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North American owls : biology and natural history
- Title
- North American owls : biology and natural history / Paul A. Johnsgard.
- Author
- Johnsgard, Paul A.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c2002.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 298 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 27 cm.
- Subject
- Owls > North America
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-293).
- Contents
- Comparative biology of owls. Evolution and classification of North American owls -- Comparative ecology and distribution -- Comparative morphology and physiology -- Comparative behavior -- Comparative reproductive biology -- Owls in myth and legend -- Natural histories of North American owls. Family Tytonidae. Barn owl -- Family Strigidae. Flammulated owl -- Eastern screech-owl -- Western screech-owl -- Mexican screech-owls -- Whiskered screech-owl -- Crested owl --- Spectacled owl -- Great horned owl -- Snowy owl -- Northern hawk-owl -- Northern pygmy-owl -- Mexican pygmy-owls -- Ferruginous pygmy-owl -- Elf owl -- Burrowing owl -- Mottled owl -- Black-and-white owl -- Spotted owl -- Barred owl-- Great gray owl -- Long-eared owl -- Stygian owl -- Short-eared owl -- Striped owl -- Boreal owl -- Northern saw-whet owl -- Appendix 1: Key to genera and species of North American owls (exclusive of strictly Mexican species) -- Key to genera and species of indigenous Mexican owls -- Key to structural variations in external ears of North American owl genera (exclusive of Mexico) -- Appendix 2: Advertisement and other typical calls of non-Mexican North American owls -- Appendix 3: Origins of scientific and vernacular names of North American owls.
- Call Number
- JFF 03-2980
- ISBN
- 1560989394 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002021015
- OCLC
- 48943959
- Author
- Johnsgard, Paul A.
- Title
- North American owls : biology and natural history / Paul A. Johnsgard.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c2002.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-293).
- Research Call Number
- JFF 03-2980