Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels of North America : a photographic guide

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Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels of North America : a photographic guide

Steve N.G. Howell ; in collaboration with J. Brian Patteson, Kate Sutherland, and Debra L. Shearwater

Princeton University Press, c2012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-479) and index

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Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people. Largely colored in shades of gray, black, and white, these enigmatic and fast-flying seabirds can be hard to differentiate, particularly from a moving boat. Useful worldwide, not just in North America, this photographic guide is based on unrivaled field experience and combines insightful text and hundreds of full-color images to help you identify these remarkable birds. The first book of its kind, this guide features an introduction that explains ocean habitats and the latest developments in taxonomy. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features such as flight manner, plumage variation related to age and molt, seasonal occurrence patterns, and migration routes. Species accounts are arranged into groups helpful for field identification, and an overview of unique identification challenges is provided for each group. The guide also includes distribution maps for regularly occurring species as well as a bibliography, glossary, and appendixes. * The first state-of-the-art photographic guide to these enigmatic seabirds * Includes hundreds of full-color photos throughout * Features detailed species accounts that describe flight, plumage, distribution, and more * Provides overviews of ocean habitats, taxonomy, and conservation * Offers tips on how to observe and identify birds at sea

目次

List of Species Covered xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv How to Use This Book xvii Format of the Species Accounts xvii Introduction 1 What Are Tubenoses? 1 Ocean Habitats 5 Current Systems 6 Thermoclines, Upwelling, and Fronts 6 Habitat Associations 10 Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Vagrancy 13 Taxonomy and an Identification Framework 14 Family Procellariidae: Petrels 17 Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses 19 Family Hydrobatidae: Northern Storm-Petrels 20 Family Oceanitidae: Southern Storm-Petrels 21 Field Identification of Tubenoses 21 Age, Sex, Individual, and Geographic Variation 21 Flight Manner 24 Environmental Factors 28 Appearance and Topography 30 Molts, Plumages, and Aging 38 How to See Tubenoses 45 Conservation 46 Threats to Seabirds 47 Seabirds as Indicators 48 Species Accounts 51-454 Abbreviations and Terminology 455 Appendix A. Recently Extinct Species 459 Appendix B. Hypothetical Records 461 Literature Cited 463 Index 481

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