Table of Contents

Preface

List of figures

Part I Diversity

1 Special features of birds

2 The evolution of birds

Part II The life cycle

3 Choosing a mate

4 Reproduction

5 Development

Part III The senses

6 Vision

7 Hearing, smell, taste and touch

Part IV The minds of birds

8 How birds communicate

9 Learning

10 Are birds intelligent?

Part V Birds and humans

11 Domestication

12 Birds, humans and conservation

Notes

Select bibliography

Illustration sources

Scientific names of birds

Index

About the Author

Gisela Kaplan and Lesley Rogers are both professors at the University of New England, NSW.