CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgments

6

How to Use This Book

7

Area and Species Covered

7

Format

7

Plates

7

Family and Genus Accounts

7

Species Accounts

7

Range Maps

10

Bird Topography

13

Abbreviations and Some Terms Explained

14

Biogeography

16

Geography

16

Climate and Habitat

17

Taxonomy

30

Taxonomy and Species

30

Species Accounts

31

Appendices

Appendix A: Cocos Island

434

Appendix B: Offshore Visitors, Rare Migrants,

and Vagrants

438

Appendix C: Taxonomic Notes

440

References

450

Index of English Names

452