Birds of the United States Virgin Islands - Northern Bobwhite, List of Birds of the Us Virgin Islands, Bicknell's Thrush, Tree Swallow (Paperback)

Chapters: Northern Bobwhite, List of Birds of the Us Virgin Islands, Bicknell's Thrush, Tree Swallow, White-Winged Dove, White-Eyed Vireo, White-Crowned Pigeon, Cave Swallow, Lesser Antillean Bullfinch, Antillean Mango. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This is a list of the bird species recorded in the US Virgin Islands. The avifauna of the US Virgin Islands includes a total of 232 species, of which 6 have been introduced by humans, and 19 are rare or accidental. 6 species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for the US Virgin Islands. The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. It must be noted that not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species. Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae Grebes are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the US Virgin Islands. Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in the US Virgin Islands. Order: ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1090865