Overview

New World Blackbirds is a comprehensive guide to the 103 members of the family Icteridae, also known as the icterids or troupials. The icterids are a diverse family, ranging throughout the Americas from Alaska to the Caribbean and south to Cape Horn. Despite the name ""blackbird,"" the group contains such highly colored birds as the orioles. It includes common and intensively studied species--the Red-winged Blackbird and the Brown-headed Cowbird, for example--and such rare and obscure birds as the Colombian Mountain-Grackle and the Montserrat and Martinique Orioles. Two species in the family, the Selva Cacique and the Pale-eyed Blackbird, were not described at all until as recently as the 1960s and 1970s. The thirty-nine highly detailed plates in this book depict all the species and many subspecies and age types never illustrated before. The book also contains over one hundred color range maps as well as black-and-white illustrations to aid identification. The extensive text summarizes the characteristics and natural history of each species, giving details on behavior, nesting, geographic variation, distribution, vocalizations, and in-depth plumage descriptions for all age types.Clearly written and exhaustively researched, this book will be the standard reference work for this major family of birds.

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Author:   Alvaro Jaramillo ,  Peter Burke
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.70cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.106kg
ISBN:  

9780691006802

ISBN 10:   0691006806
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   21 February 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction Acknowledgements Systematics and Taxonomy Plumages and Topography Behaviour and Evolution Notes on the Species Accounts Notes on the Colour Plates, Captions and Maps Glossary Colour Plates and Distribution Maps Species Accounts 1Casqued Oropendola: Psarocolius oseryi 2Crested Oropendola: Psarocolius decumanus 3Green Oropendola: Psarocolius viridis 4Dusky-green Oropendola: Psarocolius atrovirens 5Russet-backed Oropendola: Psarocolius angustifrons 5X'Yellow-billed Oropendola': Psarocolius (angustifrons) alfredi 6Chestnut-headed Oropendola: Psarocolius wagleri 7Montezuma Oropendola: Psarocolius montezuma 8Baudo Oropendola: Psarocolius cassini 9Olive Oropendola: Psarocolius (bifasciatus?) yuracares 10Para Oropendola: Psarocolius bifasciatus 11Black Oropendola: Psarocolius guatimozinus 12Band-tailed Oropendola: Ocyalus latirostris 13Yellow-rumped Cacique: Cacicus cela 14Red-rumped Cacique: Cacicus haemorrhous 15Scarlet-rumped Cacique: Cacicus microrhynchus 16Subtropical Cacique: Cacicus uropygialis 17Golden-winged Cacique: Cacicus chrysopterus 18Mountain Cacique: Cacicus chrysonotus 19Selva Cacique: Cacicus koepckeae 20Ecuadorian Cacique: Cacicus sclateri 21Solitary Cacique: Cacicus solitarius 22Yellow-winged Cacique: Cacicus melanicterus 23Yellow-billed Cacique: Amblycercus holosericeus 24Moriche Oriole: Icterus chrysocephalus 25Epaulet Oriole: Icterus cayanensis 26Yellow-backed Oriole: Icterus chrysater 27Yellow Oriole: Icterus nigrogularis 28Jamaican Oriole: Icterus leucopteryx 29Orange Oriole: Icterus auratus 30Yellow-tailed Oriole: Icterus mesomelas 31Orange-crowned Oriole: Icterus auricapillus 32White-edged Oriole: Icterus graceannae 33Spot-breasted Oriole: Icterus pectoralis 34Altamira Oriole: Icterus gularis 35Streak-backed Oriole: Icterus pustulatus 36Hooded Oriole: Icterus cucullatus 37Troupial: Icterus icterus 38Campo Troupial: Icterus jamaicaii 39Orange-backed Troupial: Icterus croconotus 40Baltimore Oriole: Icterus galbula 40XHybrid Baltimore x Bullock's Orioles: Icterus galbula x bullockii Bullock's Oriole: Icterus bullockii 42Black-backed Oriole: Icterus abeillei 43Orchard Oriole: Icterus spurius 43X'Fuerte's Oriole': lcterus spurius fuertesi 44Black-vented Oriole: Icterus wagleri 45Black-cowled Oriole: Icterus dominicensis 46Montserrat Oriole: Icterus oberi 47Martinique Oriole: Icterus bonana 48St. Lucia Oriole: Icterus laudabilis 49Audubon's Oriole: Icterus graduacauda 50Bar-winged Oriole: Icterus maculialatus 51Scott's Oriole: Icterus parisorum 52Jamaican Blackbird: Nesopsar nigerrimus 53Oriole Blackbird: Gymnomystax mexicanus 54Yellow-headed Blackbird: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 55Saffron-cowled Blackbird: Xanthopsar flavus 56Pale-eyed Blackbird: Agelaius xanthophthalmus 57Unicolored Blackbird: Agelaius cyanopus 58Yellow-winged Blackbird: Agelaius thilius 59Yellow-hooded Blackbird: Agelaius icterocephalus 60Chestnut-capped Blackbird: Agelaius ruficapillus 61Red-winged Blackbird: Agelaius phoeniceus 61X'Bicolored Blackbird': Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator 62Tricolored Blackbird: Agelaius tricolor 63Tawny-shouldered Blackbird: Agelaius humeralis 64Red-shouldered Blackbird: Agelaius assimilis 65Yellow-shouldered Blackbird: Agelaius xanthomus 66Red-breasted Blackbird: Sturnella militaris 67White-browed Blackbird: Sturnella superciliaris 68Peruvian Meadowlark: Sturnella bellicosa 69Pampas Meadowlark: Sturnella defilippi 70Long-tailed Meadowlark: Sturnella loyca 71Eastern Meadowlark: Sturnella magna 71X'Lilian's Meadowlark': Sturnella magna lilianae 72Western Meadowlark: Sturnella neglecta 73Yellow-rumped Marshbird: Pseudoleistes guirahuro 74Brown-and-yellow Marshbird: Pseudoleistes virescens 75Scarlet-headed Blackbird: Amblyramphus holosericeus 76Red-bellied Grackle: Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster 77Austral Blackbird: Curaeus curaeus 78Forbes's Blackbird: Curaeus forbesi 79Chopi Blackbird: Gnorimopsar chopi 80Bolivian Blackbird: Oreopsar bolivianus 81Velvet-fronted Grackle: Lampropsar tanagrinus 82Tepui Mountain-Grackle: Macroagelaius imthurni 83Colombian Mountain-Grackle: Macroagelaius subularis 84Cuban Blackbird: Dives atroviolacea 85Melodious Blackbird: Dives dives 86Scrub Blackbird: Dives warszewiczi 87Great-tailed Grackle: Quiscalus mexicanus 88Boat-tailed Grackle: Quiscalus major 89Slender-billed Grackle: Quiscalus palustris 90Nicaraguan Grackle: Quiscalus nicaraguensis 91Common Grackle: Quiscalus quiscula 92Greater Antillean Grackle: Quiscalus niger 93Carib Grackle: Quiscalus lugubris 94Rusty Blackbird: Euphagus carolinus 95Brewer's Blackbird: Euphagus cyanocephalus 96Baywing (Cowbird) Molothrus (Agelaioides) badius 96X'Pale Baywing': Agelaioides (Molothrus) badius fringillarius 97Screaming Cowbird: Molothrus rufoaxillaris 98Giant Cowbird: Scaphidura (Molothrus) oryzivora 99Bronzed Cowbird: Molothrus aeneus 100Bronze-brown Cowbird: Molothrus (aeneus) armenti 101Brown-headed Cowbird: Molothrus ater 102Shiny Cowbird: Molothrus bonariensis 103Bobolink: Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bibliography Index

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Alvaro Jaramillo was born in Santiago, Chile, but raised in Toronto, where he became a birder at the age of 11. He holds a Zoology degree and a Masters degree in Ecology and Evolution from the University of Toronto. He currently works for the Coyote Creek Riparian Station, a bird observatory and research facility in San Jose, California. He also leads birding trips in North and South America. He is currently working on a field guide to the birds of Chile with Peter Burke and David Beadle. Peter Burke, a Biology graduate, has been drawing and painting birds for twenty years, but has been a professional artist only since the mid-1990s. He has traveled to Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Mexico to prepare sketches for this guide. He has also illustrated a guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Canada.

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