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  Buteo Books - Specializing in Ornithology: Bird Books, Ornithology Texts, Birding Gear
Covers 1,792 species with 304 color plates and distribution maps.
This is the first volume in the new Series in Ornithology, published jointly by the Nuttall Ornithological Club and the AOU.
Buteo Books is a small, family owned, independent bookstore, but we have one of the largest selections of bird books in the world.
www.buteobooks.com   (419 words)

  
  On "Buteo Regalis"
The elegance of its descent and the prey's instinctive knowledge of danger are combined in a sharp portrayal of nature’s splendor and asperity.
Scott Momaday's "Buteo Regalis" relates the beauty and mystery of nature, moving from a frail rodent's instinct of danger to a robust, sharp-eyed hawk's instinct to feed.
"Buteo Regalis" is Latin and the scientific classification of genus and species, for the Ferruginous, the largest hawk of the North American plains, growing as much as 63 centimeters in length.
www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/m_r/momaday/buteo.htm   (2009 words)

  
 Buteo brachypterus - Madagascar Buzzard
Buteo brachypterus -- Buteo brachypterus Madagascar Buzzard Français.
ADW: Buteo brachypterus: Classification -- Buteo brachypterus (Madagascar buzzard).
Madagascar Buzzard - Buteo brachypterus -- Madagascar Buzzard [Buteo brachypterus ].
www.wildmadagascar.org /wildlife/species/birds/Buteo_brachypterus.html   (144 words)

  
 :: Otherspace - New Journeys: The Interactive Science Fiction Saga ::
Buteo tugs a blue silk kerchief from his lapel pocket and dabs at the sweat on his forehead.
Buteo's eyes widen and he lets loose a rather girlish shriek, clutching the wheel tightly and spinning it hard to the right.
Buteo sighs with relief as the cab settles onto the Sivadian landing pad.
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 :: Otherspace - New Journeys: The Interactive Science Fiction Saga ::
Buteo scans the control console, tapping the side of the metallic hunk with the fingers of his right hand.
From Back Seat (Buteo's Cab), Bentley switches the dice from hand to hand, "Are you sure these are allright?" he asks the croupier, and the bot beeps irately at him, "Oh, very well, if you insist." The viscount puts a few chips on the pass line, then tosses the dice down the table.
Buteo thumbs the external comm mic control, speaking into the device: "Buteo kindly informs you that he is carrying innocent, paying, and suitably important passengers.
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 Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Falconiformes: Accipitridae: Buteo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  · cached · Images of this bird and its feather.
Buteo lineatus (Red-Shouldered Hawk)  · iweb · cached · Describes the physical traits, food habits, and behavior of this buteo.
Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's Hawk)  · iweb · cached · Scientific classification, natural history, and conservation status of this species.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=106690   (373 words)

  
 Hawk at exZOOberance!
Buteos have broad wings and broad, short tails, which contribute to their soaring flight.
Buteos are the hawks most often seen by humans, because they circle high in the air while searching for prey.
The American kestrel is classified as Falco sparverius, the rough-legged hawk as Buteo lagopus, the sharp-shinned hawk as Accipiter striatus, and Cooper’s hawk as Accipiter cooperii.
www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/hawk/hawk.htm   (776 words)

  
 Buteo vulgaris - Definition of Buteo vulgaris - Buteo vulgaris in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
(Zool.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.
[PJC] Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe.
The American species (of which the most common are Buteo borealis, Buteo Pennsylvanicus, and Buteo lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks.
www.dictionarywords.net /find/word/Buteo+vulgaris   (170 words)

  
 Red-Tailed Hawk (DesertUSA)
The Buteos are the largest of the hawks.
They are the broad-winged, broad-tailed soaring hawks that are more readily seen because of their habit of circling high in the air or perching in dead trees or on telephone poles along the road.
The Red-tailed Hawk is the most widespread and familiar member of the American Buteos (large soaring hawks).
www.desertusa.com /aug96/du_hawk.html   (1279 words)

  
 Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis)
Genus: Buteo (BEW-tee-oh), which is from a Latin word meaning falcon or hawk.
Twelve species of buteos breed in North America north of the Mexico border.
The ferruginous hawk is the largest buteo in North America averaging 22.5-25" long, with a 53-56" wingspan.
www.desertusa.com /mag00/feb/papr/hawk.html   (916 words)

  
 The Complete Sequence of the Mitochondrial Genome of Buteo buteo (Aves, Accipitridae) Indicates an Early Split in the ...
The Complete Sequence of the Mitochondrial Genome of Buteo buteo (Aves, Accipitridae) Indicates an Early Split in the Phylogeny of Raptors -- Haring et al.
Buteo mt genome is typical of vertebrates (fig.
Buteo and Falco in the nonrepetitive sections (fig.
mbe.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/18/10/1892   (5365 words)

  
 Buteo Books: Birds of North America series - Taxonomic list
Buteo Books is pleased to offer all of the individual species accounts for sale.
You may place an order by calling Buteo Books at 800-722-2460, sending a fax to: 434-263-4842, sending an e-mail to customerservice@buteobooks.com, or writing to Buteo Books, 3130 Laurel Road, Shipman, VA 22971.
They are photocopies of the originals, the covers in color and the inside pages in fl and white.
www.buteobooks.com /bna.html   (1371 words)

  
 ScienceDaily -- Browse Topics: Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Falconiformes/Accipitridae/Buteo
Buteo lineatus (Red-Shouldered Hawk) - Describes the physical traits, food habits, and behavior of this buteo.
Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's Hawk) - Scientific classification, natural history, and conservation status of this species.
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) - Identifying characteristics, habitat, nesting, and range of this buteo.
www.sciencedaily.com /directory/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Falconiformes/Accipitridae/Buteo   (285 words)

  
 Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Detrich, P. Status of the Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni)in the Upper Sacramento valley – Shasta and Tehama counties, California.Biology Dept., Calif. State Univ., Chico.
Fiztner, R.E. Behavioral ecology of the Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni) in southeastern Washington.Pac.
Observations on migrant Buteo Swainsoni in Argentina.Pages 79-87 in B.-U. Meyburg and R. Chancellor (Eds.), Raptors in the Modern World.World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls, Berlin, Germany.
www.prbo.org /calpif/htmldocs/species/riparian/swainsons_hawk.htm   (5444 words)

  
 Definition of buteo - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
: any of a genus (Buteo) of hawks with broad rounded wings, relatively short tails, and soaring flight
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See a map of "buteo" in the Visual Thesaurus
www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=buteo   (51 words)

  
 Resources on the Rough-legged Buzzard from academic institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
:...buteo buteo) 266 Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus) 277 Long-legged Buzzard
Birds of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands: Buteo, buteo, common buzzard.
RRC Thesis Abstracts: James Berkelman - Ecology of the Madagascar buzzard, Buteo brachypterus, in the
www.mongabay.org /conservation/Rough-legged_Buzzard.htm   (422 words)

  
 Classification of birds of South America Part 02
However, this is generally not followed (e.g., Thiollay 1994, Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001) because of this species' proposed close relationship to Buteo magnirostris and other buteos.
2003) indicate that Geranoaetus is the sister taxon to Buteo polyosoma/B.
2003) indicate that Buteo leucorrhous is probably the sister taxon to Parabuteo and recommended resurrection of monotypic genus Percnohierax for this aberrant species.
www.museum.lsu.edu /~remsen/SACCBaseline02.html   (7481 words)

  
 Resources on the Red-shouldered Hawk from academic institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Buteo jamaicensis: The Red-tailed Hawk may be confused with the Red-shouldered Hawk, which is smaller
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus): Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus: Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) courtesy South Florida Water Management District.
mongabay.org /conservation/Red-shouldered_Hawk.htm   (431 words)

  
 Re; Watching Buteo (rewrite)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A number of typos and errors mess with My attempts to share the beauty of my friend Buteo.
This afternoon I brought my other friend, Blues Troubadour, to Buteo for the second time.
We then began to have some fun until wary Mrs.
www.talkaboutpets.com /group/alt.skunks/messages/34598.html   (109 words)

  
 ADW: Buteo lineatus: Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
These subspecies are separated based on geography and physical characteristics.
The head and breast markings of the Florida subspecies, Buteo lineatus extimus and Buteo lineatus alleni, are slightly paler than other Red-shouldered hawks.
The California subspecies, Buteo lineatus elegans, and the Texas subspecies, Buteo lineatus texanus, however, have vibrant, deep red markings on the lesser secondary upperwing coverts, underwing coverts and breast.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /accounts/buteo/b._lineatus%24narrative.html   (1476 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Buteo regalis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Updated 258 days 8 hours 38 minutes ago.
The Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis, is a large hawk.
Adults have long broad wings and a broad grey, rusty or white tail.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Buteo-regalis   (279 words)

  
 PSTAR Practice Exam - Buteo Sky Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Bussarde: Vögel
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) - Text and Images.
European Buzzard (Buteo buteo) - Text and Image.
Mäusebussard (Buteo buteo) (Vögel der Schweiz) - Text und Abbildung.
www.infochembio.ethz.ch /links/zool_voegel_bussarde.html   (153 words)

  
 Resources on the White-tailed Hawk from academic institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
autumnvoucherspage1.html: White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus), immature, 18 Oct. 94, Aeropuerto Comalapa, Depto.
About Buteo Regalis, the Ferruginous Hawk: Ferruginous hawks rely primarily upon rodents found in their grassland ecosystems.
Classification of birds of South America Part 02:...throated Hawk 22 Buteo swainsoni Swainson's Hawk (NB) 23 Buteo galapagoensis Galapagos Hawk 23 Buteo albicaudatus White-tailed Hawk 23, 23a Buteo polyosoma Red...
mongabay.org /conservation/White-tailed_Hawk.htm   (952 words)

  
 Buy A close view of the head of a rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus Giclee Print   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 A broad winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) crouching in the grass Framed Art Print   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Turkey: Birds of Prey set of 5 stamps issued in 1967
"sahin" is given as Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo), but the same name is also included in Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) and Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus).
I think my original identifications are almost correct, with the exception of the 60k which is more likely to be Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca).
270k - Sahin - Buzzard - Buteo buteo
www.bird-stamps.org /query/turkey/bop1967   (410 words)

  
 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In Calgary, they take up residence in such places as the Weaselhead Natural Area, along the Douglas-Fir Trail in Edworthy Park, in Fish Creek Provincial Park, along the Bow River nesting on the electrical towers near Confluence Park in the northeast, or in open areas of the industrial section.
The Red-tailed Hawk is a powerful buteo capable of catching large mammalian prey such as jackrabbits and hares.
They also take ground squirrels, tree squirrels, chipmunks, mice and voles, and such birds as the introduced Ring-necked Pheasant.
www.weaselhead.org /learn/birds_red-tailed_hawk.asp   (696 words)

  
 NatureServe Explorer Species Index: Genus Buteo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT Buteo jamaicensis alascensis
AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT Buteo lineatus
Your comments will be very valuable in improving the overall quality of our databases for the benefit of all users.
www.natureserve.org /explorer/speciesIndex/Genus_Buteo_101205_1.htm   (862 words)

  
 Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
Nesting of Ferruginous Hawks (Buteo regalis) in Washington 1974-75.
Powers, L.R. Nesting behavior of the Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis).
Restani, M. Resource partitioning among three Buteo species in the Centennial Valley, Montana.
www.prbo.org /calpif/htmldocs/species/grassland/fehaacct.html   (3955 words)

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