Hawk Abbreviations

paul and cecily (waggap@idt.net)
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 07:19:58 -0500 (EST)


I'm sending out a list of standardized and commonly used hawk abbreviations,
used by Hawk Mountain, Cape May, BirdHawk, and the Hawk Migration
Association Of North America.  These abbreviations are not used to obfuscate
the data, they are used to save time for the sender and are easily
remembered.  I hope these are of use for future reference.   

                            Paul Fritz

(BV)Black Vulture-Coragyps atratus,  (TV)Turkey Vulture-Cathartes aura,
(OS)Osprey-Pandion haliaetus  (ST)Swallow-tailed Kite-Elanoides forficatus
(MK)Mississippi Kite-Ictinia mississippiensis  (BE)Bald Eagle-Haliaeetus
leucocephalus  (NH)Northern Harrier-Circus cyaneus  (SS)Sharp-shinned
Hawk-Accipiter striatus   (CH)Cooper's Hawk-Accipiter cooperii
(NG)Northern Goshawk-Accipiter gentilis   (RS)Red-shouldered Hawk-Buteo
lineatus   (BW)Broad-winged Hawk-Buteo platypterus   (SW)Swainson's
Hawk-Buteo swainsoni   (RT)Red-tailed Hawk-Buteo jamaicensis
(RL)Rough-legged Hawk-Buteo lagopus   (GE)Golden Eagle-Aguila chrysaetos
(AK)American Kestrel-Falco sparverius   (ML)Merlin-Falco columbarius
(PF)Peregrine Falcon-Falcon peregrinus