Georg F. Striedter is Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. His books include Principles of Brain Evolution, Brains Through Time: A Natural History of Vertebrates, and Model Systems in Biology (MIT Press).

Andrew N. Iwaniuk is Professor at the University of Lethbridge. He has published more than 100 research articles, most of which are on bird brains and behavior.

Preface
Chapter 1: And Introduction to Birds and their Brains
1.1 Birds in the Vertebrate Family Tree
1.2 Phylogeny of Modern Birds
1.3—Avian Brain Size and Neuron Density
1.4—Avian Brain Organization
1.5—Conclusion: Different, yet not so Different
Chapter 2: Daily and Seasonal Rhythms
2.1—Circadian Rhythms
2.2—Sleep in Birds
2.3—Seasonal Changes in Brains and Behavior
Chapter 3: Locomotion and Posture Control
3.1—Flight
3.2—Walking and Running
3.3—Standing Still
Chapter 4: Homing and Migration
4.1—Spatial Orientation and Navigation: Key Concepts
4.2—The Compass Senses of Birds
4.3—Navigational Maps
4.4—Brain Pathways for Orientation and Navigation
4.5—Many Unanswered Questions
Chapter 5: Feeding and Storing Food
5.1—Ground-feeding Birds
5.2—Hunting on the Wing
5.3—Owls Hunting at Night
5.4—Searching for Hidden Food
5.5—Food Storing and Retrieval
5.6—Appetite Regulation
Chapter 6: Sex and Social Behavior
6.1 Sex Determination and Sexual Differentiation
6.2—Sex Differences in the Brain
6.3—Neural Control of Song
6.4—Vocal Control in Non-songbirds
6.5—Non-vocal Displays
6.6—Species, Sex, and Kin Recognition
6.7—Nesting and Parental Care
6.8—To Flock or not to Flock
Chapter 7: Complex Cognition
7.1—The Surprising Complexity of Avian Brains and Cognition
7.2—Memories of What, Where, When
7.3—Feeding Innovations and Tool Use
7.4—Social Intelligence
7.5—An Avian “Prefrontal Cortex”?
7.6—Homology versus Analogy
Chapter 8: The Complex Relationship Between Birds and Us
8.1—Hunting
8.2—Domestication
8.3—Anthropogenic Effects
8.4—Is there a Bright Side?
Appendix: Homologies of the Avian Pallium
A.1–Pallium versus Subpallium
A.2—Hippocampus
A.3—Hyperpallium
A.4—Mesopallium
A.5—Nido- and Arcopallium
A.6—Olfactory Cortex
A.7—Functional Implications
Related Videos and Further Reading
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