The falcons of the world / by Tom J. Cade ; with paintings by R. David Rigby

• PART I -- Introduction -- Special characters of the genus Falco -- Classification -- Distribution and migration -- Feeding adaptations -- Size and flying performance -- Hunting success -- Reversed sexual dimorphism -- Social behaviour and reproduction -- Falcons and men -- PART II Species Descriptions -- Peregrine Falco peregrinus -- Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides -- Pallid Falcon Falco kreyenborgi -- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus -- Saker Falco cherrug -- Lanner Falco biarmicus -- Laggar Falco biarmicus -- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus -- Black Falcon Falco subniger -- Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucus -- Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus -- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis -- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis -- New Zealand Falcon Falco novaesselandiae -- Merlin Falco columbarius -- Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera -- Teita Falcon Falco fasciinucha -- Hobby Falco Subbuteo -- African Hobby Falco cuiveri -- Oriental Hobby Falco severus -- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis -- Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae -- Western Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus -- Eastern Red-footed Falcon Falco amurensis -- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus -- Moluccan Kestrel Falco moluccensis -- Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides -- American Kestrel Falco sparverius -- Madagascar Kestrel Falco newtoni -- Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus -- Seychelles Kestrel Falco araea -- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni -- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex -- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides -- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus -- Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni -- Barred Kestrel Falco zoniventris -- Brown Falcon Falco berigora. 

• The falcon's approach to perfection of form and function has engendered a universal fascination for these superb predators. This book is both a comparative study of falcons, and a celebration of these most masterful of all avian hunters. 

Ämnesord

Falcons  (LCSH)

Falkar  (sao)

falcons  (BNB)

falconiformes  (agrovoc)

predatory birds  (agrovoc)

species  (agrovoc)

behaviour  (agrovoc)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Falconidae

Birds of prey

Raptors

Rovfåglar

Falkfåglar

Klassifikation

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