Introduction 5 Avian topography 7 Plates and species accounts 8 PHASIANIDAEPartridges, quails, pheasants, etc.8 DENDROCYGNIDAEWhistling-ducks14 ANATIDAE 14 ANATINAE 14 AnseriniGeese, atypical ducks, pygmy geese14 & 18 AnatiniTypical ducks16 TURNICIDAEButtonquails8 INDICATORIDAEHoneyguides22 PICIDAEWrynecks, piculets, typical woodpeckers22 MEGALAIMIDAEAsian barbets30 BUCEROTIDAEAsian hornbills32 UPUPIDAEHoopoes50 TROGONIDAE 36 HarpactiniAsian trogons36 CORACIIDAERollers48 ALCEDINIDAESmaller kingfishers38 HALCYONIDAELarger kingfishers36 CERYLIDAEPied kingfishers40 MEROPIDAEBee-eaters40 CUCULIDAEOld World cuckoos42 CENTROPODIDAECoucals42 PSITTACIDAEParrots and parakeets50 APODIDAESwifts52 HEMIPROCNIDAETreeswifts54 TYTONIDAEBarn and bay owls54 STRIGIDAETypical owls54 BATRACHOSTOMIDAEAsian frogmouths60 EUROSTOPODIDAEEared nightjars58 CAPRIMULGIDAE 60 CAPRIMULGINAETypical nightjars60 COLUMBIDAEPigeons and doves62 GRUIDAE 144 GRUINAETypical cranes144 HELIORNITHIDAEFinfoots70 RALLIDAERails, gallinules, coots70 SCOLOPACIDAE 74 SCOLOPACINAEWoodcocks, snipes74 TRINGINAESandpipers, phalaropes, etc.76 ROSTRATULIDAEPainted-snipes74 JACANIDAEJacanas78 BURHINIDAEThick-knees90 CHARADRIIDAE 90 RECURVIROSTRINAE 90 RecurvirostriniStilts, avocets90 CHARADRIINAEPlovers, lapwings92 GLAREOLIDAE 90 DROMADINAECrab-plover90 GLAREOLINAEPratincoles92 LARIDAE 98 LARINAE 98 StercorariiniJaegers98 RynchopiniSkimmers98 LariniGulls100 SterniniTerns, noddies102 ACCIPITRIDAE 110 PANDIONINAEOsprey114 ACCIPITRINAEHawks, eagles110 FALCONIDAEFalcons130 PODICIPEDIDAEGrebes20 PHAETHONTIDAETropicbirds146 SULIDAEBoobies148 ANHINGIDAEDarters134 PHALACROCORACIDAECormorants134 ARDEIDAEEgrets, herons, bitterns136 THRESKIORNITHIDAEIbises, spoonbills134 & 142 PELECANIDAE 146 PELECANINAEPelicans146 CICONIIDAE 142 CICONIINAEStorks142 FREGATIDAEFrigatebirds146 PROCELLARIIDAE 148 PROCELLARIINAEShearwaters and allies148 HYDROBATINAEStorm-petrels148 PITTIDAEPittas150 EURYLAIMIDAE 152 CALYPTOMENINAEGreen broadbills154 EURYLAIMINAETypical broadbills152 PARDALOTIDAE 216 ACANTHIZINAE 216 AcanthiziniGerygones and allies216 IRENIDAEFairy bluebirds, leafbirds154 LANIIDAEShrikes156 CORVIDAE 156 CINCLOSOMATINAERail-babblers and allies156 PACHYCEPHALINAE 180 PachycephaliniWhistlers and allies180 CORVINAE 158 & 198 CorviniJays, magpies, treepies, crows, etc.158 ArtaniiniWoodswallows and allies198 OrioliniOrioles, cuckooshrikes, minivets, etc.162 DICRURINAE 158 & 170 RhipiduriniFantails170 DicruriniDrongos158 MonarchiniMonarchs, paradise-flycatchers, etc.172 AEGITHININAEIoras170 MALACONOTINAE 172 VanginiPbilentomas, woodshrikes and allies172 CINCLIDAFDippers178 MUSCICAPIDAE 174 TURDINAEThrushes, shortwings174 & 194 MUSCICAPINAE 180 MuscicapiniOld World flycatchers180 SaxicoliniChats and allies178 & 190 STURNIDAE 198 SturniniStarlings, mynas198 SITTIDAE 204 SITTINAENuthatches204 CERTHIIDAE 204 CERTHIINAE 204 CerthiiniTreecreepers204 PARIDAE 204 REMIZINAEPenduline tits204 PARINAETypical tits204 AEGITHALIDAELong-tailed tits206 HIRUNDINIDAE 206 PSEUD.