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Rufinus

Subject: Religion

(fl. 399–401?), commonly called the Syrian, author of a Liber de Fide, described in the only known MS as the work of Rufinus, priest of the province of Palestine. The fact that ...

Hawks, Eagles, and Old World Vultures

Hawks, Eagles, and Old World Vultures   Reference library

The New Encyclopedia of Birds

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Subject:
Science and technology, Life Sciences
Length:
7,519 words
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10

...and 22 Vulnerable. See Hawks, Eagles, and Vultures Representative species of larger accipitrids: 1 Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni) migrates from Alaska to Argentina, flying down the Central American isthmus to avoid a long sea crossing; 2 Long-legged buzzard (B. rufinus); 3 The Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a highly efficient fish-hunter, but will often pirate its food from ospreys in areas where the two species coincide; 4 Spanish Imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti); 5 Ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus); 6 Verreaux's eagle...

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