Birds of Ontario, Volume 1This extensive and long overdue work of reference covers all of the bird species, more than 400 of which have been recorded in the province of Ontario. Birds of Ontario contains an identification and description of all species, with 344 outstanding colour plates. Anyone with even a casual interest in birds will find the colour plates and informative text of considerable interest. This volume contains a list of all the birds identified in Ontario up to the end of 1983, with the common and scientific names given by the American Ornithologists' Union 1983 Check-list as arranged in that work. |
Contents
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Swans Geese and Ducks | 46 |
Vultures Hawks Eagles and Falcons | 94 |
Grouse and Turkeys | 122 |
Rails and Cranes | 134 |
Woodpeckers | 284 |
Tyrant Flycatchers | 300 |
Larks Martins and Swallows | 322 |
Jays Magpies and Crows | 330 |
Titmice Nuthatches and Creepers | 338 |
Wrens | 348 |
Kinglets Gnatcatchers Thrushes and Mimids | 358 |
Pipits Waxwings Shrikes and Starlings | 382 |
Shorebirds | 146 |
Jaegers Gulls Terns and Skimmers | 198 |
Alcids | 232 |
Pigeons and Doves | 238 |
Cuckoos and Anis | 246 |
Owls | 250 |
Goatsuckers | 270 |
Swifts and Hummingbirds | 276 |
Kingfishers | 282 |
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Common terms and phrases
accidental in Ontario adults American Robin Arctic Bank Swallow beak bill bird blackish blue Bonaparte's Gulls breast breeder breeding plumage brown buffy Central America cheeks Chipping Sparrow coast colour common Common Terns conspicuous crest crown dark diagnostic distinguish dowitchers ducks ear patches eye ring feeders female field mark flight flocks Flycatcher forests Gmelin gray Greater Scaup Grebe Gull Hawk head herons Horned Grebe House Sparrows immatures Lake larger legs Linnaeus look males marshes migration neck nest normally a bird northern South America numbers outer tail feathers prairie prominent white rare in Ontario Red Crossbills reddish resemble Ring-billed Ring-billed Gull rufous Sandpiper seen Semipalmated Sandpiper shorebird similar smaller sometimes song southern Ontario southern U.S.A. southern United Sparrow species spot spring streaks stripe summer Terns throat Thrush trees underparts undertail coverts usually Victor Crich Vieillot Vireo Warbler white wing bars whitish Woodpecker Wren yellow young