Viewing a Species

image\ebx_-1872421606.gif Click the Field Guide button. See Opening and Closing a Field Guide..

To view a different species, see Typing a Species Name to View.

In Field Guide, there are three views available:

image\ebx_642650557.gif view bird - displays all the information about the species shown in the name tab

image\ebx_256586022.gif view similar - displays the bird plus images of the five most similar looking birds

image\ebx_-1449256404.gif view related - displays images of all birds in the same Family.

 

image\ebx_-14448980.gif Zoom in on a picture and expand it to full screen size. Left-click on the picture and click “Play Recording” to play the song. Scroll through all zoomed photos of a species using the <Previous and the Next> buttons in the lower right corner. Click the Close button in the lower right corner when finished.

image\ebx_1012474062.gif Compare two species side-by-side. Select different species or different views of the same species (male and female for example). You can even select range maps or abundance maps to display. Right-click on a picture to flip it 180 degrees – after all, how can you compare two birds if they are not facing the same direction? You can also play the bird’s song by right-clicking on a picture and clicking Play recording. You may actually play songs for both birds at the same time.

image\ebx_-333938125.gif This icon takes you to the species description in The Birder’s Handbook. The book includes descriptions for birds that breed in North America. Some vagrant and accidental species may not appear in The Birder’s Handbook.

image\ebx_1315322577.gif Print will let you print out the entire page you see in Field Guide view (Windows only). In Mac, click File and then click print.

In the Windows version, you can click Window in the Menu Bar and click on New Window to open another tab that will display a different bird. You may open multiple tabs.