| Description |
xvi, 403 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index. |
| Contents |
Comparative Biology -- Evolution, Classification, and Zoogeography -- Foraging Ecology and Foods -- Comparative Behavior -- Reproductive Biology -- Population Biology and Conservation -- Natural Histories of Individual Species -- Family Accipitridae (kites, hawks, and eagles) -- Subfamily Pandioninae (osprey) -- Osprey -- Subfamily Accipitrinae (kites, typical hawks, and eagles) -- Pernine kites -- Hook-billed Kite -- American Swallow-tailed Kite -- Elanine and milvine kites -- Black-shouldered Kite -- Snail Kite -- Mississippi Kite -- Sea eagles and fish eagles -- Bald Eagle -- Typical harriers -- Northern Harrier -- Typical accipiters -- Sharp-shinned Hawk -- Cooper's Hawk -- Northern Goshawk -- Typical buteonine hawks -- Common Black-hawk -- Harris' Hawk -- Gray Hawk -- Red-shouldered Hawk -- Broad-winged Hawk -- Short-tailed Hawk -- Swainson's Hawk -- White-tailed Hawk -- Zone-tailed Hawk -- Red-tailed Hawk -- Ferruginous Hawk -- Rough-legged Hawk -- Booted eagles -- Golden Eagle -- Family Falconidae (caracaras and falcons) -- Tribe Polyborini (caracaras) -- Crested Caracara -- Tribe Falconini (falcons) -- American Kestrel -- Merlin -- Aplomado Falcon -- Peregrin Falcon -- Gyrfalcon -- Prairie Falcon -- Key to the Species of North American Falconiform Birds -- Origins of Vernacular and Scientific Names of North American Falconiform Birds -- Field Identification Views and Anatomical Drawings of North American Falconiform Birds. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive reference discusses all aspects of raptors, including their biology, habitat, and behavior, and offers identification information. |
| Subject |
Falconiformes -- North America.
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Birds.
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North America.
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Birds (DNLM)D001717
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North America (DNLM)D009656
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Birds (OCoLC)fst00832970
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Falconiformes (OCoLC)fst00919990
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North America https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxRHKPqWyj6g89H9PwHmd (OCoLC)fst01242475
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Johnsgard, Paul A. Hawks, eagles & falcons of North America. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1990 (OCoLC)645907553 |
| ISBN |
0874746825 (alk. paper) |
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9780874746822 (alk. paper) |
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1560989467 (pbk.) |
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9781560989462 (pbk.) |
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