Birds in Their Habitats
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Bass Strait 61–2, 197–8
Bassian Plain 61–2
bats 84
Baudin, Nicolas 197–8
Beak of the Finch 58
Becerra, Norbil 40–2
beech forest 53, 79
Benoué National Park 207
Bergmann’s Rule 160
bills 19–20, 23, 58, 60, 97–8, 161, 196
bird ‘milk’ 23–4
bird names in daily English 155–6
birding x–xi, 2, 9, 154, 199–200
tough birding 27, 30–2, 48
twitching 14–16
Black Caimans 134
Bogong Moths 102–3
boobies 75, 155
Borneo 32–6
Botswana 24, 147
bowerbirds 141, 156
breeding
burrows 13, 70–1, 85, 88, 119, 171–4
colonies 11, 23, 29, 68, 70–2, 174, 200
courtship 75, 101, 107, 114, 115, 127, 130–3, 190, 199–205
K-selected 86–7, 126
monogamy 133
nest parasites 125, 158–9
r-selected 124–6
triggers 127
Brisson, Mathurin 47
broadbills 46, 136
Buenos Aires 176
burrow nesting 13, 70–1, 85, 88, 119, 171–4
buttonquails 14, 156
Cairns 50–2
Cameroon 13–18, 19–20, 27–32, 207
camouflage 52, 172
Canberra 145–8, 151, 154, 157–8, 160, 166, 169–72, 192–3, 195–6
caracaras 82, 98–9, 125
cassowaries 42, 52, 183, 185, 188
channel country 9, 12, 207–8
chickens, Mother Carey’s 76
Chile 21–4, 53, 71–5, 79–80, 87, 103, 116, 121
Chiloé 71–2
Chonos Archipelago 72–3
cloud forests 37–40, 43–5
Cocha Salvador 130, 134–7, 117
Colca Canyon 87–9
collisions with birds 162–5
Coorong x, 131–2
coots 102–3, 124–5, 155
cormorants 17, 68–71, 75, 113, 145
cotingas 43–4, 47, 140, 188
courtship 75, 101, 107, 113, 114, 115, 127, 130–3, 190, 199–205
Covington, Sims 56–7
creepers 204
crop 6, 151, 155
cuckoos 96, 125, 155, 157–9, 176
cuckoo-shrikes 96
Daphne Major 57–9
Darwin (city) 46
Darwin, Charles 55–7, 59–61, 201
Dawkins, Richard 167
death and birds 33
deserts definition 1–2
dimethyl sulphide 85
Dingo 64
dinosaurs 17, 42, 101, 138, 174–5, 186
DNA from fossils 184
DNA, mitochondrial 11, 184, 198
domestication
caged birds 145
cormorants 145
darters 145
ducks 141–2
fowl 143–4
geese 142–3
guinea-fowl 144
pigeons 144
turkeys 144
Douala 176
Drakensberg Mountains 91–2
drinking 5–6
drongos 156
Duke of York 196–7
ECOAN 40
ecotourism 37–42
Ecuador 37–40, 52
eggs 175
clutch size 126
El Niño 7, 11–12, 58, 124, 126, 146
emus 185, 197–9
elephant birds 69, 183, 185
elfin forest 43
endemism 61–5
Eoalulavis 83
ethyl mercaptan 85
Etosha National Park 24
evolution 49–50, 55–65, 166–70
relationships 94, 98–9
extinction 65–8, 192–9
feather lice 189
feathers
colour 35–6, 43
featherless heads 80–2
insulation 188
moulting 81, 189–90
oils 79, 129, 147
origins 17, 175, 187
preening 118, 146
structure 187–8
types 187–9
feeding
‘almost impossible foods’ 95–6
ants 95
bones 92–4
hairy caterpillars 95–6
leaves 95, 139–41
sawfly larvae 95–6
seeds 3–4
wasp nests 96
wax 96
finches, cactus 60
finches, Darwin’s 55–61
finches, warbler 60
FitzRoy, Captain 57
flamingos 22–4, 148
flight
high altitude 99–101
hovering 50–2, 110
landing 82–4
thermal soaring 114
wind hovering 122, 206–7
wind soaring 73–5
flightlessness 69–70, 183–7
Forbes 123
fossils 56, 64, 83, 175, 184, 186
Freycinet National Park 62
Frith, Harry 127
frogmouths 52, 188
Galápagos 55–61, 68–70, 74–5
Gardner, Janet 19, 160, 162
Giant Otters 134
global warming and birds
colour morph changes 161
movements 158–9
phenology 159–60
size changes 160
temperature stress 19–20, 161–2
Gondwana xii, 38, 42, 46, 69, 91, 128, 182–6
Gould, John 56–7, 192, 194
Grant, Peter and Rosemary 58–9
grass-finches 4–5, 17
grassquits 59–60
Great Western Woodlands, WA 120, 195
grebes 23, 113, 124, 131–3
grouse 44
guano mining 75
Guayaquil 175
gular fluttering 17
Gum Swamp 123, 128
herons 124, 188
hides and viewing platforms ix, 41–3, 45, 70, 123–4, 146–8
High Veld 199–200
HMS Beagle 55
Hobart 61, 63
honey-buzzards 96
honeyguides 96
hovering 41, 50–2, 110, 122, 204–7
Huembo Lodge 40
Humboldt Current 7, 22, 74–5, 176
hummingbirds 40–1, 43–4, 50–2, 110, 177, 206
Huon River 61
hybrids 168–70
ice age 49, 61–2, 64, 166
indicator species 194
Jerrabomberra Wetlands 145–8
Julatten 32
Kalahari Desert 20, 24
Kampala 177
Kangaroo Island 61, 197–9
Kapteinskloof Mountains 101–2
keratin 187–8
Kibale Forest 48
Kingfisher Park 32
King Island 197–8
kiwis 42, 85–6, 183, 185
Korup National Park 27–30, 109
Kosciuszko National Park 102–3
krill 85
La Niña 7, 58, 124, 126
Laguna Chaxa 22
Laguna Miscanti 103, 116
Lake Eyre Basin 24, 126
Lake Titicaca 69
Lamberts Bay 70
legs 190–2
lek 43–5
Lesotho 91–2
Lima 176
Linnaeus, Carolus von 47
locusts 9–10
Lord Howe Island 65–8, 75–6, 114, 196
Loyau, Adeline 203
lungs 100–1, 175
Madagascar 33, 46, 69, 136–7, 183, 185
manakins 47
Manu Biosphere Reserve 117, 134
McDonald JD 10
McEvey, Allan 10
Meade-Waldo, EGB 21
Melbourne Cricket Ground 162–3
Menzies, Archibald 129
mesites 69
> migration 11, 148, 158–60
Mindo Valley 37–8
moas 69, 183–5
mockingbirds 56
monsoon forests 32, 45–6
moulting 81, 189–90
Mount Hypipamee 52
Mount Isa 1
Mount Kinabalu 32–4
Mount Kupé 30–2
mousebirds 140
Murchison Falls National Park 208
muttonbirds 70
Namib Desert 22
Namibia 22, 24
Neognaths 183
nest parasites 125, 158–9
New Caledonia 69, 137, 188
New Guinea 11, 32, 49, 61, 128, 156–7, 168, 183
New Zealand 3, 11, 44, 46, 53, 69, 128, 183–5, 187, 196–7
nomadism 10–12, 128
Norfolk Island 66
Northern Territory 45–6
Nyasoso 30–1
Okavango Delta 147
On the Origin of Species 56–7
openbill storks 98, 137
oscines 46
ostriches 42, 69, 136–7, 138, 183, 186
ovenbirds 48, 88
owls 14, 33, 66, 103, 154, 161, 173
Palaeognaths 183
Paluma 48–50
panting 17–20, 108, 161–2
pardalotes 170–2
Parker, Shane 198
parrots 3, 35, 47, 82, 115, 121, 145–6, 166, 173–4, 188
Passeri 46
passerines, definition 47
Patagonia 53, 79–80, 82, 99, 121
Paz de las Aves 38–40
Paz, Angel 38–40
peacocks 201–3
penguins 24, 69, 71, 156
Peru 21–2, 40–5, 52, 87–91, 130, 134–7, 141, 176
petrels 72–3, 76, 85–6, 89
Petrie, Marion 202
pigeons 3, 5, 8, 24, 69, 144, 146, 156, 188
Pisagua 75
pittas 11, 45–6, 48, 136
Pizzey, Graham 171
plantcutters 140–1
Port Fairy 70
Puñihuil 71
Pycraft, William 10
quail-thrushes 195
Queensland 1–13, 24, 32, 48–52, 170, 207–8
rails 64–9, 124
rainforest definition 28
ratites 182–6
respiration 100–1
rheas 42, 121, 139, 183, 185
roosters 156
Sabah 32–6
Sahel 13–18, 20–1
Salar de Atacama 22
saltators 140
Sani Pass 91–2
Sepilok 32
Seven Whistlers 33
sewage ponds 148
sexual selection 201–3
single species families 135–8
size limits of birds 69, 80–1, 86
smell, sense of 84–6
snipes 205
soaring 72–5, 80–1, 89–90, 114, 207
South Africa 70, 90–1, 101–2, 148, 199–200
speciation 49–50, 166–70
St Pedro de Atacama 22, 103
steamer ducks 69, 71
stifftail ducks 128
suboscines 46–8, 136
swifts x, 157, 204
tails
courtship display 199–205
evolution 204
tanagers 59, 140
tapaculos 48
Tasmania 49, 53, 61–6, 70, 168–9, 172, 197
taxonomic changes 135–6, 195–6
temperature control 17–20, 82, 161–2
threatened species 30, 157, 194, 199
tinamous 42, 183–5
Tolkien JRR 91
Torres del Paine National Park 79–80, 87, 94, 121
twitching 14–16
Tyrani 46
tyrant-flycatchers 47
Uganda 48, 177, 208
Uluru 24
umbrella species 194
urban birds
adapting to artificial lighting 152
adapting to noise 152
determining successful species 153–4
supplementary feeding 152–3
Urubamba River 131
Valley of the Incas 131
Vancouver, George 129
vultures, New World 82, 84–6, 94, 98
vultures, Old World 82
vultures, yellow-headed 85
Wakkerstroom 199–200
Wallace, Alfred 57
waterholes 2–6, 18
Waza National Park 16–18, 20–1
Weiner, Jonathon 58
wetlands definition 123–4
widowbirds 200–1
Windorah 12
woodcreepers 48, 204
woodlands definition 182
woodpeckers 34, 53, 88, 95, 204
woodswallows 10–12
wrens, New Zealand 46
Yasuní National Park 52
Yucatán Peninsula meteorite 186