Flight identification of raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dick Forsman.
• Authors: Forsman, Dick
• Other Names: Fundación Migres
• Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Flight identification of raptors; Plumage variation in raptors; Viewing conditions; Moult; Factors affecting flight; Previous experience; Topography; Glossary; Hawk-Watching in and around Europe; Migration Ecology of Raptors; Species Accounts; Osprey Pandion haliaetus; European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus; Crested Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus; Identification of hybrid honey-buzzards; Identification of Milvus kites; Black Kite Milvus migrans; Western Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans Black-eared Kite Milvus migrans lineatus'Eastern Black Kite' -- Identifying hybrids and intergrades between Western Black Kite and Black-eared Kite; Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius; Red Kite Milvus milvus; Identifying hybrids between Black Kite and Red Kite; Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus; Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus; White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla; Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus; Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus; African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer; Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus; Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvusRüppell's Griffon Vulture Gyps rueppellii; African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus; Himalayan Griffon Vulture Gyps himalayensis; Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus; Black Vulture Aegypius monachus; Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos; Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus; Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus; Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus; How to separate Black Kite, Marsh Harrier and dark morph Booted Eagle; Identification of 'ringtail' harriers; Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus; Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Pallid Harrier Circus macrourusMontagu's Harrier Circus pygargus; Identification of hybrid harriers; Identification of Accipiter hawks; Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis; Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus; Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes; Shikra Accipiter badius; Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates; Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar; Separating Common Buzzard and European Honey-buzzard; Identification of Buteo buzzards; Identification of Buteo hybrids; Common Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo; Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus; Eastern Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus Atlas Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus cirtensisRough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus; Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos; Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca; Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti; Separating Steppe Eagle and Lesser Spotted Eagle; Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis; Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax; Separating Greater Spotted Eagle and Lesser Spotted Eagle; Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga; Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina; Identification of hybrid spotted eagles; Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii; Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata; Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
• Publisher Details: London New York : Christopher Helm, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, photographs
• Subjects: 598.9; Nature -- Birdwatching Guides; Birds of prey -- Europe; Birds of prey -- Africa, North; Birds of prey -- Middle East; NATURE / Animals / Birds; NATURE / Birdwatching Guides; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology; Birds of prey; Wildlife: birds & birdwatching; Africa, North; Europe; Middle East; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472925541; 1472925548; 9781472925558; 1472925556
• Related ISBNs: 9781472913616
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 540-541) and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 21, 2016).
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