Title:
Hawks, eagles & falcons of North America : biology and natural history / Paul A. Johnsgard. Hawks, eagles and falcons of North America
Hawks, eagles and falcons of North America Hawks, eagles and falcons of North America
Hawks, eagles, and falcons of North America. Hawks, eagles and falcons of North America
Main Entry:
Johnsgard, Paul A. Author.
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press,
Publication Date:
1990.
Publication Place:
Washington :
ISBN:
9780874746822 (alk. paper)
0874746825 (alk. paper)
9781560989462 (paperback)
1560989467 (paperback)
Subject:
Falconiformes -- North America.
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.
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