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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... rectrices indistinctly tipped buff. Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Map and text page 126 South-west USA and north Mexico. Scrub desert, mesquite, chaparral, etc.; to 2,500m. 52—58cm. Long legs, long, heavy, hooked bill ...
... rectrices indistinctly tipped buff. Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Map and text page 126 South-west USA and north Mexico. Scrub desert, mesquite, chaparral, etc.; to 2,500m. 52—58cm. Long legs, long, heavy, hooked bill ...
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... rectrices much shorter than others. Adult (ruflceps, west Madagascar) Rufous forehead and crown; indigo-blue bare facial skin rimmed with black feathering forming black band on nape; rest of upperparts greenish-brown; below white, tawny ...
... rectrices much shorter than others. Adult (ruflceps, west Madagascar) Rufous forehead and crown; indigo-blue bare facial skin rimmed with black feathering forming black band on nape; rest of upperparts greenish-brown; below white, tawny ...
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... rectrices dark rufous. Juvenile male Duller than adult; dark ends to remiges; smaller white tips to tail. (Juvenile female has less white on tail than adult.) Long-billed Cuckoo Rhamphomantis megarhynchus Map and text page 382 New ...
... rectrices dark rufous. Juvenile male Duller than adult; dark ends to remiges; smaller white tips to tail. (Juvenile female has less white on tail than adult.) Long-billed Cuckoo Rhamphomantis megarhynchus Map and text page 382 New ...
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... Rectrices narrower than in adult, and white tips smaller. Long-tailed Malkoha Rhopodytes tristis Map and text page 249 North Indian subcontinent; south-east Asia; China; Sumatra. Forest (including secondary and edge of mangrove), scrub ...
... Rectrices narrower than in adult, and white tips smaller. Long-tailed Malkoha Rhopodytes tristis Map and text page 249 North Indian subcontinent; south-east Asia; China; Sumatra. Forest (including secondary and edge of mangrove), scrub ...
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... rectrices. Juvenile (leschmaultii) As adult but edged pale rufous above; head duller with blackish-centred feathers, and chin, throat, breast, flanks and upper belly boldly streaked black; tail tipped buffish-white. Adult (sirkee ...
... rectrices. Juvenile (leschmaultii) As adult but edged pale rufous above; head duller with blackish-centred feathers, and chin, throat, breast, flanks and upper belly boldly streaked black; tail tipped buffish-white. Adult (sirkee ...
Spis treści
SPECIES ACCOUNTS | 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