A pocket guide to birds of Galápagos / Tui De Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Roy, Tui, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds.

Galapagos Islands.

Genre:

Field guides.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"With over 550 photographs, this guide is designed as a quick visual reference to identifying all resident Galapagos birds. It also contains facts about the life cycles, habits, range and conservation status of every species, including carefully crafted distribution maps. In addition, Darwin's finches receive extra attention, with at-a-glance tables indicating which species may be expected on each island, habitat preference, feeding habits, evolutionary history and adaptations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Maps

Geographic setting

Physical and climatic setting

Part 1: Land Birds

The dangers of being unique

Galápagos Hawk

Short-eared Owl

Barn Owl

Mockingbirds: Darwin's inspiration

Galápagos Mockingbird

San Cristóbal Mockingbird

Española Mockingbird

Floreana Mockingbird

Yellow Warbler

Galápagos Flycatcher

Darwin's Flycatcher

Galápagos Dove

Dark-billed Cuckoo

Galápagos Martin

Feral Chicken

Smooth-billed Ani

Darwin's Finches explained

Small Ground Finch

Medium Ground Finch

Large Ground Finch

Sharp-beaked Ground Finch

Genovesa Ground Finch

Vampire Finch

Common Cactus Finch

Española Ground Finch

Genovesa Cactus Finch

Small Tree Finch

Medium Tree Finch

Large Tree Finch

Mangrove Finch

Woodpecker Finch

Vegetarian Finch

Green Warbler Finch

Gray Warbler Finch

Part 2: Seabirds

Endemic or Not?

Galápagos Penguin

Waved Albatross

Galápagos Petrel

Galápagos Shearwater

White-vented Storm Petrel

Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel

Band-rumped Storm Petrel

Blue-footed Booby

Red-footed Booby

Nazca Booby

Great Frigatebird

Magnificent Frigatebird

Flightless Cormorant

Red-billed Tropicbird

Brown Pelican

Swallow-tailed Gull

Lava Gull

Sooty Tern

Brown Noddy

Part 3: Waders and Migrants

Great Blue Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Lava Heron

Great Egret

Cattle Egret

American Flamingo

Paint-billed Crake

Common Gallinule

Galápagos Rail

White-cheeked Pintail

American Oystercatcher

Black-necked Stilt

Visitors from afar

Whimbrel

Wandering Tattler

Ruddy Turnstone

Willet

Lesser Yellowlegs

Semipalmated Plover

Black-bellied Plover

White-rumped Sandpiper

Sanderling

Spotted Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper.

Phalaropes (3 species)

Migrant Gulls (3 species)

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691233642

0691233640

OCLC:

1347027304