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The atlas of bird migration : tracing the great journeys of the world's birds / general editor, Jonathan Elphick ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy.

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Firefly Books, 2011.

Birds -- Migration.

Birds -- Behavior.

Birds -- Migration -- Maps.

9781554079711 (pbk.)

176 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176) and index.

Foreword -- Using this book -- 1. Birds on the move -- Introduction -- How migration evolved -- Patterns of migration -- When to travel -- Flight techniques -- Flight power and speed -- How high do birds fly? -- Preparing for the journey -- Timing -- Genetics and migration -- Orientation and navigation -- Routes and barriers -- Staging posts -- Weather and climate -- How migration is studied -- Threats and conservation -- 2. North American migrants -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Ducks -- Birds of prey -- Cranes -- Plovers, gulls, and terns -- Nightjars -- Swifts, swallows, and martins -- Hummingbirds -- Woodpeckers -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Thrushes -- Vireos -- Tanagers -- Wood warblers -- Buntings, grosbeaks, and starlings -- American blackbirds and orioles -- 3. Eurasian migrants -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Ducks -- Shorebirds -- Storks -- Birds of prey -- Gamebirds -- Crakes and rails -- Cranes -- Gulls and terns -- Pigeons -- Cuckoos -- Bee-eaters, rollers, and hoopoes -- Swifts, swallows, and martins -- Wagtails and pipits -- Chats and thrushes -- Warblers -- Shrikes -- Flycatchers -- 4. Winter visitors from the far north -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Swans -- Geese -- Shorebirds -- Thrushes -- Buntings and finches -- 5. Southern hemisphere migrants -- Introduction -- South American migrants -- African migrants -- Australasian migrants -- 6. Migratory sea birds -- Introduction -- Patterns of migration -- Penguins -- Albatrosses -- Shearwaters and petrels -- Skuas, jaegers, gulls, and auks -- Terns -- 7. Almost migrations -- Introduction -- Irruptions -- 8. Catalog of migrants.

Explanation of flight techniques, navigation, feeding and biology of migrating birds as well as environmental threats to migrating species and conservation initiatives. Maps trace migration routes of over 100 species of birds divided by geographic regions and a supplementary catalogue details the route of 500 additional species.

Elphick, Jonathan.

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