Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii, Central and West Pacific. Ber Perlo van

      

      BIRDS OF

       NEW ZEALAND,

       HAWAII

       and the

       CENTRAL and

       WEST PACIFIC

      Text and illustrations

       by

       Ber van Perlo

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Preface

      Symbols, Abbreviations and Glossary

      Parts of a Bird

      Introduction

      Species Accounts, Plates and Distribution Maps

      1 Podicipedidae (Grebes & Dabchick) & Gaviidae (Loon)

      2 Apterygidae (Kiwis) & Spheniscidae (Penguins)

      3 Spheniscidae (Penguins)

      4 Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

      5 Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

      6 Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

      7 Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) & Procellariidae (Giant Petrels)

      8 Procellariidae (Prions, Fulmars & Petrels)

      9 Procellariidae (Petrels)

      10 Procellariidae (Petrels)

      11 Procellariidae (Petrels)

      12 Procellariidae (Petrels)

      13 Procellariidae (Petrel & Shearwaters)

      14 Procellariidae (Shearwaters)

      15 Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)

      16 Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels) & Pelecanoididae (Diving-Petrels)

      17 Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds) & Sulidae (Gannets & Boobies)

      18 Fregatidae (Frigatebirds), Pelecanidae (Pelican) & Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

      19 Phalacrocoracidae (Shags)

      20 Ardeidae (Egrets & Herons)

      21 Ardeidae (Herons & Bitterns)

      22 Ardeidae (Herons) & Threskiornithidae (Ibises)

      23 Threskiornithidae (Spoonbills), Dendrocygnidae (Whistling-Duck) & Anatidae (Swans, Shelducks & Goose)

      24 Anatidae (Geese)

      25 Anatidae (Ducks, Teals & Shovelers)

      26 Anatidae (Duck, Wigeons, Teals, Gadwall, Pintail & Garganey)

      27 Anatidae (Mallard, Ducks & Teals)

      28 Anatidae (Ducks, Scaups, Pochard & Redhead)

      29 Anatidae (Goldeneyes, Mergansers, Scoters & Bufflehead)

      30 Accipitridae (Eagles) & Pandionidae (Osprey)

      31 Accipitridae (Harriers, Sparrowhawk & Goshawk)

      32 Accipitridae (Kites, Buzzards & Hawk)

      33 Falconidae (Kestrels, Falcons, Merlin & Peregrine)

      34 Gruidae (Cranes), Megapodiidae (Scrubfowls) & Phasianidae (Turkey, Guineafowl & Partridges)

      35 Phasianidae (Quails, Bobwhite & Francolins)

      36 Phasianidae (Pheasants, Junglefowl & Peafowl) & Rallidae (Rails & Weka)

      37 Rallidae (Crakes, Rail & Bush-Hen)

      38 Rallidae (Watercock, Moorhens, Swamphen, Takahe & Coots)

      39 Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers) & Recurvirostridae (Stilts & Avocet)

      40 Glareolidae (Pratincole), Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwing) & Scolopacidae (Sandpiper)

      41 Charadriidae (Dotterel, Sandplover & Plovers)

      42 Charadriidae (Dotterels, Killdeer & Plovers)

      43 Scolopacidae (Godwits, Curlews & Whimbrel)

      44 Scolopacidae (Redshanks, Greenshanks, Sandpipers & Yellowlegs)

      45 Scolopacidae (Tattlers, Sandpipers, Willet & Turnstone)

      46 Scolopacidae (Snipes) & Rostratulidae (Painted-Snipe)

      47 Scolopacidae (Phalaropes, Dowitchers, Sandpiper & Ruff)

      48 Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Knots & Sanderling)

      49 Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Stints & Dunlin)

      50 Stercorariidae (Skuas & Jaegers)

      51 Laridae (Gulls)

      52 Laridae (Gulls)

      53 Laridae (Gull & Kittiwake) & Sternidae (Terns)

      54 Sternidae (Terns)

      55 Sternidae (Terns & Noddies)

      56 Alcidae (Murrelets, Auklet & Puffins), Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse) & Columbidae (Pigeon)

      57 Columbidae (Pigeon & Ground-Doves)

      58 Columbidae (Pigeons)

      59 Columbidae (Fruit-Doves)

      60 Columbidae (Fruit-Doves & Doves)

      61 Psittacidae (Parakeets, Parrots & Rosellas)

      62 Psittacidae (Lory & Lorikeets)

      63 Psittacidae (Parakeets), Cacatuidae (Cockatoo & Galah) & Strigopidae (Kea, Kaka & Kakapo)

      64 Psittacidae (Parakeets), Coraciidae (Dollarbird), Upupidae (Hoopoe) & Meropidae (Bee-Eater)

      65 Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

      66 Cuculidae (Cuckoo & Koels), Caprimulgidae (Nightjar & Nighthawk), Cerylidae (Kingfisher) & Halcyonidae (Kookaburra & Kingfishers)

      67 Halcyonidae (Kingfishers)

      68 Apodidae (Swiftlets, Needletail, Swift & Treeswift)

      69 Tytonidae (Barn Owl & Grass-Owl) & Strigidae (Owls)

      70 Motacillidae (Wagtails & Pipits) & Alaudidae (Lark)

      71 Acanthisittidae (Rifleman & NZ Wren), Prunellidae (Dunnock) & Timaliidae (Laughingthrushes, Hwamei & Leiothrix)

      72 Campephagidae (Trillers, Minivet, Cicadabird & Cuckoo-Shrike), Laniidae (Shrike) & Mimidae (Mockingbird)

      73 Turdidae (Rubythroat, Rock-Thrush, Thrushes & Shama)

      74 Turdidae (Omao, Kamao, Puaiohi & Olomao), Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls), Sylviidae (Warblers) & Megaluridae (Fernbird)

      75 Acrocephalidae (Reed-Warblers & Millerbird) & Cettiidae (Bush Warblers)

      76 Acrocephalidae (Reed-Warblers)

      77 Acanthizidae (Gerygones), Pachycephalidae (Yellowhead, Whitehead & Pipipi), Muscicapidae (Flycatchers & Shrikebills)

      78 Monarchidae (Monarchs & Elepaio)

      79 Monarchidae (Flycatchers)

      80 Rhipiduridae (Fantail, Willie-Wagtail & Silktail)

      81 Monarchidae (Monarchs) & Artamidae (Woodswallows)

      82 Hirundinidae (Swallows & Martins) & Zosteropidae (White-Eyes)