Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest
A Complete Guide
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A full-colour, all-in-one regional field guide to every bird species found in BC and the Pacific Northwest, featuring 900 photographs.
Discover more than four hundred bird species in Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest—the quintessential guide for serious birders or those who are ready to take their bird-watching to the next level. Join renowned bird experts Richard Cannings, Tom Aversa, and Hal Opperman as they illuminate key identification traits, vocalizations, seasonal status, habitat preferences, and feeding behaviours. Compact full-page accounts include maps and nine hundred photographs by the region’s top bird photographers. With a wide territorial range that covers much of BC through to southern Oregon and the Rocky Mountain crest west beyond the Pacific coast, this is the most complete and comprehensive portable guide of its kind on the market.
This region is a well-defined biogeographic unit composed of three large ecoregions—the coastal rainforest, North America’s northernmost deserts and the northern/mid-Rockies to the east. Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest is your birding handbook for a vast region rich in refuges, protected sanctuaries, public parks, and raw wilderness—and its depth transcends any guidebook that has preceded it.
Table des matières
| Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest | 1 |
|---|---|
| Contents | 5 |
| Author's Preface | 7 |
| The Pacific Northwest: Geography, Climate, Ecology | 10 |
| Ecoregions | 11 |
| Users' Guide | 25 |
| Glossary | 28 |
| Family Anatidae—Geese, Swans, and Ducks | 32 |
| Family Odontophoridae—New World Quails | 73 |
| Family Phasianidae—Partridges, Grouse, and Turkeys | 77 |
| Family Gaviidae—Loons | 90 |
| Family Podicipedidae—Grebes | 94 |
| Family Diomedeidae—Albatrosses | 100 |
| Family Procellariidae—Petrels and Shearwaters | 103 |
| Family Hydrobatidae—Storm-Petrels | 112 |
| Family Phalacrocoracidae—Cormorants | 114 |
| Family Pelecanidae—Pelicans | 117 |
| Family Ardeidae—Herons and Bitterns | 119 |
| Family Threskiornithidae—Ibises and Spoonbills | 127 |
| Family Cathartidae—New World Vultures | 128 |
| Family Pandionidae—Ospreys | 129 |
| Family Accipitridae—Kites, Hawks, and Eagles | 130 |
| Family Rallidae—Rails and Coots | 144 |
| Family Gruidae—Cranes | 148 |
| Family Recurvirostridae—Stilts and Avocets | 149 |
| Family Haematopodidae—Oystercatchers | 151 |
| Family Charadriidae—Plovers | 152 |
| Family Scolopacidae—Sandpipers, Snipes, and Phalaropes | 159 |
| Family Stercorariidae—Skuas and Jaegers | 193 |
| Family Alcidae—Auks | 197 |
| Family Laridae—Gulls and Terns | 209 |
| Family Columbidae—Pigeons and Doves | 232 |
| Family Cuculidae—Cuckoos | 237 |
| Family Tytonidae—Barn Owls | 238 |
| Family Strigidae—Owls | 239 |
| Family Caprimulgidae—Nightjars | 253 |
| Family Apodidae—Swifts | 255 |
| Family Trochilidae—Hummingbirds | 258 |
| Family Alcedinidae—Kingfishers | 265 |
| Family Picidae—Woodpeckers | 266 |
| Family Falconidae—Falcons and Caracaras | 279 |
| Family Tyrannidae—Tyrant-Flycatchers | 284 |
| Family Laniidae—Shrikes | 303 |
| Family Vireonidae—Vireos | 305 |
| Family Corvidae—Crows and Jays | 310 |
| Family Alaudidae—Larks | 320 |
| Family Hirundinidae—Swallows and Martins | 322 |
| Family Paridae—Chickadees and Tits | 329 |
| Family Aegithalidae—Bushtits | 335 |
| Family Sittidae—Nuthatches | 336 |
| Family Certhiidae—Treecreepers | 339 |
| Family Troglodytidae—Wrens | 340 |
| Family Polioptilidae—Gnatcatchers | 346 |
| Family Sylviidae—Sylvid-Babblers | 347 |
| Family Cinclidae—Dippers | 348 |
| Family Regulidae—Kinglets | 349 |
| Family Turdidae—Thrushes | 351 |
| Family Mimidae—Mockingbirds and Thrashers | 359 |
| Family Sturnidae—Starlings | 363 |
| Family Motacillidae—Pipits and Wagtails | 364 |
| Family Bombycillidae—Waxwings | 365 |
| Family Calcariidae—Longspurs and Snow Buntings | 367 |
| Family Parulidae—New World Warblers | 370 |
| Family Emberizidae—New World Sparrows | 394 |
| Family Cardinalidae—Cardinal-Grosbeaks | 419 |
| Family Icteridae—Blackbirds and Orioles | 424 |
| Family Fringillidae—Finches | 435 |
| Family Passeridae—Old World Sparrows | 449 |
| References | 450 |
| Index | 452 |
| About the Authors | 459 |
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Biographies des auteurs
À propos de Dick Canning
Richard Cannings is a renowned naturalist, conservationist, and lecturer on birds and bird habitats. He works as a consulting biologist assessing endangered species and organizing bird population surveys, and he can be heard on the CBC Radio 1 program BC Almanac as its regular birding expert. He is the author of Birds of Interior BC and the Rockies, An Enchantment of Birds, and The Rockies: A Natural History, and is co-author of Birds of Southwestern British Columbia and British Columbia: A Natural History. He lives in Penticton, BC.
À propos de Tom Aversa
Born in Boston, Tom Aversa has worked as a zookeeper, avian trainer, and educator. His lifelong curiosity about the natural world focuses on bird behaviour, status, and distribution, which led to his service on the Washington Bird Records Committee. He is the co-author of four books on Pacific Northwest birds. Now based in Maine, he participates in citizen science and enjoys teaching about wildlife and mentoring young naturalists while working to conserve land for the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust.
À propos de Hal Opperman
Hal Opperman is the principal author of A Birder's Guide to Washington; co-author of Birds of Southwestern British Columbia, Birds of the Puget Sound Region, and Birds of the Willamette Valley Region; and past editor of the Washington Ornithological Society's journal, Washington Birds. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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Détails du livre
- Éditeur
- Heritage House
- Catégorie
- Vie sauvage: oiseaux et ornithologie: généralités
- Parution
- Juillet 2016
- Pages
- 464
- Chapitres
- 71
- Langue
- Anglais
- ISBN Papier
- 9781927527566
- ISBN PDF
- 9781927527580