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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... Africa, Tervuren; Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History; San Diego Natural History Museum; Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; Slater Museum of Natural History; South African Museum; State Museum of Natural History ...
... Africa, Tervuren; Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History; San Diego Natural History Museum; Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; Slater Museum of Natural History; South African Museum; State Museum of Natural History ...
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... Africa, an egg of Red—chested Cuckoo has been found in the same nest as one of Dideric Cuckoo (Iackson 1938), and of African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus (Oatley 1980). Where a brood may contain host offspring as well as a bood ...
... Africa, an egg of Red—chested Cuckoo has been found in the same nest as one of Dideric Cuckoo (Iackson 1938), and of African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus (Oatley 1980). Where a brood may contain host offspring as well as a bood ...
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... Africa their young survive the nestling period and maintain a similar body mass to young babblers in unparasitised broods. But host young were less likely to survive to independence than young raised in unparasitised nests (Ridley 8c ...
... Africa their young survive the nestling period and maintain a similar body mass to young babblers in unparasitised broods. But host young were less likely to survive to independence than young raised in unparasitised nests (Ridley 8c ...
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... African Black Cuckoos across equatorial Africa are largely sedentary, while those occupying more open habitats (savanna, Acacia thornveld, suburban gardens) in southern Africa migrate north during the non—breeding season. Several cuckoo ...
... African Black Cuckoos across equatorial Africa are largely sedentary, while those occupying more open habitats (savanna, Acacia thornveld, suburban gardens) in southern Africa migrate north during the non—breeding season. Several cuckoo ...
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... Africa some species undergo long migrations within the continent, moving from one hemisphere to the other ... African species, whereby they may appear in an area around the onset of seasonal rains to breed. This has given rise to the ...
... Africa some species undergo long migrations within the continent, moving from one hemisphere to the other ... African species, whereby they may appear in an area around the onset of seasonal rains to breed. This has given rise to the ...
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