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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... remiges replaced slowly (Pyle 1995, Hughes 1996). Apparently neither juvenile nor adult moult is complete in the Common Hawk—cuckoo Hiemcoccyx van'us (Ali & Ripley 1983). Length of complete moult varies from c. 80 days in some ...
... remiges replaced slowly (Pyle 1995, Hughes 1996). Apparently neither juvenile nor adult moult is complete in the Common Hawk—cuckoo Hiemcoccyx van'us (Ali & Ripley 1983). Length of complete moult varies from c. 80 days in some ...
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... remiges (singular remex): flight feathers (primaries counted from innermost P1, P2, etc. and secondaries counted from outermost 81, 52 etc.). reclrices (singular rectrix): tail feathers (counted from middle outwards T1, 24 GLOSSARY ...
... remiges (singular remex): flight feathers (primaries counted from innermost P1, P2, etc. and secondaries counted from outermost 81, 52 etc.). reclrices (singular rectrix): tail feathers (counted from middle outwards T1, 24 GLOSSARY ...
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... remiges barred blackish-brown; brown rump and tail barred tawny-buff; underparts pale buff with cream streaks, belly and flanks barred and spotted. Gabon Coucal Centmpus anselli Map and text page 162 Cameroon, CAR and Gabon to RC and ...
... remiges barred blackish-brown; brown rump and tail barred tawny-buff; underparts pale buff with cream streaks, belly and flanks barred and spotted. Gabon Coucal Centmpus anselli Map and text page 162 Cameroon, CAR and Gabon to RC and ...
Strona 46
... remiges rufous-chestnut barred dark; greenish-black tail and uppertailcoverts barred buff; underparts buff-white streaked yellow, cream and black; flanks, legs and undertail-coverts buff-grey barred grey. Adult (loandae, central and ...
... remiges rufous-chestnut barred dark; greenish-black tail and uppertailcoverts barred buff; underparts buff-white streaked yellow, cream and black; flanks, legs and undertail-coverts buff-grey barred grey. Adult (loandae, central and ...
Strona 54
... 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 Guinea. Forest, including secondary and edges; scrub; lowlands. 18cm ...
... 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 Guinea. Forest, including secondary and edges; scrub; lowlands. 18cm ...
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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