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Pheasant culture --- History.

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Ring-necked pheasant --- Habitat --- Population viability analysis --- Monitoring

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A marvelously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globeThe Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from “accentor” to “zeledonia.” A cornucopia of engaging facts and anecdotes, this superbly researched compendium presents a wealth of incisive entries alongside stunning photos by the author and beautiful historic prints and watercolors. Myers provides brief biographies of prominent figures in ornithology—such as John Gould, John Latham, Alfred Newton, and Robert Ridgway—and goes on to describe the etymological history of every common group bird name found in standardized English. She interweaves the stories behind the names with "es from publications dating back to the 1400s, illuminating the shared evolution of language and our relationships with birds, and rooting the names in the history of ornithological discovery.Whether you are a well-traveled birder or have ever wondered how the birds in your backyard got their names, The Bird Name Book is an ideal companion.

Birds --- A Book Of. --- A History of British Birds. --- Acanthizidae. --- Antbird. --- Bearded vulture. --- Bird-of-paradise. --- Birds of New Zealand. --- Blackpoll warbler. --- Bluethroat. --- Bowerbird. --- Bristlebird. --- British Birds (magazine). --- British Ornithologists' Union. --- Bunting (bird). --- Bushshrike. --- Cardinal (bird). --- Citrine warbler. --- Cooper's hawk. --- Corvidae. --- Crested shriketit. --- Crossbill. --- Diglossa (bird). --- English name. --- Eurasian reed warbler. --- Eurasian sparrowhawk. --- Eurasian spoonbill. --- Eurasian woodcock. --- Falconry. --- Figbird. --- Finch. --- Frigatebird. --- Genus. --- Gleaning (birds). --- Guineafowl. --- Honeyeater. --- Hummingbird. --- Insect. --- Insectivore. --- Jerdon's bush lark. --- Kingbird. --- Koklass pheasant. --- Leafbird. --- Little owl. --- Little wattlebird. --- Long-eared owl. --- Lyrebird. --- Macaw. --- Magpie-jay. --- Magpie-robin. --- Malleefowl. --- Mistletoebird. --- Mockingbird. --- Mourner (bird). --- New Guinea. --- New World quail. --- New World warbler. --- Night parrot. --- Oilbird. --- Old World flycatcher. --- Ornithology. --- Ovenbird (family). --- Owlet-nightjar. --- Parrotbill. --- Parrotlet. --- Peregrine falcon. --- Pernis (bird). --- Phasianidae. --- Pheasant. --- Picus (genus). --- Plumage. --- Pochard. --- Rhea (bird). --- Sabrewing. --- Song thrush. --- Songbird. --- Sparrow-weaver. --- Sparrow. --- Spinifexbird. --- Sunbird. --- Tattler (bird). --- The Birds of America. --- The Owl and the Nightingale. --- Thrush (bird). --- Tinkerbird. --- Tit (bird). --- Toucan. --- Tree pipit. --- Tropicbird. --- Tyrant flycatcher. --- Umbrellabird. --- Vesper sparrow. --- Vogelkop melidectes. --- Warbler. --- Wattlebird. --- Western wattlebird. --- Willow warbler. --- Wood warbler. --- Woodcreeper. --- Woodpecker. --- Yellow-mantled widowbird.

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Natural history --- Japan. --- Alpine tundra. --- Amami rabbit. --- Amphibian. --- Asian black bear. --- Biodiversity. --- Bird. --- Blakiston's fish owl. --- Bonin Islands. --- Bronze Age. --- Brown bear. --- Brown-eared bulbul. --- Carapace. --- Cattle. --- Chelidae. --- Copper pheasant. --- Crested ibis. --- Eastern buzzard. --- Endemism. --- Forest floor. --- Ginkgo. --- Habitat destruction. --- Hibernation. --- Insect. --- Introduced species. --- Invertebrate. --- Iriomote cat. --- Izu Islands. --- Japanese archipelago. --- Japanese bush warbler. --- Japanese giant flying squirrel. --- Japanese giant salamander. --- Japanese macaque. --- Japanese marten. --- Japanese serow. --- Korean Peninsula. --- Kuril Islands. --- Land bridge. --- Latham's snipe. --- Least weasel. --- Mammal. --- Mangrove. --- Marine mammal. --- Mountain ecosystems. --- Mustelidae. --- Neolithic. --- North America. --- Pacific Ocean. --- Plumage. --- Red fox. --- Red squirrel. --- Red-crowned crane. --- Rhinoceros auklet. --- Rock ptarmigan. --- Rodent. --- Ryukyu Islands. --- Sakhalin. --- Sapporo. --- Sea of Japan. --- Sea otter. --- Shikoku. --- Shiretoko Peninsula. --- Short-tailed albatross. --- Shrub. --- Siberian chipmunk. --- Sika deer. --- Steller sea lion. --- Textile. --- Tsugaru Strait. --- Vegetation. --- Vole. --- Waterfowl. --- Wetland. --- White-tailed eagle. --- Whooper swan. --- Wild boar. --- Woodpecker. --- Year.

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A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of birds, ranging over topics such as the meaning and origin of species, the evolutionary history of bird diversity, and the evolution of avian reproductive behaviors, plumage ornaments, and social behaviors.In this multifaceted book, Futuyma examines how birds evolved from nonavian dinosaurs and reveals what we can learn from the "family tree" of birds. He looks at the ways natural selection enables different forms of the same species to persist, and discusses how adaptation by natural selection accounts for the diverse life histories of birds and the rich variety of avian parenting styles, mating displays, and cooperative behaviors. He explains why some parts of the planet have so many more species than others, and asks what an evolutionary perspective brings to urgent questions about bird extinction and habitat destruction. Along the way, Futuyma provides an insider's perspective on how biologists practice evolutionary science, from studying the fossil record to comparing DNA sequences among and within species.A must-read for bird enthusiasts and curious naturalists, How Birds Evolve shows how evolutionary biology helps us better understand birds and their natural history, and how the study of birds has informed all aspects of evolutionary science since the time of Darwin.

Birds --- Evolution. --- Accipitriformes. --- Adaptive radiation. --- Allele. --- Allopatric speciation. --- Amino acid. --- Base pair. --- Biologist. --- Bird nest. --- Bird. --- Brood parasite. --- California condor. --- Cassowary. --- Character displacement. --- Charles Darwin. --- Charles Sibley. --- Chromosome. --- Cnemophilidae. --- Common cuckoo. --- Common descent. --- Convergent evolution. --- Coraciiformes. --- Crossbill. --- Darwin's finches. --- David Lack. --- Drongo. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Extra-pair copulation. --- Female. --- Flightless bird. --- Fowl. --- Galliformes. --- Gene flow. --- Gene. --- Genetic drift. --- Genotype. --- Gouldian finch. --- Great kiskadee. --- Great tit. --- Greater prairie chicken. --- Grebe. --- Hawaiian honeycreeper. --- Heritability. --- Hoatzin. --- Honeyeater. --- House sparrow. --- Hybrid (biology). --- Hybrid zone. --- Inopinaves. --- Insect. --- John Ostrom. --- Kentish plover. --- Malleefowl. --- Mating. --- Megapode. --- Mitochondrial DNA. --- Mole salamander. --- Natural selection. --- Neoaves. --- Neognathae. --- Nest box. --- North America. --- Nucleic acid sequence. --- Organism. --- Ornithology. --- Pair bond. --- Passerine. --- Pheasant. --- Phylogenetic tree. --- Piculet. --- Plumage. --- Predation. --- Protein. --- Red-tailed hawk. --- Reproductive isolation. --- Reproductive success. --- Rockhopper penguin. --- Sex ratio. --- Sexual dimorphism. --- Sexual selection in birds. --- Sexual selection. --- Sexy son hypothesis. --- Sister group. --- Songbird. --- Sparrow. --- Speciation. --- Species. --- Supernormal stimulus. --- Taxon. --- Theropoda. --- Thrush (bird). --- Tinamou. --- Tit (bird). --- Toucan. --- Trogon. --- Tyrant flycatcher. --- Warbler. --- Waterfowl. --- Whooping crane. --- Wood warbler. --- Woodpecker.