Raptors of Mexico and Central America

✍ Scribed by William S. Clark; N. John Schmitt; Lloyd Kiff

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 304
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The essential field guide to the raptors of Mexico and Central America

Raptors are among the most challenging birds to identify in the field due to their bewildering variability of plumage, flight silhouettes, and behavior. Raptors of Mexico and Central America is the first illustrated guide to the region's 69 species of raptors, including vagrants. It features 32 stunning color plates and 213 color photos, and a distribution map for each regularly occurring species. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, age-related plumages, status and distribution, subspecies, molt, habitats, behaviors, potential confusion species, and more.

Raptors of Mexico and Central America is the essential field guide to this difficult bird group and the ideal travel companion for anyone visiting this region of the world.

• Covers all 69 species of raptors found in Mexico and Central America
• Features 32 color plates and hundreds of color photos
• Provides multiple illustrations of each species
• Depicts and describes variations in plumage by individual, morph, age, and region
• Describes behavior, food preferences, hunting strategies, vocalizations, and molt
• Covers rare and extralimital species
• Includes distribution maps and flight silhouettes

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
LIST OF PLATES
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PLATES
TURKEY VULTURE AND LESSER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE
KING VULTURE AND BLACK VULTURE
BALD EAGLE AND OSPREY
GRAY-HEADED KITE AND HOOK-BILLED KITE
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE AND WHITE-TAILED KITE
DOUBLE-TOOTHED KITE AND PEARL KITE
SNAIL KITE AND SLENDER-BILLED KITE
PLUMBEOUS KITE AND MISSISSIPPI KITE
CRANE HAWK AND NORTHERN HARRIER
TINY HAWK, WHITE-BREASTED HAWK, AND SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
NORTHERN GOSHAWK, COOPER’S HAWK, AND BICOLORED HAWK
ROADSIDE HAWK, PLUMBEOUS HAWK, AND SEMIPLUMBEOUS HAWK
WHITE HAWK AND BARRED HAWK
SAVANNAH HAWK AND BLACK-COLLARED HAWK
BUTEOGALLUS ADULTS
BUTEOGALLUS IMMATURES
GRAY-LINED HAWK, GRAY HAWK, AND RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
SHORT-TAILED HAWK AND BROAD-WINGED HAWK
SWAINSON’S HAWK
WHITE-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
ZONE-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AND FERRUGINOUS HAWK
GOLDEN EAGLE AND HARRIS’S HAWK
CRESTED EAGLE AND HARPY EAGLE
BLACK AND WHITE EAGLE, BLACK HAWK-EAGLE, AND ORNATE HAWK-EAGLE
LARGE CARACARAS
LAUGHING FALCON AND YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA
FOREST-FALCONS
APLOMADO FALCON, AMERICAN KESTREL, AND MERLIN
BAT FALCON AND ORANGE-BREASTED FALCON
PRAIRIE FALCON AND PEREGRINE FALCON
VAGRANTS AND INTRODUCED
NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
California Condor
King Vulture
OSPREY: Pandioninae
Osprey
FAMILY: Accipitridae
Gray-headed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Slender-billed Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Bald Eagle
Black-collared Hawk
Northern Harrier
Long-winged Harrier
Gray-bellied Hawk
Tiny Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
White-breasted Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Crane Hawk
Plumbeous Hawk
Savannah Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Solitary Eagle
Barred Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris’s Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
White Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Gray-lined Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Harlan’s Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Crested Eagle
Harpy Eagle
Golden Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Black and White Eagle
FALCONIDS: Falconidae
Laughing Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Red-throated Caracara
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Orange-breasted Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
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