Introduction | p. 6 |
How Birds Live | p. 8 |
The Origins of Birds | p. 10 |
The Skeleton and Parts of a Bird | p. 12 |
Feathers | p. 14 |
Flight | p. 16 |
Locomotion | p. 18 |
Avian Senses | p. 20 |
Plant-eaters | p. 22 |
Predators and Scavengers | p. 24 |
Display and Pairing | p. 26 |
Nesting and Egg-laying | p. 28 |
Hatching and Rearing Chicks | p. 30 |
Survival | p. 32 |
Migration | p. 34 |
Behaviour | p. 36 |
Birdwatching | p. 38 |
Fieldcraft | p. 40 |
Zones and Habitats | p. 42 |
The Sea | p. 44 |
Seashore and Estuary | p. 46 |
Freshwater Lakes, Ponds and Rivers | p. 48 |
Temperate Woodland | p. 50 |
Tropical Rainforest | p. 52 |
Tundra and Polar Regions | p. 54 |
Grassland, Steppe and Moorland | p. 56 |
Urban Life | p. 58 |
Gardens | p. 60 |
Endangered Species and Conservation | p. 62 |
The Directory | p. 64 |
The Avifauna of Great Britain, Europe and Africa | p. 66 |
The Sea | p. 68 |
Ocean Wanderers | p. 68 |
Storm Petrels | p. 70 |
Southern Ocean Petrels | p. 72 |
Island Seabirds | p. 74 |
Skuas and Frigate Birds | p. 76 |
Agile and Adaptable Feeders | p. 78 |
Seashore and Esjuarine | p. 80 |
Coastal Seabirds | p. 80 |
Fish-eaters | p. 82 |
Sea Ducks and Coastal Waterfowl | p. 84 |
Common Gulls | p. 86 |
Wide-ranging Gulls Terns | p. 90 |
Long Distance Travellers | p. 92 |
Southern Terns | p. 94 |
Cormorants and Shags | p. 96 |
Coastal Wanderers | p. 98 |
Northern Waders | p. 100 |
Oystercatchers and Other Waders | p. 102 |
Lakes, Ponds and Rivers | p. 104 |
Divers and Grebes | p. 104 |
Larger Waterbirds | p. 106 |
Rarer Wetland Birds | p. 108 |
Shy and Long-lived Waterbirds | p. 110 |
Crakes | p. 112 |
Feeders of Woodlands and Wetlands | p. 114 |
Habitat Specialists | p. 116 |
Ducks | p. 118 |
Waterfowl | p. 120 |
Swans and Geese | p. 122 |
Kingfishers and Wetland Owls | p. 124 |
Wetland Hunters | p. 126 |
Woodland | p. 128 |
Insect Hunters | p. 128 |
Forest Finches | p. 130 |
Woodland-dependent | p. Finches |
Cuckoos and Shrikes | p. 134 |
Touracos and Flycatchers | p. 136 |
Trogons, Pittas and Broadbills | p. 138 |
Wood Doves and Forest Pigeons | p. 140 |
Barbets and Tinkerbirds | p. 142 |
Hornbills | p. 144 |
Parrots of the Forest | p. 146 |
Forest Woodpeckers | p. 148 |
Flycatchers, Boubous and Shrikes | p. 150 |
Woodland Insect-eaters | p. 152 |
Woodland Tits and Warblers | p. 154 |
Thrushes and Orioles | p. 156 |
Corvids | p. 158 |
Hunters of the Night | p. 160 |
Daylight Predators | p. 162 |
Open Country | p. 164 |
Giants of the Plains | p. 164 |
Storks and Ibises | p. 166 |
Adaptable Insect-hunters | p. 168 |
Bee-eaters and Rollers | p. 170 |
Smaller Birds of the Plains | p. 172 |
Smaller Thrushes | p. 174 |
Larger Thrushes | p. 176 |
Hornbills of Open Country | p. 178 |
Lovebirds and Parakeets | p. 180 |
Parrots | p. 182 |
Barbets, Hoopoes and Oxpeckers | p. 184 |
Grassland Birds | p. 186 |
Dry Country Opportunists | p. 188 |
Game Birds and Songsters | p. 190 |
Pheasants and Partridges | p. 192 |
Bustards and Grouse | p. 194 |
Cold Country Inhabitants | p. 196 |
Mountain-dwellers | p. 198 |
Swifts, Swallows and Martins | p. 200 |
Sunbirds and Sugarbirds | p. 202 |
African finches | p. 204 |
Whydahs and Weavers | p. 206 |
Migratory Insect-eaters | p. 208 |
Corvids and Shrikes | p. 210 |
Falcons | p. 212 |
Agile Aerial Hunters | p. 214 |
Buzzards | p. 216 |
Eagles | p. 218 |
Other Eagles and Vultures | p. 220 |
Owls of Open Country | p. 222 |
City and Garden | p. 224 |
Warblers and Other Small Garden Visitors | p. 224 |
Tits | p. 226 |
Finches | p. 228 |
Waxbills and Mannikins | p. 230 |
Sparrows and Other Seed-eaters | p. 232 |
Bullfinches, Canaries and Bulbuls | p. 234 |
Small Insect-eaters and Mousebirds | p. 236 |
Pigeons and Doves | p. 238 |
Starlings | p. 240 |
Thrushes | p. 242 |
Garden Predators | p. 244 |
Classification | p. 246 |
Glossary | p. 248 |
Selected Bibliography & Websites | p. 249 |
Index | p. 250 |
Picture Acknowledgements | p. 256 |
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