Cuckoos of the WorldA&C Black, 29 mar 2012 - 544 WINNER OF THE BIRDWATCH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012 This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guides series, looks in detail at the world's cuckoos, couas and anis - it is the ultimate reference to the cuckoos of the world. Famed as brood-parasites of other birds, the cuckoos include a diverse range of species, from the roadrunners of North America to the spectacular malkohas of southern Asia. This book discusses the biology and identification of these birds on a species-by-species basis, bringing together the very latest research with accurate range maps, more than 600 stunning colour photographs that illuminate age and racial plumage differences, and 36 superb plates by a team of internationally renowned artists. |
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... adult (male, female, morphs, and subadults where appropriate), juvenile, nestling and bare parts. Biometrics: comprises lengths of wing, bill, tail and tarsus, and mass, with number measured, mean and standard deviation, with sexes and ...
... adult (male, female, morphs, and subadults where appropriate), juvenile, nestling and bare parts. Biometrics: comprises lengths of wing, bill, tail and tarsus, and mass, with number measured, mean and standard deviation, with sexes and ...
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... Adult male Rufous, head and underparts paler; blackish tail broadly tipped white. Adult female Head, neck, mantle, throat and breast pale grey; rectrices dark rufous. Juvenile male Duller than adult; dark ends to remiges; smaller white ...
... Adult male Rufous, head and underparts paler; blackish tail broadly tipped white. Adult female Head, neck, mantle, throat and breast pale grey; rectrices dark rufous. Juvenile male Duller than adult; dark ends to remiges; smaller white ...
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... Adult (leschenaultii; south India and Sri Lanka) Sandy grey-brown above with fine blackish streaking; sandy greybuff ... male (small black area in female); sides of neck and upperparts chestnut; wings dark glossy purple; throat and breast ...
... Adult (leschenaultii; south India and Sri Lanka) Sandy grey-brown above with fine blackish streaking; sandy greybuff ... male (small black area in female); sides of neck and upperparts chestnut; wings dark glossy purple; throat and breast ...
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... Adult male Conspicuous large red facial area underlined by broad white stripe flecked black, and heavy green bill, upperparts metallic green-blue, throat and breast black, rest of underparts white, long black tail broadly fipped white.
... Adult male Conspicuous large red facial area underlined by broad white stripe flecked black, and heavy green bill, upperparts metallic green-blue, throat and breast black, rest of underparts white, long black tail broadly fipped white.
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... Adult Plumage black glossed steel-blue and long tail obviously forked. Juvenile Black spotted white. Square-tailed ... male Top of head, nape and malar stripe glossy blue, white line below eyes; upperparts, wings and tail brown; cheeks and ...
... Adult Plumage black glossed steel-blue and long tail obviously forked. Juvenile Black spotted white. Square-tailed ... male Top of head, nape and malar stripe glossy blue, white line below eyes; upperparts, wings and tail brown; cheeks and ...
Spis treści
101 | |
English and scientific names of birds other than cuckoos mentioned in the text | 482 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 491 |
INDEX | 537 |
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Cuckoos of the World Johannes Erritzøe,Clive F. Mann,Frederik Brammer,Richard A. Fuller Ograniczony podgląd - 2012 |
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
Adult female Adult male Africa barred black barred dark belly Benson Bill black Bill male BIOMETRICS BirdLife International 2011 birds Black Coucal blackish BMNH Borneo buff buffish caterpillars chestnut Chicks chin common Common Cuckoo Coua Coucal crown Cuculus dark brown dark grey east Ecuador edged eggs feathers FIELD IDENTIFICATION first flanks fledgling flight forest globally threatened BirdLife glossed green grey-brown HABITAT head Hilty host Iris Irwin juvenile Kenya lowlands Madagascar Malawi Malkoha Map and text mean Monotypic morph moult MtDNA nape nest Nestling nominate pale paler Payne plumage primaries rectrices remiges rest of underparts rufous rump savanna scrub secondary secondary forest Similar species skin south-east spots STATUS AND CONSERVATION streaked subspecies Sulawesi Sumatra supercilium Tail male Tanzania Tarsus male Thai—Malay Peninsula threatened BirdLife International throat and breast tipped white Uganda underparts white undertail-coverts upper breast upperparts Warbler white barred whitish Wing male wing—coverts yellow Zambia Zimbabwe