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Status and life history of the Everglade kite in the United States
| Content Provider | HathiTrust Digital Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Stieglitz, Walter O Thompson, Richard L |
| Editor | Walter O. Stieglitz Richard L. Thompson |
| Organization | United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. |
| Description | The Florida everglade kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus, though reduced in numbers to hardly more than 20, still has a chance to survive. This northern-most subspecies is found only in southern Florida where its continued existence depends on the fresh-water marsh snail Pomacea paludis, its only food. Preservation of some suitable marsh areas, as in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, is essential to the survival of this endangered species |
| Volume Number | 109 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife |
| Publisher Date | 1967-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Washington D.C. |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Items in this record are available as Public Domain, Google-digitized. View the access and use profile at http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google. Please see individual items for rights and use statements |
| Subject Keyword | Florida Rare birds Everglade kite Endangered species |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
