Titlebook: Avian Desert Predators; William E. Cook Book 1997 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997 Anpassung.Ornithologie.Vögel.adaptation.adaption.

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Book 1997they augmented their abilities to cope with the harsh constraints imposed by the desert habitat? These are among the issues explored in this new volume, which brings together much of the current research on adaptations of avian desert predators.

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1430-9432 How have they augmented their abilities to cope with the harsh constraints imposed by the desert habitat? These are among the issues explored in this new volume, which brings together much of the current research on adaptations of avian desert predators.978-3-642-64367-5978-3-642-60353-2Series ISSN 1430-9432

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Hawks and Allies,bony shelf over the eyes and, in many, black feathers about the eyes, reminiscent of, perhaps, a bandit’s mask. The bony shelf may shade the eyes from the sun and wind, or serve as a dust deflector (Johnsgard 1990). Black feathers, in front of and below the eye, reduce glare, like the black smudges

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Roadrunners,oadrunner the Ground Cuckoo. Of all predatory birds inhabiting arid regions, the roadrunner is one of a very few specifically adapted desert forms. The Cream-colored Courser (.) of the order Charadriiformes (shorebirds etc.) is a ground dwelling desert inhabitant of Africa and Asia, and an ecologica

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Shrikes, Africa, where all but a few species exist today. Some have spread into Europe and Asia and two have found their way to the New World. One, the Loggerhead Shrike (.), has spread as far as Mexico and occurs in a variety of habitats including the deserts of southwestern North America. Similarly, the w

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-03786-2d to form ecologically and morphologically similar birds. The Old World vultures are related to hawks and eagles (Family Accipitridae) while the closest relatives to the New World vultures are storks. Sibley and Monroe (1990) place both the New World vultures and storks in the Family Ciconiidae. It