Raptors The Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Owls of North America

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Pub. Date: 2002-09-11
Publisher(s): Roberts Rinehart
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Summary

Ann Price provides a brief description of what separates raptors from other birds, their evolution from prehistoric forebears, and distribution throughout the Noth American continent today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 4(1)
Foreword 5(1)
How to Use This Book 5(1)
What Makes a Bird a Raptor? 6(1)
Glossary 7(1)
Bird or Dinosaur? 8(1)
What About These Funny Names? 9(1)
Summer Distribution 10(1)
EAGLES
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
11(1)
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
12(1)
OSPREY
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
13(1)
VULTURES
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianus
14(1)
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
15(1)
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
16(1)
KITES
Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
17(1)
Swallow-Tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
18(1)
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
19(1)
White-Tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
20(1)
FALCONS
Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus
21(1)
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
22(1)
Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus
23(1)
Aplomado Falcon
Falco femoralis
24(1)
Merlin
Falco columbarius
25(1)
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
26(1)
Crested Caracara
Caracara plancus
27(1)
HARRIERS
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
28(1)
HAWKS
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
29(1)
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
30(1)
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
31(1)
Harris' Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
32(1)
Red-Tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
33(1)
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
34(1)
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo regalis
35(1)
Rough-Legged Hawk
Buteo lagopus
36(1)
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
37(1)
Broad-Winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
38(1)
Short-Tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
39(1)
White-Tailed Hawk
Buteo albicaudatus
40(1)
Gray Hawk
Asturina nitida
41(1)
Zone-Tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
42(1)
Common Black Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
43(1)
OWLS
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
44(1)
Long-Eared Owl
Asio otus
45(1)
Short-Eared Owl
Asio flammeus
46(1)
Western Screech Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Otus kennicottii/Otus asio
47(1)
Flammulated Owl
Otus flammeolus
48(1)
Snowy Owl
Nyctea scandiaca
49(1)
Great Gray Owl
Strix nebulosa
50(1)
Barred Owl
Strix varia
51(1)
Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis
52(1)
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
53(1)
Northern Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
54(1)
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum
55(1)
Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyi
56(1)
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
57(1)
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereus
58(1)
Northern Hawk Owl
Surnia ulula
59(1)
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
60(1)
Nature Hunt: The Environmental Game for the 21st Century 61(2)
Build a Kestrel Box 63(1)
Bibliography About the Author 64

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