The birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula : covering Burma and Thailand south of the eleventh parallel, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore /
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| Author / Creator: | Wells, David, Dr. |
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| Imprint: | San Diego : Academic Press, 1999- |
| Description: | v. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4117682 |
Table of Contents:
- Preamble
- Acknowledgements
- List of Plates
- List of Maps and Figures
- Introduction to Volume One
- The review area
- Choice of a name
- Geography
- Habitat categories
- Species assemblages and biogeographical background
- Implications for conservation
- Volume Two
- References
- The Species Accounts
- Guide to format
- The artwork
- Additional references
- Gazetteer
- Order Galliformes
- Phasianidae: partridges, quail, junglefowl, pheasants, peafowl
- Order Anseriformes
- Anatidae: whistling ducks, pigmy-geese, dabbling and diving ducks
- Order Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae: grebes
- Order Procellariiformes
- Procellariidae: petrels, shearwaters
- Hydrobatidae: storm-petrels
- Order Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontidae: tropicbirds
- Sulidae: boobies
- Anhingidae: darters
- Phalacrocoracidae: cormorants
- Pelecanidae: pelicans
- Fregatidae: frigatebirds
- Order Ciconiiformes
- Ardeidae: herons, egrets, bitterns
- Threskiornithidae: ibises, spoonbills
- Ciconiidae: storks
- Order Falconiformes
- Accipitridae: osprey, perns, bat hawk, kites, fish eagles, vultures, snake eagles, harriers, hawks, buzzards, booted eagles
- Falconidae: falconets, falcons
- Order Gruiformes
- Gruidae: cranes
- Heliornithidae: finfoots
- Rallidae: crakes, rails, swamphens, coots
- Order Turniciformes
- Turnicidae: buttonquails
- Order Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae: woodcocks, snipes, godwits, curlews, sandpipers, turnstones, dowitchers, stints, ruff, phalaropes
- Rostratulidae: painted-snipe
- Jacanidae: jacanas
- Burhinidae: thick-knees
- Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
- Recurvirostridae: stilts
- Charadriidae: plovers
- Glareolidae: crab-plover, pratincoles
- Laridae: skuas, gulls, terns
- Order Columbiformes
- Columbidae: pigeons, doves
- Order Psittaciformes
- Psittacidae: parrots, hanging parrots, parakeets
- Order Cuculiformes
- Cuculidae: cuckoos, malkohas
- Centropodidae: coucals
- Order Strigiformes
- Strigidae: scops, eagle, fish and wood owls, owlets, boobooks, marsh owls
- Tytonidae: barn owls, bay owls
- Order Caprimulgiformes
- Podargidae: fogmouths
- Caprimulgidae: nightjars
- Order Apodiformes
- Apodidae: swifts
- Hemiprocnidae: treeswifts
- Order Trogoniformes
- Trogonidae: trogons
- Order Bucerotiformes
- Bucerotidae: hornbills
- Order Upupiformes
- Upupidae: hoopoes
- Order Coraciiformes
- Halcyonidae: tree kingfishers
- Alcedinidae: river kingfishers
- Meropidae: bee-eaters
- Coraciidae: rollers
- Order Piciformes
- Indicatoridae: honeyguides
- Picidae: piculets, woodpeckers
- Capitonidae: barbets
- References and Other Sources
- Indexes to the Species Accounts
- Scientific names
- Names in English
- Names in Thai
- Names in Malay
