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- Title
Book Review: A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey.
- Authors
Hale, Allen
- Abstract
"A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey" by Jonathan Meiburg is a book that explores the lives of caracaras, specifically those in the subfamily Polyborinae found in the Americas. The book takes readers on a journey from the Falkland Islands to the South American Pampas, the high Andes, and the jungles of Guyana. It delves into various topics such as paleontology, geology, evolutionary biology, history, and literature as they relate to caracaras and other living creatures in the New World. The book is divided into four parts and includes detailed notes, color photographs, maps, a bibliography, and an index.
- Subjects
BIRDS of prey; MOST Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life &; Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey, A (Book); BIRD watching; MOUNTAIN meadows; CENOZOIC Era; CRETACEOUS Period; HAWKS; GEOLOGY; EAGLES
- Publication
Journal of Raptor Research, 2024, Vol 58, Issue 2, p280
- ISSN
0892-1016
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.3356/jrr24502