The North American Perching And Dabbling Ducks
by Paul Johnsgard /
2017 / English / PDF
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This volume updates and expands a portion of P. A. Johnsgard's 1975
Waterfowl of North America. It includes two species of the perching
duck tribe Cairinini: the muscovy duck and the wood duck, which
forage on the water surface but perch in trees and nest in elevated
tree cavities. It also includes the dabbling, or surface-feeding,
duck tribe Anatini, that forage on the water surface but nest on
the ground. The species that breed in North America include the
familiar mallards, wigeons, pintails, and teal. Descriptive
accounts of the distributions, populations, ecologies,
social-sexual behaviors, and breeding biology of all these species
are provided. Five additional Eurasian and West Indian species that
have been reported in North America have also been included with
more abbreviated accounts. The updated bibliography contains more
than 1,000 references. There are 12 maps, 31 drawings, 28 photos,
and 58 anatomical or behavioral sketches.
This volume updates and expands a portion of P. A. Johnsgard's 1975
Waterfowl of North America. It includes two species of the perching
duck tribe Cairinini: the muscovy duck and the wood duck, which
forage on the water surface but perch in trees and nest in elevated
tree cavities. It also includes the dabbling, or surface-feeding,
duck tribe Anatini, that forage on the water surface but nest on
the ground. The species that breed in North America include the
familiar mallards, wigeons, pintails, and teal. Descriptive
accounts of the distributions, populations, ecologies,
social-sexual behaviors, and breeding biology of all these species
are provided. Five additional Eurasian and West Indian species that
have been reported in North America have also been included with
more abbreviated accounts. The updated bibliography contains more
than 1,000 references. There are 12 maps, 31 drawings, 28 photos,
and 58 anatomical or behavioral sketches.
