Bird Guide Water Birds, Game Birds, and Birds of Prey
Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
Bird Guide Water Birds, Game Birds, and Birds of Prey
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BIRD GUIDE Water Birds, Game Birds and Birds of Prey
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
THINGS TO REMEMBER Characteristics of Form or Habit That Will Determine to What Order or Family Birds Belong.
ORDER 1. DIVING BIRDS—Pygopodes.
ORDER 2. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS.—Longipennes.
ORDER 3. TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS.—Tubinares.
ORDER 4. TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS.—Steganopodes.
ORDER 5. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. Anseres.
ORDER 6. FLAMINGOES. Odontoglossæ.
ORDER 7. HERONS, IBISES, ETC. Herodiones.
ORDER 8. MARSH BIRDS. Paludicolæ.
ORDER 9. SHORE BIRDS. Limicolæ.
ORDER 10. FOWLS. Gallinæ.
ORDER 11. PIGEONS AND DOVES. Columbæ.
ORDER 12. BIRDS OF PREY. Raptores.
BIRD GUIDE
DIVING BIRDS—Order Pygopodes GREBES—Family Colymbidæ
WESTERN GREBE
HOLBŒLL GREBE
HORNED GREBE
AMERICAN EARED GREBE
LEAST OR ST. DOMINGO GREBE
PIED-BILLED GREBE
LOONS—Family Gavidæ
LOON; GREAT NORTHERN DIVER
BLACK-THROATED LOON
RED-THROATED LOON
AUKS, MURRES and PUFFINS—Family Alcidæ
PUFFIN; SEA PARROT
BLACK GUILLEMOT; SEA PIGEON
MURRE
RAZOR-BILLED AUK
GREAT AUK
DOVEKIE; SEA DOVE
LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS—Order Longipennes SKUAS AND JÆGERS—Family Stercorariidæ
SKUA
POMARINE JAEGER
PARASITIC JAEGER
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
GULLS AND TERNS—Family Laridæ
IVORY GULL
KITTIWAKE
GLAUCUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
KUMLIEN GULL
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
HERRING GULL
RING-BILLED GULL
LAUGHING GULL
FRANKLIN GULL
BONAPARTE GULL
ROSS GULL; WEDGE-TAILED GULL
SABINE GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
ROYAL TERN
CABOT TERN
TRUDEAU TERN
FORSTER TERN
COMMON TERN
ARCTIC TERN
ROSEATE TERN
LEAST TERN
SOOTY TERN
BRIDLED TERN
BLACK TERN
NODDY
SKIMMERS—Family Rynchopidæ
BLACK SKIMMER
TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS—Order Tubinares SHEARWATERS—Family Procellaridæ
FULMAR
CORY SHEARWATER
AUDUBON SHEARWATER
GREATER SHEARWATER
SOOTY SHEARWATER
STORMY PETREL
WILSON PETREL
LEACH PETREL
TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS—Order Steganopodes TROPIC BIRD—Family Phæthontidæ
YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC BIRD
GANNETS—Family Sulidæ
BLUE-FACED BOOBY
BOOBY
GANNET
DARTERS—Family Anhingdæ
ANHINGA; SNAKE BIRD
CORMORANTS—Family Phalacrocoracidæ
CORMORANT
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
MEXICAN CORMORANT
PELICANS—Family Pelecanidæ
WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
MAN-O’-WAR BIRDS—Family Fregatidæ
MAN-O’-WAR BIRD; FRIGATE BIRD
ORDER ANSERES
AMERICAN MERGANSER
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
HOODED MERGANSER
MALLARD
BLACK DUCK
FLORIDA DUCK
GADWALL
WIDGEON
BALDPATE; AMERICAN WIDGEON
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
CINNAMON TEAL
SHOVELLER
PINTAIL
WOOD DUCK
REDHEAD
CANVAS-BACK
AMERICAN SCAUP DUCK
LESSER SCAUP DUCK
RING-NECKED DUCK
BUFFLE-HEAD
AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE
BARROW GOLDEN-EYE
OLD SQUAW; LONG-TAILED DUCK
HARLEQUIN DUCK
LABRADOR DUCK
NORTHERN EIDER
AMERICAN EIDER
KING EIDER
AMERICAN SCOTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
RUDDY DUCK
LESSER SNOW GOOSE
GREATER SNOW GOOSE
BLUE GOOSE
AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
CANADA GOOSE
BRANT
BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK
FULVOUS TREE DUCK
WHISTLING SWAN
ORDER ODONTOGLOSSÆ FLAMINGOES—Family Phœnicopteridæ
FLAMINGO
HERONS, STORKS, IBISES—Order Herodiones Family Plataleidæ
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
IBISES—Family Ibididæ
WHITE IBIS
SCARLET IBIS
GLOSSY IBIS
WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS
STORKS—Family Ciconidæ
WOOD IBIS
BITTERNS, ETC.—Family Ardeidæ
AMERICAN BITTERN
LEAST BITTERN
CORY LEAST BITTERN
GREAT WHITE HERON
GREAT BLUE HERON
AMERICAN EGRET
SNOWY HERON
REDDISH EGRET
LOUISIANA HERON
LITTLE BLUE HERON
GREEN HERON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
CRANES, RAILS, ETC.—Order Paludicolæ CRANES—Family Gruidæ
WHOOPING CRANE
LITTLE BROWN CRANE
SANDHILL CRANE
COURLANS—Family Aramidæ
LIMPKIN
RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS—Family Rallidæ
KING RAIL
CLAPPER RAIL
VIRGINIA RAIL
CAROLINA RAIL; SORA
YELLOW RAIL
BLACK RAIL
PURPLE GALLINULE
FLORIDA GALLINULE
AMERICAN COOT
SHORE BIRDS—Order Limicolæ PHALAROPES—Family Phalaropodidæ
RED PHALAROPE
NORTHERN PHALAROPE
WILSON PHALAROPE
AVOCETS AND STILTS—Family Recurvirostridæ
AMERICAN AVOCET
BLACK-NECKED STILT
SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC.—Family Scolopacidæ
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
WILSON SNIPE
DOWITCHER
STILT SANDPIPER
KNOT
PURPLE SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BAIRD SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
RED-BACKED SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
MARBLED GODWIT
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
GREATER YELLOW-LEGS
LESSER YELLOW-LEGS
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
WILLET
BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
LONG-BILLED CURLEW
HUDSONIAN CURLEW
ESKIMO CURLEW
PLOVERS—Family Charadriidæ
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
KILLDEER
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
PIPING PLOVER
SNOWY PLOVER
WILSON PLOVER
MOUNTAIN PLOVER
TURNSTONE
RUDDY TURNSTONE
AMERICAN OYSTER-CATCHER
MEXICAN JACANA
GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC.—Order Gallinæ Family Odontophoridæ
BOB-WHITE; QUAIL; VIRGINIA PARTRIDGE
SCALED PARTRIDGE
GAMBEL PARTRIDGE
MEARNS OR MASSENA PARTRIDGE
DUSKY GROUSE
HUDSONIAN SPRUCE GROUSE
CANADA GROUSE; SPRUCE GROUSE
RUFFED GROUSE
WILLOW PTARMIGAN
ROCK PTARMIGAN
PRAIRIE HEN; PINNATED GROUSE
HEATH HEN
LESSER PRAIRIE HEN
PRAIRIE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
SAGE GROUSE
Family Meleagridæ
WILD TURKEY
RING-NECKED OR MONGOLIAN PHEASANT
FAMILY CRACIDÆ
CHACHALACA
PIGEONS AND DOVES—Order Columbæ Family Columbidæ
PASSENGER PIGEON
MOURNING DOVE
WHITE-FRONTED DOVE
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
GROUND DOVE
INCA DOVE
VULTURES, HAWKS AND OWLS—Order Raptores AMERICAN VULTURES—Family Cathartidæ
TURKEY VULTURE OR BUZZARD
BLACK VULTURE
FALCONS, HAWKS AND EAGLES—Family Falconidæ
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
WHITE-TAILED KITE
MISSISSIPPI KITE
EVERGLADE KITE
MARSH HAWK
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
COOPER HAWK
AMERICAN GOSHAWK
HARRIS HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
SENNETT WHITE-TAILED HAWK
SWAINSON HAWK
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
FERRUGINOUS ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
GOLDEN EAGLE
BALD EAGLE
WHITE GRYFALCON
GRAY GYRFALCON
PRAIRIE FALCON
DUCK HAWK
PIGEON HAWK
RICHARDSON MERLIN
SPARROW HAWK
AUDUBON CARACARA
AMERICAN OSPREY; FISH HAWK
FAMILY ALUCONIDÆ
BARN OWL
HORNED OWLS—Family Bubonidæ
AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL
SHORT-EARED OWL
BARRED OWL
GREAT GRAY OWL
RICHARDSON OWL
SAW-WHET OWL; ACADIAN OWL.
SCREECH OWL
GREAT HORNED OWL
SNOWY OWL
AMERICAN HAWK OWL
BURROWING OWL
INDEX.
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