Wheeler Birds of Prey of the West

A Field Guide
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4008-9017-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wheeler, Brian K.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates 6

Preface 9

Acknowledgments 13

Introduction 17

Taxonomy 17

Book Format 21

Key to Maps 27

Identifying Birds of Prey 28

Anatomy and Plumage Glossary 31

Anatomy and Plumage Plate 33

Age Classification and Molt Stages 37

In-Flight Field-Visible Wing and Tail Molt Plate 49

Species Accounts 50

Southwestern Specialty Species 286

Bibliography 343

Abbreviations 356

Index 357

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.