Below is a list of species mentioned in the text. The anglicised names are given as they appear in the book, together with their scientific names (see the IOC World Bird List – www.worldbirdnames.org). The names of families, such as tinamous and birds-of-paradise, are not included. Species are arranged in alphabetical order for convenience.
Abbott’s Booby Papasula abbotti
Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Albert’s Lyrebird Menura alberti
Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
American Black Duck Anas ruprides
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera
Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella
Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna
Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
Archbold’s Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis
Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
Atoll Starling Aplonis feadensis
Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae
Black Robin Petroica traversi
Black Sicklebill Epimachus fastosus
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocoryphus
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Black-tailed Leaftosser Sclerurus caudacutus
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Blue Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea rudolphi
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola
Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata
Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus
Brent Goose Branta bernicla
Bronze Parotia Parotia berlepschi
Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri
Brünnich’s Guillemot Uria lomvia
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini
Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
Bushwren Xenicus longipes
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
California Condor Gymnogyps californianus
California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus
Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
Carrion Crow Corvus cornone
Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris
Cebu Flowerpecker Dicaeum quadricolor
Chatham Island Robin Petroica traversi
Chatham Kaka Nestor chathamensis
Checker-throated Antwren Epinecrophylla fulviventris
Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris
Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimalaena
Chico’s Tyrannulet Zimmerius chicomendesi
Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Chubut Steamer Duck Tachyeres leucocephalus
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus
Coal-crested Finch Charitospiza eucosma
Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
Cocos Finch Pinaroloxias inornata
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicolis
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Common Cactus Finch Geospiza scandens
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Common Raven Corvus corax
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Swift Apus apus
Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
Crab Plover Dromas ardeola
Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
Crimson Fruitcrow Haematoderus militaris
Cuckoo Roller Leptosomus discolor
Curl-crested Manucode Manucodia comrii
Dodo Raphus cucullatus
Domestic Chicken Gallus gallus
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans
Emperor Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea guilielmi
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Fairy Pitta Piita nympha
Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus
Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Fischer’s Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens
Fuegian Steamer Duck Tachyeres pteneres
Galápagos Mockingbird Mimus parvulus
Galápagos Penguin Spheniscus meniculus
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
Garnet Pitta Erythropitta granatina
Genovesa Cactus Finch Geospiza propinqua
Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
Giant Ibis Thaumatibus gigantia
Gibson’s Albatross Diomedea gibsoni
Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
Golden-capped Parakeet Aratinga auricapillus
Golden-fronted Bowerbird Amblyornis flavifrons
Golden-headed Manakin Pipra erythrocephala
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Grauer’s Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis
Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
Greater Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea apoda
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Greater Flowerpiercer Diglossa major
Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
Greater Vasa Parrot Caracoptis vasa
Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
Grey Tinamou Tinamus tao
Grey Warbler-Finch Certhidea fusca
Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa carbonaria
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei
Grey-headed Lovebird Agapornis canus
Grey-headed Picathartes Picathartes oreas
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus
Haast’s Eagle Harpagornis moorei
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
Hawaiian Crow Corvus hawaiiensis
Hawaiian Duck Anas wyvilliana
Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis
Heath Hen Tympanuchus cupido cupido
Hepatic Tanager Piranga hepatica
Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanius
Hispaniolan Crossbill Loxia megaplaga
Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Hose’s Broadbill Calyptomena hosii
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Italian Sparrow Passer italiae
Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre
Junin Grebe Podiceps taczanowski
Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus
Kakapo Strigops habroptilus
Kea Nestor notabilis
King of Saxony Bird-of-Paradise Pteridophora alberti
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
Klages’s Antwren Myrmotherula klagesi
Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
Large Ground Finch Geospiza magnirostris
Lawes’s Parotia Parotia lawesii
Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis
Lear’s Macaw Anodorhynchus leari
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
Lesser Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea minor
Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
Louisiade White-eye Zosterops griseotinctus
MacGregor’s Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae
Madagascan Buzzard Buteo brachypterus
Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis
Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Marquesan Ground Dove Gallicolumba rubescens.
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
Medium Ground Finch Geospiza fortis
Mexican Duck Anas diazi
Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Monteiro’s Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monteiro
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Nanday Parakeet Nandayus nenday
Nēnē Branta sandvicensis
New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides
New Caledonian Lorikeet Charmosyna diadema
New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles savesi
New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
New Zealand Merganser Mergus australis
New Zealand Rockwren Xenicus gilviventris
New Zealand Storm Petrel Fregetta maoriana
Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis
Noisy Scrubbird Atrichornis clamosus
Norfolk Kaka Nestor productus
Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
Northern Pygmy Owl Glaucidium californicum
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
Palmchat Dulus dominicus
Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguinae
Papuan Treecreeper Cormobates placens
Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus
Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus
Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Pohnpei Starling Aplonis pelzelni
Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri
Poo-uli Melamprosops phaeosoma
Przevalski’s Finch Urocynchramus pylzowi
Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata
Puerto Rican Screech Owl Megascops nudipes
Rail-babbler Eupetes macrocerus
Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris
Rarotonga Starling Aplonis cinerascens
Razorbill Alca torda
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
Red-headed Manakin Ceratopipra rubracapilla
Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Rinjani Scops Owl Otus jolandae
River Tyrannulet Serpophaga hypoleuca
Rodrigues Solitaire Pezophaps solitaria
Rondonia Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis ochrogyna
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Ruddy Duck Oxyura australis
Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginsus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Rufous Scrubbird Atrichornis rufescens
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
Sapayoa Sapayoa aenigma
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Scaled Flowerpiercer Diglossa duidae
Scaled Spinetail Craniolenea muelleri
Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Seychelles Parakeet Psittacula wardi
Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis
Sharp-beaked Ground Finch Geospiza difficilis
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
Slaty Flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
Snethlage’s Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus minor
Solomons Frogmouth Rigidipenna inexpectata
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus
South Island Piopio Turnagra capensis
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata orbitalis
Spix’s Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii
Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevius
Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculata
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
Spotted Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
Stephens Island Wren Traversia lyalli
Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus
Stout-legged Wren Pachyplichas yaldwyni
Streaked Berrypecker Melanocharis striativentris
Streaked Bowerbird Amblyornis subalaris
Sucunduri Flycatcher Tolmomyias sucunduri
Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea
Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis
Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
Superb Pitta Pitta superba
Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Taita Thrush Turdus helleri
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena
Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
Vampire Ground Finch Geospiza septentrionalis
Vegetarian Finch Platyspiza crassirostris
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Vogelkop Bowerbird Amblyornis inornatus
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
White-breasted Antbird Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi
White-cheeked Starling Poliopsar cineraceus
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Whitehead’s Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi
Whooping Crane Grus americana
Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise Diphyllodes respublica
Woodpecker Finch Camarhynchus pallidus
Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
Yellow-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera lauterbachi
Yellow-headed Picathartes Picathartes gymnocephalus
Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata