Appendix A. Sources of continental bird species richness data.
Andrle, R. F., and J. R. Carroll. 1988. The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Araya, B., and S. Chester. 1993. The Birds of Chile, A Field Guide. Latour, Santiago, Chile.
Armstrong, R. H. 1990. Guide to the Birds of Alaska. Alaska Northwest Books, Bothell, Washington, USA.
Baldwin, P. J., and B. S. Meadows. 1988. Birds of Madinat Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah and its hinterland. Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
Boonsong, L., and E. W. Cronin, Jr. 1974. Bird Guide of Thailand. Kurusapa Ladprao Press, Bangkok, Thailand.
Brauning, D. W. 1992. Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Brown, L. H., E. K. Urban, and K. Newman. 1982. The Birds of Africa – Volume One. Academic Press, London, UK.
De Schauensee, R. M. 1984. The Birds of China. Smithsonian, Washington, DC, USA.
Elder, D. H. 1994. The Birds of Quetico Provincial Park and the Atikokan Area. Friends of Quetico Park, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada.
Erskine, A. J. 1992. Atlas of Breeding Birds of the Maritime Provinces. Crown copy right, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Flint, V. E., R. L. Boehme, Y. V. Kostin, and A. A. Kuznetsov. 1984. A Field Guide to the Birds of the USSR. Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Fry, C. H., S. Keith, and E. K. Urban. 1988. The Birds of Africa – Volume Three. Academic Press, London, UK.
Gatter, W. 1997. Birds of Liberia. Pica Press, Sussex, UK.
Gautier, J., and Y. Aubry. Editors. 1996. Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Southern Quebec. Province of Quebec Society for the Protection of Birds and Canadian Wildlife Service, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Godfrey, W. E. 1986. The Birds of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Hagemeier, W. J. M., and M. J. Blair. 1997. The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds: Their Distribution and Abundance. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
Hall, G. A. 1984. A long-term bird population study in an Appalachian spruce forest. Wilson Bulletin 962:228–240.
Harrison, C. 1982. Atlas of the Birds of the Western Palearctic. Collins, London, UK.
Heinzel, H., R. S. R. Fitter, and J. Parslow.1987. The Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. Collins, London, UK.
Hilty, S. L., and W. L. Brown.1986. A Guide to the Birds of Columbia. Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Hollom, P. A. D., R. F. Porter, S. Christensen, and I. Willis. 1988. Birds of the Middle East and North Africa. Buteo Books, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA.
Howard, R., and A. Moore. 1980. A complete checklist of the Birds of the World. Oxford, London, UK.
Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb. 1995. The Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford, New York, New York, USA.
Inskipp, C., and T. Inskipp. 1985. A Guide to the Birds of Nepal. Croom Helm, London, UK.
Jehl, J. R., Jr. 1970. Birds of the Churchill Region, Manitoba. Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg, Canada.
Kazmierczak, K., and B. van Perlo. 2000. A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Mills, G. S., J. B. Dunning, Jr., and J. M. Bates. 1989. Effects of urbanization on breeding bird community structure in southwestern desert habitats. Condor 91:416–428.
Moreau, R. E. 1966. The bird faunas of Africa and its islands. Academic Press, London, UK.
Newman, K. 1991. Birds of Southern Africa. Collins, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Peck, G. K., and R. D. James. 1983. Breeding Birds of Ontario, nidology and distribution, vol. 1. Nonpasserines. The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Peck, G. K., and R. D. James. 1987. Breeding Birds of Ontario, nidology and distribution, vol. 2. Passerines. The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Pizzey, G. A. 1980. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Porter, R. F., and S. Christensen. 1996. Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East. T. and A.D. Poyser, London, UK.
Ridgely, R. S., and G. Tudor. 1994. The Birds of South America, volume one: The Oscine Passerines. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, USA.
Ridgely, R. S., and G. Tudor. 1994. The Birds of South America, volume two: The Suboscine Passerines. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, USA.
Robbins, C. S., B. Brunn, and H. S. Zim. 1983. A Guide to Field Identification, Birds of North America. Golden Press, New York, New York, USA.
Ridgely, R. S., and S. J. C. Gaulin. 1980. The birds of Finca Merenberg, Huila Department, Columbia. Condor 82:379–391.
Scotter, G. W., T. J. Ulrich, and E. T. Jones. 1999. Birds of the Canadian Rockies. Fifth House Ltd., Calgary, Canada.
Semenchuk, G. P. 1992. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Alberta. Federation of Alberta Naturalists, Edmonton, Canada.
Sibley, C. G., and B. L. Monroe, Jr. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Snow, D. W., and C. M. Perrins. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Volume 1. Non-Passerines. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA.
Snow, D. W., and C. M. Perrins. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Volume 2. Passerines. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA.
Stotz, D. F., J. W. Fitzpatrick, T. A. Parker III, and D. K. Moskovits. 1996. Neotropical birds – Ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Szaro, R. C., and M. D. Jakle. 1985. Avian use of a desert riparian island and its adjacent scrub habitat. Condor 87:511–519.
Tozer, R. G., and J. M. Richards. 1974. Birds of the Oshawa – Lake Scugog Region, Ontario. The Alger Press Ltd., Oshawa.
Urban, E. K., C. H. Fry, and S. Keith. 1986. The Birds of Africa – Volume Two. Academic Press, London, UK.
Walters, M. 1980. The Complete Birds of the World. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune, New Jersey, USA.
Wauer, R. H. 1992. The Visitor’s Guide to the Birds of the Eastern National Parks - United states and Canada. John Muir Publications, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Electronic data resources
Brasilia, Brazil: http://www.bdt.fat.org.br/zoologia/aves/avesdf/
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
Cambodia: http://phnompenhdaily.com/3c.htm
Not accessed since 2000. Link no longer active.
Canberra, Australia: http://canberrabirds.org.au/chklist.htm
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
Cedar Creek, Minnesota: http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/birds/
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
Contra Costa county, California: http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/ccclist.htm
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
Fernbank Forest, Georgia: http://fsc.fernbank.edu/Birding/checklist.htm
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
GNV174, digitized precipitation data: http://www.grid.unep.ch/data/data.php
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
Platte River Valley, Nebraska: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/birds/platte/platte.htm
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
Rudall River N.P. Western Australia: http://cygwww.uwa.edu.au/~austecol/rudall.html
Not accessed since 2000. Link no longer active.
SNARL, California: http://vesr.ucnrs.org/pages/snarlbirds.html
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
Stirling Range N.P. Western Australia: http://cygwww.uwa.edu.au/~austecol/srnp.html
Not accessed since 2000. Link no longer active.
Tarrant County, Texas Bird Checklist: http://www.geocities.com/kinglet32/tarrant1.htm
Accessed on March 3, 2006.
For sources of insular bird species richness see Kalmar and Currie 2006.