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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Strona 34
... Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo Map and text page 143 Solomons. Lowland and hill primary, and secondary, forest. 62—68cm. Large coucal; long, broad, graduated tail. Adult (mile; south Solomons) Whole foreparts pale buffish, remaining ...
... Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo Map and text page 143 Solomons. Lowland and hill primary, and secondary, forest. 62—68cm. Large coucal; long, broad, graduated tail. Adult (mile; south Solomons) Whole foreparts pale buffish, remaining ...
Strona 38
... buffish; tail greyish; wings rufous. Adult (kangeanensis, dark morph) Head, back, tail and throat brownish-grey ... buffish shaft streaks on shoulder, tips darker; tall black glossed green. Adult (non-breeding) Dark brown head and mantle ...
... buffish; tail greyish; wings rufous. Adult (kangeanensis, dark morph) Head, back, tail and throat brownish-grey ... buffish shaft streaks on shoulder, tips darker; tall black glossed green. Adult (non-breeding) Dark brown head and mantle ...
Strona 42
... buffish; tail brownishblack glossed greenish with some pale brown bars. Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos Map and text page 152 South-west Sri Lanka. Wet forest, bamboo, village gardens, abandoned swidden agriculture; to ...
... buffish; tail brownishblack glossed greenish with some pale brown bars. Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos Map and text page 152 South-west Sri Lanka. Wet forest, bamboo, village gardens, abandoned swidden agriculture; to ...
Strona 54
... buff or grey-brown. Adult female More grey-brown on head and more cinnamon or red-brown above than male; dark brown ... buffish; upperparts and wings grey barred and spotted buff; underparts buff finely barred on flanks and thighs; tail ...
... buff or grey-brown. Adult female More grey-brown on head and more cinnamon or red-brown above than male; dark brown ... buffish; upperparts and wings grey barred and spotted buff; underparts buff finely barred on flanks and thighs; tail ...
Strona 58
... buffish-white. Adult (sirkee, Pakistan and north-west India) Paler on underparts and smaller-billed than leschenaultii. Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomusjavanicus Map and text page 240 Thai-Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas. Primary and ...
... buffish-white. Adult (sirkee, Pakistan and north-west India) Paler on underparts and smaller-billed than leschenaultii. Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomusjavanicus Map and text page 240 Thai-Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas. Primary and ...
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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