Loons
Grebes
Albatrosses
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storm-Petrels
Tropicbirds
Boobies and Gannets
Pelicans
Cormorants
Darters (Anhinga)
Frigatebirds
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Ibises and Spoonbills
Storks
New World Vultures
Flamingos
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Hawks and Allies
Falcons and Caracaras
Chachalacas and Allies
Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
New World Quail
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Thick-knees
Plovers and Lapwings
Oystercatchers
Stilts and Avocets
Jacanas
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, 
and Allies
Coursers and Pratincoles
Gulls, Terns, and Allies
Auks
Pigeons and Doves
Parrots and Allies
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, 
and Allies
Barn Owls
Typical Owls
Nighthawks and Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Trogons
Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers and Allies
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes
Vireos
Crows and Jays
Larks
Swallows and Martins
Chickadees and Titmice
Penduline Tits (Verdin)
Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit)
Nuthatches
Creepers
Wrens
Dippers
Bulbuls
Kinglets
Old World Warblers and 
Gnatcatchers
Old World Flycatchers
Thrushes
Babblers (Wrentit)
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings and Mynas
Accentors
Wagtails and Pipits
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Olive Warbler
Wood-Warblers
Bananaquit
Tanagers
New World Sparrows
Cardinals and Allies
Blackbirds, Orioles, and Allies
Finches and Allies
Old World Sparrows

ALBATROSSES

Family Diomedeidae

Chapter authors: Edward S. Brinkley and Alec Humann

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Cole, L. 2000. A first Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta, in California and a critical re-examination of northern hemisphere records of the former Diomedea cauta complex. North American Birds 54:124-136.

Jouventin, P., and H. Weimerskirch. 1990. Satellite tracking of Wandering albatrosses. Nature 343:746-748.

Langston, N. E., and S. Rowher. 1996. Molt-breeding tradeoffs in Albatrosses: life history implications for big birds. Oikos 76:498-510.

Nevitt, G., R. R. Veit, and P. Kareiva. 1995. Dimethyl sulphide as a foraging cue for Antarctic procellariiform seabirds. Nature 376:680-682.

Nevitt, G. 1999. Foraging by seabirds on an olfactory landscape. American Scientist 87:46-53.

Nunn, G. B., J. Cooper, P. Jouventin, C. J. R. Robertson, and G. G. Robertson. 1996. Evolutionary relationships among extant albatrosses (Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae) established from complete cytochrome-b gene sequences. Auk 113:784-801.

Robertson, G., and R. Gates. 1997. Albatross biology and conservation. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia.

Warham, J. 1990. The petrels: their ecology and breeding systems. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Warham, J. 1996. The behaviour, population biology and physiology of the petrels. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Weimerskirch, H., M. Salamolard, F. Sarrazin, and P. Jouventin. 1993. Foraging strategy of Wandering Albatross through the breeding season: a study using satellite telemetry. Auk 110:325-342