Wells Birder's Conservation Handbook

100 North American Birds at Risk
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3151-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 464 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells, Jeffrey V.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by John W. Fitzpatrick ix

Acknowledgments xi

Scope and Purpose 1

Birds as Indicators 5

The State of North American Bird

Populations 9

Major Conservation Issues Affecting

North America's Birds 18

The State of Bird Conservation in North

America and Beyond 33

What You Can Do 42

Species Accounts

Emperor Goose (Chen canagica) 47

Brant (Branta bernicla) 49

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) 53

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 56

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) 59

Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) 62

Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) 65

Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) 68

Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) 72

"Blue" Grouse, including Dusky (Dendragapus obscurus) and Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) 75

Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) 79

Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) 83

Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) 86

Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) 89

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) 91

Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) 94

Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) 96

Bermuda Petrel (Pterodroma cahow) 99

Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) 102

Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) 104

Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas) 106

Ashy Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa)108

Black Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma melania) 110

Least Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma microsoma)113

Red-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile) 116

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) 118

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) 121

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) 125

Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) 129

Whooping Crane (Grus americana) 133

American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) 137

Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 142

Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 145

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) 149

Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) 154

Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) 159

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 163

Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) 169

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) 172

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) 176

Surfbird (Aphriza virgata) 180

Red Knot (Calidris canutus) 183

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) 188

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 193

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) 199

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) 203

Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) 208

Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) 211

Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) 214

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) 217

Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) 221

Xantus's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) 224

Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) 227

White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) 229

Green Parakeet (Aratinga holochlora) 232

Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) 236

Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) 240

Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) 244

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 248

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 251

Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) 255

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) 259

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) 262

Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) 267

Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus) 271

Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior) 274

Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) 277

Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis) 280

Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) 282

Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) 284

California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) 287

Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) 290

Bendire's Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) 293

Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii) 296

Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) 299

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) 303

Virginia's Warbler (Vermivora virginiae) 306

Colima Warbler (Vermivora crissalis) 308

Lucy's Warbler (Vermivora luciae) 310

Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) 312

Grace's Warbler (Dendroica graciae) 315

Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) 318

Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) 321

Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) 325

Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) 329

Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) 333

Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 337

Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) 341

Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) 344

Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) 347

Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) 352

Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) 355

Baird's Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) 359

Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) 362

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) 366

Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) 369

McKay's Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus) 373

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) 375

Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) 378

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) 381

Appendix I. North American Birds of Conservation Concern Listed by Different Agencies and

Organizations 385

Appendix II. Hawaiian Birds of Conservation Concern and Extinct Species 421

Appendix III. Mexican Government Official List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern

Bird Species 424

Appendix IV. Agencies and Organizations Involved in Bird Conservation 431

Illustration Credits 437

Index 439

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey V. Wells is senior scientist for the Boreal Songbird Initiative, visiting fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and former director of bird conservation for the National Audubon Society. A nationally acclaimed bird expert and conservation biologist, he is widely published in both academic and popular settings and is the author of Important Bird Areas in New York State.