BIRDS OF PREY 



Common Name 

 (Latin name) 



Season of 

 Abundance Occurrence* Nesting 3 Food Habits 



References 



Magnificent Frigate- Common S 

 bird Uncommon W 



( Fregata magnificens ) 



Turkey Vulture 

 (Cathartes aura) 



Common 



Fish 



Narcisse, 



pera. com. 



Smith, pers. obs. 



Narcisse, pers. comm. 

 Orians 1969 



Black Vulture Common 



( Coragyps atratus ) 



Swallow-tailed Kite Common 

 ( Elanoides forf ica- 

 tus ) 



Sharp-shinned Hawk Uncommon 

 ( Accipiter striatus ) 



Cooper's Hawk Uncommon 



( Accipiter cooper ii ) 



Red-tailed Hawk Uncommon 

 (Buteo jamaicensis ) 



Red-shouldered Hawk Common 

 (Buteo lineatus) 



Broad-winged Hawk 

 ( Buteo platypterus ) 



Swainson's Hawk 

 ( Buteo swainsoni ) 



Short-tailed Hawk 

 ( Buteo brachyurus ) 



Bald Eagle 

 ( Haliaeetus 

 leucocephalus ) 



Marsh Hawk 



( Circus cyaneus ) 



Osprey 



(Pandion haliaetus ) 



Peregrine Falcon 

 ( Falco peregrinus ) 



Merlin 



( Falco columbarius ) 



American Kestrel Common 

 (Falco sparverius ) 



Barn Owl Uncommo 



( Tyto alba ) 



Great Horned Owl Uncommo 

 ( Bubo virginianus) 



Barred Owl Uncommo 



(Strix varla) 



Rare- locally 

 common (Fla. 

 Bay) 



Uncommon 



Very rare- 

 locally common 

 (Fla. Bay) 



Uncommon 



Carrion 



Snakes, lizards, 

 frogs 



Robertson & Kushlan 



1974 

 Orians 1969 



Howell 1932 

 Snyder 1974 



Smaller passerines Howell 1932 

 Larger passerines Howell 1932 

 Small mammals, birds Howell 1932 



Snakes, frogs, 

 lizards. Insects 



Insects, small 

 mammals 



Howel] 1932 

 Robertson & Kushlan. 

 1974 



Howell 1932 



Small mammals, grass- Howell 1932 

 hoppers 



Small birds 



Fishes 



Howell 1932 



Howell 1932 



Small mammals, shore- Howell 1932 

 birds 



Fishes 



Howell 1932 



Waterfowl, shorebirds Nisbet 1968 

 Ogden 1969 

 Howell 1932 



Small birds, shore- Howell 1932 

 birds 



Insects 



Small mammals 



Waterfowl , small 

 mammals 



Hovel) 1932 



Howell 1932 



Howell 1932 



Y Small mammals, frogs, Howell 1932 

 snakes 



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