Wheeler Birds of Prey of the East

A Field Guide
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4008-9016-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wheeler, Brian K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates 6

Preface 8

Acknowledgments 13

Introduction 16

Taxonomy 16

Book Format 19

Key to Maps 25

Identifying Birds of Prey 26

Anatomy and Plumage Glossary 29

Anatomy and Plumage Plate 31

Age Classification and Molt Stages 35

In-Flight Field-Visible Wing and Tail Molt Plate 45

Species Accounts 46

Florida-Only Species and Subspecies 232

Western Species and Subspecies That Are

Casual or Accidental in the East 260

Bibliography 284

Abbreviations 294

Index 295

Über Autor(innen)

Brian K. Wheeler has been studying, painting, and photographing birds of prey throughout the United States and Canada for more than fifty years. He is the illustrator of Hawks of North America (Peterson Field Guides), the coauthor and photographer of A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors (Princeton), and the author and photographer of Raptors of Eastern North America and Raptors of Western North America (Princeton). His photographs have appeared in many other books and in many bird magazines.