Extinct birds / by Errol Fuller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Errol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extinct birds.

Physical Description:

398 pages : illustrations (some color). ; 29 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub., [2001]

Contents:

Ratites 26

Aepyornis (Aepyornis maximus) 34

Slender Moa (Dinornis torosus) 35

Great Broad-billed Moa (Euryapteryx gravis) 41

Lesser Megalapteryx (Megalapteryx didinus) 46

Tinamous, Penguins, Divers, Grebes 52

Atitlan Grebe (Podilymbus gigas) 56

Albatrosses and Petrels 58

Guadalupe Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma macrodactyla) 62

Pelicans and Related Birds 64

Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) 68

Herons, Storks and Related Birds 72

Rodrigues Night Heron (Nycticorax megacephalus) 76

Waterfowl 78

Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) 85

Auckland Islands Merganser (Mergus australis) 87

Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) 91

Korean Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) 96

Birds of Prey 98

Guadalupe Caracara (Polyborus lutosus) 103

Gallinaceous Birds 106

New Zealand Quail (Coturnix novae-zelandiae) 111

Himalayan Mountain Quail (Ophrysia superciliosa) 114

Rails and Related Birds 116

Chatham Islands Rail (Rallus modestus) 125

Wake Island Rail (Rallus wakensis) 127

Tahitian Red-billed Rail (Rallus pacificus) 128

Ascension Island Rail (Atlantisia elpenor) 130

Kusaie Island Crake (Porzana monasa) 132

Hawaiian Rail (Porzana sandwichensis) 134

Laysan Rail (Porzana palmen) 136

Samoan Wood Rail (Gallinula pacifica) 140

Lord Howe Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) 141

Mauritius Red Hen (Aphanapteryx bonasia) 145

Leguat's Gelinote (Aphanapteryx leguati) 149

Gulls, Wading Birds and Murres 152

Great Auk (Alca impennis) 156

Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) 163

Javanese Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus) 166

White-winged Sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) 166

Pigeons and Doves 168

Liverpool Pigeon (Caloenas maculata) 174

Rodrigues Pigeon (?Columba rodericana) 176

Bonin Wood Pigeon (Columba versicolor) 177

Pigeon Hollandaise (Alectroenas nitidissima) 179

Forster's Dove of Tanna (?Gallicolumba ferruginea) 182

Marquesas Fruit Pigeon (Ptilinopus mercerii) 183

Choiseul Crested Pigeon (Microgoura meeki) 185

Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) 188

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) 194

Rodrigues Solitary (Pezophaps solitaria) 203

Parrots 206

Paradise Parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus) 216

Society Parakeet (Cyanoramphus ulietanus) 220

Black-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus zealandicus) 222

Newton's Parakeet (Psittacula exsul) 225

Mascarene Parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus) 228

Broad-billed Parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus) 230

Rodrigues Parrot (Necropsittacus rodericanus) 232

Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor) 233

Glaucus Macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus) 236

Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) 239

Cuckoos, Owls and Goatsuckers 244

Delalande's Coucal (Coua delalandei) 250

Rodrigues Little Owl (Athene murivora) 251

Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) 252

Jamaica Least Pauraque (Siphonorhis americanus) 260

Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Etc. 262

Ryukyu Kingfisher (Halcyon miyakoensis) 266

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) 267

Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) 274

Perching Birds 276

Stephen Island Wren (Xenicus lyalli) 307

New Zealand Bush Wren (Xenicus longipes) 312

Bay Thrush (?Turdus ulietensis) 314

Grand Cayman Thrush (Turdus ravidus) 316

Kittlitz's Thrush (Zoothera terrestris) 317

Piopio (Turnagra capensis) 318

Aldabran Brush Warbler (Nesillas aldabranus) 324

Lord Howe Island White-eye (Zosterops strenua) 326

Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma) 328

Hawaii 'O'o (Moho nobilis) 329

Oahu 'O'o (Moho apicalis) 331

Molokai 'O'o (Moho bishopi) 332

Kauai 'O'o (Moho braccatus) 336

Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) 337

Ula-ai-Hawane (Ciridops anna) 340

Koa 'Finch' (Rhodacanthus palmeri) 342

Kona Grosbeak 'Finch' (Chloridops kona) 345

Greater Amakihi (Hemignathus sagittirostris) 346

Akialoa (Hemignathus obscurus) 348

Mamo (Drepanis pacifica) 351

Black Mamo (Drepanis funerea) 354

Bonin Islands Grosbeak (Chaunoproctus ferreirostris) 356

Kusaie Island Starling (Aplonis corvina) 358

Mysterious Starling (Aplonis mavornata) 359

Norfolk and Lord Howe Starling (Aplonis fusca) 361

Bourbon Crested Starling (Fregilupus varius) 364

Rodrigues Starling (Fregilupus rodericanus) 366

Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) 367

Hypothetical Species and Mystery Birds 376.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391) and index.

ISBN:

080143954X

OCLC:

46671147