A field guide to hawks of North America

William S. Clark, 1937-

Book - 2001

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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2001.
Language
English
Main Author
William S. Clark, 1937- (-)
Other Authors
Brian K. Wheeler, 1955- (-)
Edition
Second edition
Physical Description
316 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 313) and index.
ISBN
9780395670675
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Plates
  • Introduction
  • How to Use This Book
  • List of Terms
  • Plates
  • Species Accounts
  • New World Vultures: Cathartidae
  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture
  • California Condor
  • Ospreys: Pandioninae
  • Osprey
  • Kites: Accipitridae
  • Hook-billed Kite
  • Swallow-tailed Kite
  • White-tailed Kite
  • Snail Kite
  • Mississippi Kite
  • Sea and Fishing Eagles: Haliaeetus
  • Bald Eagle
  • Harriers: Circus
  • Northern Harrier
  • Accipiters: Accipiter
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Cooper's Hawk
  • Northern Goshawk
  • Buteonines: Accipitridae
  • Common Black-Hawk
  • Harris's Hawk
  • Gray Hawk
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Short-tailed Hawk
  • Swainson's Hawk
  • White-tailed Hawk
  • Zone-tailed Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Harlan's Hawk
  • Ferruginous Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • Booted Eagles: Aquila
  • Golden Eagle
  • Falcons: Falconidae
  • Crested Caracara
  • American Kestrel
  • Merlin
  • Aplomado Falcon
  • Gyrfalcon
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Prairie Falcon
  • Vagrants: Accipitridae and Falconidae
  • Eurasian Honey Buzzard
  • Black Kite
  • Egyptian Vulture
  • White-tailed Eagle
  • Steller's Sea Eagle
  • Marsh Harrier
  • Crane Hawk
  • Roadside Hawk
  • Booted Eagle
  • Collared Forest-Falcon
  • Common Kestrel
  • Eurasian Hobby
  • References
  • Index
Review by Choice Review

This new edition replaces the first edition (CH, Dec'87). The main portion includes extensive treatments of all 35 species of Falconiformes (New World vultures included) regularly found north of Mexico. Twelve additional species of "vagrant" hawks are treated in a separate section. All species are illustrated on 40 all-new, well-done to excellent color plates, an increase from the 26 plates in the first edition. The color plates and accompanying facing pages of mini-text emphasize the fine points and field marks for the identification of species, ages, sexes, morphs, and, where appropriate, subspecies. The main text is best described as a "fine tuned version" of the material from the first edition. Gone are the black-and-white photos; these have been replaced by two up to six color photographs for each of the 35 regular species and one or two of each "vagrant." This new material will be useful for advanced birders and experienced hawk watchers; beginners may find the amount of detail somewhat overwhelming. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. S. W. Harris emeritus, Humboldt State University

Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.

NORTHERN GOSHAWK Pl. 13 Accipiter gentilisDescription The Northern Goshawk, our largest accipiter, is a breeding resident in northern and western mountain forests. Wings are long for an accipiter, rather buteo-like. Tip of folded tail is wedge-shaped. Sexes are almost alike in plumage, with females separably larger than males. Juvenile plumage is different from that of adults. Cere is greenish yellow to yellow. Legs are yellow. On perched birds, wingtips extend halfway to tail tip. Widespread race atricapillus is described below.ADULT: Head is black except for wide white superciliary lines and whitish throat. Eye color varies from orange to red to mahogany, darkening with age. Back and upperwing coverts are blue-gray and average darker on females; they contrast with blackish uppersides of flight feathers. Underwing coverts and underparts are pale blue-gray with fine black vermiculations and some vertical black streaking. Females usually have coarser, darker barring and more vertical black streaking. Primaries show dusky banding on undersides; secondaries show, at most, faint banding. Tail is blue-gray, with three or four incomplete blackish bands. Undertail coverts are white and fluffy. Excerpted from A Field Guide to Hawks of North America by William S. Clark, Brian K. Wheeler All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.