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<br />. <br /> <br />SCIENTIFIC NAME <br /> <br />C ON IlA!IE <br /> <br />FAlIILY FALCONIIlAE: CARACA1lAS AND FALCONS (Colltinue ) <br />F~o m~ (Schlegel) pra~r1e FalcolI <br />I <br />I <br />Falco.p~eg~ anatum (!oll8parte) Peregrille Faleoll <br />I <br /> <br />F~o CDl.umb0.Mu.6 <br />Falco 4paltVeMLu 4pll1LVrMlu <br /> <br />(Swallll) <br />(Lillll8eua) <br /> <br />OllIlER GALLIFOR}!ES: GALLINACEOUS !IllIlS <br />PA.'IILY PlIASIANIDAE: QUAIL AND PHEASANTS <br /> <br />'CaU..ipepl.a 4quama.t4 pn((<,{n <br /> <br />(!rewater) <br /> <br />Pha4.ianu4 col.eh.iCU4 <br /> <br />(Lillll8eua) . <br /> <br />/ <br />OllIlER GRUIFOR}!ES: <br />FAIlILY GRUIDAE: <br /> <br />CRANES, IlAILS ANIl ALLIES <br />CRANES <br /> <br />G.w4 canade.n4.u. iab.id4 <br /> <br />(Patera) <br /> <br />Pigtn Hawk <br />Ame~call Keatral <br /> <br />~~ "U <br /> <br />I <br />\ <br />."lII~lIeCked <br />P I aaallt <br /> <br />Crea er Sandhill <br />Cr ne <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATUS DISTRIBUTION <br /> <br />HABITAT ANIl COMKENTS <br /> <br />Fairly comeoo.resident, more common in summer. <br />than winter. Breeds along the foothills and <br />on bluffs and cliffs on the plsins. <br /> <br />B,S,V <br /> <br />Rare summer resident and irregular migrant, <br />predator of other birds, nesting on ledges <br />and in hollows of precipitous clifEs. <br /> <br />B,S,W:. <br /> <br />Unknown. UnkDOVD <br /> <br />Common summer resident. many wintering, although B,S. <br />occasionally feeding upon birds, the major <br />portion consists of insects, eGpeclal1y <br />grasshoppers, and small mammals. <br /> <br />Resident, common locally, normally gregarious, B,S,V <br />usually found in flocks, seldom flics, preferriul <br />to run. <br /> <br />Fairly common resident. .inhabits hedgerows and B.S." <br />cultivated fields on the plains. roost in trees, <br />feeds mostly on waste grains. seeds. berries. <br />and 1nsec ts. <br /> <br />A rar~ migrallt, found ill prsiries and fielda, <br />and occasionally in open pinelands and marshes, <br />small r~dent8. frogs, and insects are its food. <br /> <br />'.. <br /> <br />G," <br /> <br />CJ! <br />..,c;. <br />(J1 <br />:.-1:: <br /> <br />lJnknOVll <br /> <br />C <br /> <br />C <br /> <br />C <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />.. <br />