Birds of New Guinea

Bruce M. Beehler is a research associate of the Division of Birds at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and a naturalist with interests in birds and forests. Thane K. Pratt is a research associate at the B. P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii and a bird conservationist with a focus on the tropical Pacific. Pratt and Beehler are the coauthors of the field guide Birds of New Guinea, Second Edition (Princeton).

Preface 8 PART ONE Introduction 11 The New Guinea Region 11 New Guinea in Context 12 New Guinea's Bird Regions 13 References and Data Sources 16 Systematics 18 Taxonomy 21 Species Concepts 22 Treatment of Subspecies 23 The Avifauna 25 Historical Biogeography 25 The Checklist and Nature Conservation 26 The Future 27 Layout of the Accounts 28 Terms, Usage, and Abbreviations 34 Figures 37 PART TWO Casuariiformes 40 Casuariidae 40 Galliformes 44 Megapodiidae 44 Phasianidae 50 Anseriformes 53 Anseranatidae 53 Anatidae 54 Phoenicopteriformes 61 Podicipedidae 61 Columbiformes 63 Columbidae 63 Phaethontiformes 92 Phaethontidae 92 Procellariiformes 93 Oceanitidae 94 Hydrobatidae 96 Procellariidae 97 Ciconiiformes 103 Ciconiidae 103 Pelecanidae 104 Threskiornithidae 105 Ardeidae 108 Fregatidae 116 Sulidae 117 Phalacrocoracidae 120 Anhingidae 122 Otidiformes 123 Otididae 123 Gruiformes 123 Rallidae 124 Gruidae 135 Cuculiformes 136 Centropodidae 136 Cuculidae 138 Caprimulgiformes 148 Podargidae 149 Caprimulgidae 150 Aegothelidae 153 Apodidae 157 Charadriiformes 163 Burhinidae 163 Haematopodidae 164 Recurvirostridae 165 Charadriidae 166 Jacanidae 171 Scolopacidae 171 Turnicidae 184 Glareolidae 186 Laridae 187 Stercorariidae 197 Accipitriformes 198 Pandionidae 199 Accipitridae 200 Strigiformes 213 Tytonidae 213 Strigidae 216 Bucerotiformes 219 Bucerotidae 219 Coraciiformes 220 Meropidae 220 Coraciidae 221 Halcyonidae 222 Alcedinidae 233 Falconiformes 235 Falconidae 235 Psittaciformes 238 Cacatuidae 238 Psittrichasidae 240 Psittaculidae 241 Passeriformes 271 Pittidae 271 Ptilonorhynchidae 274 Climacteridae 282 Maluridae 284 Meliphagidae 288 Acanthizidae 325 Pomatostomidae 340 Orthonychidae 341 Cnemophilidae 342 Melanocharitidae 345 Paramythiidae 352 Psophodidae 354 Cinclosomatidae 355 Machaerirhynchidae 360 Cracticidae 362 Artamidae 365 Rhagologidae 367 Campephagidae 368 Neosittidae 379 Oreoicidae 381 Eulacestomatidae 383 Pachycephalidae 384 Oriolidae 400 Rhipiduridae 406 Dicruridae 413 Ifritidae 415 Paradisaeidae 416 Melampittidae 438 Monarchidae 440 Corvidae 453 Laniidae 454 Petroicidae 455 Alaudidae 473 Hirundinidae 474 Pycnonotidae 478 Phylloscopidae 479 Zosteropidae 481 Acrocephalidae 487 Locustellidae 489 Cisticolidae 492 Sturnidae 494 Turdidae 498 Muscicapidae 500 Dicaeidae 503 Nectariniidae 506 Passeridae 510 Estrildidae 511 Motacillidae 520 PART THREE Bibliography 525 Geographic Gazetteer 560 J. L. Mandeville and W. S. Peckover Index of English Bird Names and Topics 633 Index of Scientific Names 647