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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... nest of another individual of the same or different species. In the classification adopted in this work, brood-parasitism, a phenomenon rare in birds, has evolved three times within the family, in "A! a', Yellow-billed Cuckoo Caayzus ...
... nest of another individual of the same or different species. In the classification adopted in this work, brood-parasitism, a phenomenon rare in birds, has evolved three times within the family, in "A! a', Yellow-billed Cuckoo Caayzus ...
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... nests, eggs and nestlings of cuckoos are incompletely known. Of the 83 nesting cuckoo species, the nest is unknown for 17 (2O %). Eggs are unknown for 78 Cuculidae species (54 %), and the nestling is unknown for 64 cuckoo species (44 ...
... nests, eggs and nestlings of cuckoos are incompletely known. Of the 83 nesting cuckoo species, the nest is unknown for 17 (2O %). Eggs are unknown for 78 Cuculidae species (54 %), and the nestling is unknown for 64 cuckoo species (44 ...
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... nest—helpers in feeding the young. Cuckoos parasitising these species will gain additional benefit owing to their rapid rate of development compared to that of the host (Roberts 1991). A Fan—tailed Cuckoo in a nest of White—browed ...
... nest—helpers in feeding the young. Cuckoos parasitising these species will gain additional benefit owing to their rapid rate of development compared to that of the host (Roberts 1991). A Fan—tailed Cuckoo in a nest of White—browed ...
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... nest immediately afterwards and see the cuckoo egg, but having also checked the nest beforehand to see if there were any host eggs, as the two may be very similar). Of course finding nests of nesting cuckoos is also often difficult ...
... nest immediately afterwards and see the cuckoo egg, but having also checked the nest beforehand to see if there were any host eggs, as the two may be very similar). Of course finding nests of nesting cuckoos is also often difficult ...
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... nest, some in group lay more eggs than others. Fewer eggs often incubated than laid because eggs buried by adding leaves to nest lining or evicted throughout laying and incubation periods. Adults may carry eggs from nest in bill and ...
... nest, some in group lay more eggs than others. Fewer eggs often incubated than laid because eggs buried by adding leaves to nest lining or evicted throughout laying and incubation periods. Adults may carry eggs from nest in bill 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