Description

With 46 colour plates, some 330 colour photographs, 270 distribution maps, C. 4000 bibliographical references. Foreword by Luis Baptista and Don Kroodsma. Introduction. Order COLIIFORMES. Family COLIIDAE (Mousebirds). Order TROGONIFORMES. Family TROGONIDAE (Trogons). Order CORACIIFORMES. Family ALCEDINIDAE (Kingfishers). Family TODIDAE (Todies). Family MOMOTIDAE (Motmots). Family MEROPIDAE (Bee-eaters). Family CORACIIDAE (Rollers). Family BRACHYPTERACIIDAE (Ground-rollers). Family LEPTOSOMIDAE (Cuckoo-rollers). Family UPUPIDAE (Hoopoes). Family PHOENICULIDAE (Wood-hoopoes). Family BUCEROTIDAE (Hornbills). REFERENCES. References of Scientific Descriptions. General List of References.