Historical and current status of breeding and wintering western Burrowing Owls (athene cunicularia hypugaea) in Texas

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-95

  McIntyre, Nancy E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Athene cunicularia hypugaea; Breeding Bird Atlas; Breeding Bird Survey; Christmas Bird Count; Population trend; Texas; Western Burrowing Owl

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; OVERWINTERING; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33748504574     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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