETS Regulidae
ELACHURA Elachuridae
HYLIOTAS Hyliotidae
WRENS Troglodytidae
GNATCATCHERS Polioptilidae
NUTHATCHES Sittidae
WALLCREEPER Tichodromidae
TREECREEPERS Certhiidae
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Mimidae
STARLINGS AND RHABDORNIS Sturnidae
OXPECKERS Buphagidae
THRUSHES Turdidae
CHATS AND OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS Muscicapidae
DIPPERS Cinclidae
LEAFBIRDS Chloropseidae
FLOWERPECKERS Dicaeidae
SUNBIRDS Nectariniidae
OLD WORLD SPARROWS AND SNOWFINCHES Passeridae
WEAVERS AND WIDOWBIRDS Ploceidae
WAXBILLS, MUNIAS AND ALLIES Estrildidae
INDIGOBIRDS AND WHYDAHS Viduidae
OLIVE WARBLER Peucedramidae
ACCENTORS Prunellidae
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS Motacillidae
PRZEVALSKI’S FINCH Urocynchramidae
FINCHES AND EUPHONIAS Fringillidae
LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Calcariidae
THRUSH-TANAGER Rhodinocichlidae
BUNTINGS Emberizidae
NEW WORLD SPARROWS Passerellidae
CHAT-TANAGERS Calyptophilidae
HISPANIOLAN TANAGERS Phaenicophilidae
PUERTO RICAN TANAGER Nesospingidae
SPINDALISES Spindalidae
WRENTHRUSH Zeledoniidae
CUBAN WARBLERS Teretistridae
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Icteriidae
OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS Icteridae
NEW WORLD WARBLERS Parulidae
MITROSPINGID TANAGERS Mitrospingidae
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS AND (TANAGER) ALLIES Cardinalidae
TANAGERS AND ALLIES Thraupidae
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