Cormorants, darters, and pelicans of the world /
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Washington :
Smithsonian Institution Press,
[1993]
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Table of Contents:
- Comparative biology
- Phylogeny, taxonomy and zoogeography
- Comparative morphology and anatomy
- Egocentric and locomotory behavior
- Feeding behavior and foraging ecology
- Social behavior
- Reproductive biology
- Population dynamics and conservation biology
- Species accounts
- Cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Long-tailed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus)
- Crowned cormorant (Phalacrocorax coronatus)
- Pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)
- Javanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
- Littled pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
- Pallas' cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus)
- Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax pencillatus)
- Galapagos (flightless) cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi)
- Bank cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
- Black-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- Neotropic (olivaceous) cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
- Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
- Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fusciollis)
- Pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- Little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris).
- (cont) Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
- Socotra shag (Leucocarbo nigrogularis)
- Cape shag (Leucocarbo capensis)
- Guanay shag (Leucocarbo bougainvillii)
- Imperial shag ( Leucocarbo atriceps)
- Campbell Island shag (Leucocarbo campbelli)
- King (rough-faced) shag (Leucocarbo campbelli)
- Stewart Island (bronze) shag (Leucocarbo [carunculatus] chalconotus)
- Chatham island shag (Leucocarbo [carunculatus] onslowi)
- Auckland island shag (Leucocarbo [carunculatus] colensoi)
- Bounty island shag (Leucocarbo [carunculatus] ranfurlyi)
- Rock shag (Leucocarbo magellanicus)
- Pelagic shag (Leucocarbo pelagicus)
- Red-faced shag (Leucocarbo urile)
- European shag (Leucocarbo aristotelis)
- Red-legged shag (Leucocarbo gaimardi)
- Spotted shag (Leucocarbo punctatus)
- Pitt Island shag (Leucocarbo [punctatus] featherstoni)
- Darters (Anhingidae)
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Eastern (great) white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus).
- (cont) Pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
- Spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
- Dalmation pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
- Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Keys for species identification
- Glossary of scientific and vernacular names
- Head profile indentification drawings.