In Birds of Atlantic Canada, 284 species of birds are grouped and colour coded for quick identification. An 11-page Comparative Reference Chart includes all the birds in Birds of Atlantic Canada. You'll find diving birds, heron-like birds, waterfowl, birds of prey, grouse-like birds, rails and coots, shorebirds, gulls, terns and alcids, doves and cuckoos, owls, nightjars, swifts and hummingbirds, woodpeckers, flycatchers, shrikes and vireos, jays and crows, larks and swallows, chickadees, nuthatches and wrens, kinglets, bluebirds and thrushes, mimics, starlings and waxwings, wood-warblers and tanagers, sparrows, grosbeaks and buntings, blackbirds and orioles and finch-like birds. Each account includes an accurate illustration, a range map and comprehensive information on identification and behavioural characteristics, size, status, habitat, nesting, feeding, voice, best sites for viewing and similar species.