Introduction
Key to the species accounts
Bird topography
Loons
Grebes
Albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters
Storm-petrels
Pelecaniformes
Cormorants
Wading birds
Swans and geese
Dabbling ducks
Diving ducks
Diurnal raptors
Upland game birds
Gruiformes
Plovers, Oystercatchers, stilts, and avocets
Sandpipers
Skuas, jaegers, and gulls
Terns and skimmers
Alcids
Pigeons and doves
Parrots and their allies
Cuckoos and their allies
Owls
Goatsuckers
Trogons and quetzals
Kingfishers
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Woodpeckers
Tyrant flycatchers
Shrikes and vireos
Jays, crows, and their allies
Larks
Swallows
Chickadees, nuthatches, and their allies
Wrens
Dipper and wrentit
Kinglets, Old World warblers, and gnatcatchers
Thrushes
Mimids
Wagtails and pipits
Waxwings, silky-flycatchers, and starlings
Wood-warblers
Tanagers, cardinals, and their allies
Emberizine sparrows and their allies
Icterids
Finches and Old World sparrows.