Clark / Schmitt Raptors of Mexico and Central America

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8507-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, William S.

Schmitt, N. John

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kiff, Lloyd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates 7

Foreword 8

Acknowledgments 10

INTRODUCTION 11

How to Use This Guide 16

Raptor Glossary 17

PLATES 24

SPECIES ACCOUNTS 88

NEW WORLD VULTURES:

Cathartiformes

Black Vulture 88

Turkey Vulture 91

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 94

California Condor 97

King Vulture 99

OSPREY: Pandioninae

Osprey 102

FAMILY: Accipitridae

Gray-headed Kite 106

Hook-billed Kite 109

Swallow-tailed Kite 112

Pearl Kite 115

White-tailed Kite 117

Snail Kite 121

Slender-billed Kite 126

Double-toothed Kite 128

Mississippi Kite 130

Plumbeous Kite 133

Bald Eagle 135

Black-collared Hawk 138

Northern Harrier 140

Long-winged Harrier 144

Gray-bellied Hawk 146

Tiny Hawk 148

Sharp-shinned Hawk 150

White-breasted Hawk 154

Cooper’s Hawk 156

Bicolored Hawk 159

Northern Goshawk 162

Crane Hawk 165

Plumbeous Hawk 167

Savannah Hawk 169

Common Black Hawk 172

Great Black Hawk 176

Solitary Eagle 180

Barred Hawk 183

Roadside Hawk 186

Harris’s Hawk 190

White-tailed Hawk 193

White Hawk 197

Semiplumbeous Hawk 199

Gray Hawk 201

Gray-lined Hawk 204

Red-shouldered Hawk 207

Broad-winged Hawk 211

Short-tailed Hawk 214

Swainson’s Hawk 218

Zone-tailed Hawk 222

Red-tailed Hawk 225

Harlan’s Hawk 231

Ferruginous Hawk 234

Rough-legged Hawk 237

Crested Eagle 240

Harpy Eagle 242

Golden Eagle 245

Black Hawk-Eagle 248

Ornate Hawk-Eagle 250

Black and White Eagle 253

FALCONIDS: Falconidae

Laughing Falcon 257

Barred Forest-Falcon 259

Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon 262

Collared Forest-Falcon 264

Red-throated Caracara 267

Crested Caracara 269

Yellow-headed Caracara 273

American Kestrel 276

Merlin 280

Aplomado Falcon 284

Bat Falcon 288

Orange-breasted Falcon 291

Peregrine Falcon 294

Prairie Falcon 298

References 301

Index 303

Über Autor(innen)

William S. Clark is a raptor photographer, tour guide, and lecturer, and one of the world's leading authorities on raptors. His books include A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors (Princeton) and A Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. N. John Schmitt is an acclaimed bird artist who specializes in birds of prey. He is the illustrator of A Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa and illustrated the diurnal raptors in Birds of Peru (Princeton).