MARC Record from Library of Congress

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010 $a 2009280011
020 $a9781400043866
020 $a1400043867
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn427420939
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050 00 $aQL681$b.S495 2009
082 00 $a598.097$222
100 1 $aSibley, David,$d1961-
245 14 $aThe Sibley guide to bird life & behavior /$cillustrated by David Allen Sibley ; edited by Chris Elphick, John B. Dunning, Jr., David Allen Sibley.
246 3 $aSibley guide to bird life and behavior
250 $a1st Flexibind ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2009.
300 $a588, [10] p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $aAt head of title: National Audubon Society.
500 $aMap on back lining papers.
505 0 $aWorld of birds: Flight, form, and function -- Implications of flight -- Feathers -- Molts and plumages -- Aerodynamics -- Feet, bills, and digestion -- Bones and muscle -- Respiration and metabolism -- Senses and vocal apparatus -- Bird intelligence -- Origins, evolution, and classification -- Origins of birds -- How bird species originate -- Classification -- Behavior -- Study of bird behavior -- Function of behaviors -- Daily and seasonal rhythms -- Daily maintenance behaviors -- Migration -- Dispersal -- Communication -- Reproductive behavior -- Understanding behavior: the outer frontier -- Habitats and distributions -- Range and habitat -- Habitat distribution patterns -- Habitat types -- Forests and woodlands -- Grasslands -- Shrublands -- Deserts -- Tundra -- Wetland and aquatic habitats -- Ocean habitats -- Human-created habitats -- Populations and conservation -- What determines bird population sizes? -- Population regulation -- Conservation threats -- Tracking bird populations in North America -- Protecting North American birds.
505 0 $aBird families of North America: Loons -- Grebes -- Albatrosses -- Shearwaters and Petrels -- Storm-Petrels -- Tropicbirds -- Boobies and Gannets -- Pelicans -- Cormorants -- Darters (Anhinga) -- Frigatebirds -- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns -- Ibises and Spoonbills -- Storks -- New World Vultures -- Flamingos -- Ducks, Geese, and Swans -- Hawks and allies -- Falcons and Caracaras -- Chachalacas and allies -- Grouse, Turkeys, and allies -- New World Quail -- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots -- Limpkin -- Cranes -- Thick-knees -- Plovers and Lapwings -- Oystercathcers -- Stilts and Avocets -- Jacanas -- Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies -- Coursers and Pratincoles -- Gulls, Terns, and allies -- Auks -- Pigeons and Doves -- Parrots and allies -- Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis -- Barn owls -- Typical owls -- Nighthawks and Nightjars -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Trogons -- Hoopoe -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers and allies -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows and Jays -- Larks -- Swallows and Martins -- Chickadees and Titmice -- Penduline Tits (Verdin) -- Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit) -- Nuthatches -- Creepers -- Wrens -- Dippers -- Bulbuls -- Kinglets -- Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers -- Old World Flycatchers -- Thrushes -- Babblers (Wrentit) -- Mockingbirds and Thrashers -- Starlings and Mynas -- Accentors -- Wagtails and Pipits -- Waxwings -- Silky-fly catchers -- Olive Warbler -- Wood-Warblers -- Bananaquit -- Tanagers -- New World Sparrows -- Cardinals and allies -- Blackbirds, Orioles, and allies -- Finches and allies -- Old World Sparrows.
650 0 $aBirds$zNorth America.
650 0 $aBirds$xBehavior$zNorth America.
650 0 $aBirds.
650 0 $aBirds$xBehavior.
700 1 $aElphick, Chris.
700 1 $aDunning, John B.$q(John Barnard)
710 2 $aNational Audubon Society.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009280011-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009280011-d.html