Section Index
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS ROLLERS AND ALLIES THE ROLLERS Cuckoo-Rollers Cuckoo Roller description The Comoran Kirombo Rollers Pitta-Rollers True Rollers Common Roller Broad-billed Rollers THE MOTMOTS AND TODIES The Motmots Motmots Behaviour Motmot distribution The Todies Todies Nesting THE KINGFISHERS Habits Kingfisher Habitat of the Kingfisher Typical Kingfishers American Kingfishers Pied Kingfishers Stork-billed Kingfishers The Crested Kingfishers Three-toed Kingfishers Laughing Kingfishers Wood Kingfishers THE BEE-EATERS Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters The Square-tailed Bee-eaters, True Bee-eaters Plumed Bee-eaters THE HORNBILLS HORNBILLS Structure Nesting Habits Hornbill Species Hornbill Food African Ground Hornbills Rhinoceros Hornbills The Two-horned Hornbill Naked-throated Hornbills Wedge-tailed Hornbills African Wedge-tailed Hornbills Gray Hornbills Solid-billed Hornbill THE HOOPOES The True Hoopoes The typical species Indian Hoopoe The Wood Hoopoes THE OWLS Owl habitat Owl Nests The Barn Owls Barn Owl Distribution The European Barn Owl Owls European Long-eared Owl American Long-eared Owl Stygian Owl Short-eared Owls Fish Owls The Oriental Fish Owls The African Fish Owls Horned or Eagle Owls Great Horned Owl Horned Owl Descritpion American Horned Owls European Eagle Owl Rock Eagle Owls Snowy Owl Screech Owls American Screech Owls Screech Owl Habitat Flammulated Screech Owls Scops Owl Hawk Owls Australian Hawk Owls "Morepork”Owl Laughing Owl Barred Owls American Barred Owls Great Gray Owl Lapp Owl Tengmalm's Owls Saw-whet or Acadian Owl True Hawk Owls The American Hawk Owl Owlets Forest Owlet Burrowing Owls Burrowing Owl habitat Burrowing Owl Behaviour The Florida Burrowing Owl Pygmy Owls California Pygmy Owl Elf Owls GOATSUCKERS AND ALLIES THE OIL-BIRD The Oil Bird Behaviour THE FROGMOUTHS True Frogmouths Eared Frogmouths Owlet Frogmouths GOATSUCKERS, NIGHTJARS Night Jar Description Nighthawks Nighthawk Habitat Eared Nightjars Fork-tailed Nightjars Leone Goatsucker Standard-winged Goatsucker Poorwills The Whippoorwills True Goatsuckers Wood Nightjars. HUMMINGBIRDS AND SWIFTS THE HUMMINGBIRDS Hummingbird Distribution Hummingbird Nests and Eggs Hummingbird Habits Hummingbird Food Number of Hummingbirds Marvelous Hummingbird Fire-tailed Hummingbirds Sylph Hummingbirds De Rham's Garnet The Puff-legs Jardine's Hummingbird Princess Helena's Hummer Long-tailed Hummer Coquettes The Sun-gem THE SWIFTS Typical Swifts Alpine Swift White-throated Swift Feather-toed Swifts Palm Swifts American Chimney Swift Vaux Swifts West Indian and Black Swifts Swiftlets Caverns of Swiftlets THE COLIES THE TROGONS Trogon Description Quezal True Trogons The Oriental Trogons PICARIAN BIRDS BARBETS & HONEY-GUIDES The Barbets Barbet Distribution The Honey-guides THE TOUCANS Toucan Behavior Toucan Nesting Habits Toucan Species WOODPECKERS & WRYNECKS True Woodpeckers True Woodpeckers Habits True Woodpeckers Nests African Ground Woodpecker Flickers Flickers Species Green Woodpeckers Sharpe's Green Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Sapsuckers Great Spotted Woodpecker Hairy Woodpeckers Downy Woodpeckers Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Three-toed Woodpeckers White-headed Woodpecker Great Gray Woodpecker Black Woodpecker Ivory-billed Woodpeckers Piculets The Rufous Piculets The Wrynecks The Common Wryneck
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ANATOMY OF BIRDS GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS LIZARD-TAILED BIRD AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS THE OSTRICHES THE RHEAS EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES THE TINAMOUS THE KIWIS THE PENGUINS LOONS AND GREBES ALBATROSSES & PETRELS STORK-LIKE BIRDS GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS FALCON-LIKE BIRDS FOWL-LIKE BIRDS CRANE-LIKE BIRDS PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
The present group is divided into five families, including the Rollers proper (Coraciida), theMotmots and Todies (Momotidce), the Kingfishers (Alcedinida), the Bee-eaters (Meropida), the Hornbills (Bucerotidce), and Hoopoes (Upu-pidcs).
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