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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... savanna to dense tropical forests, and from sea level to 4,500m. The most highly specialised open country species are the roadrunners Geococcyx, year—round residents of lowland deserts, brushy woodlands and thickets in the USA and ...
... savanna to dense tropical forests, and from sea level to 4,500m. The most highly specialised open country species are the roadrunners Geococcyx, year—round residents of lowland deserts, brushy woodlands and thickets in the USA and ...
Strona 28
... savanna, forest edge, pastures, thickets. Mostly lowlands, in some regions mountains. 28—32cm. Black; dark eyes; smallest ani; similar to Smooth-billed; voice differs. Adult Black; head and nape with glossy bluish scaling; curved ...
... savanna, forest edge, pastures, thickets. Mostly lowlands, in some regions mountains. 28—32cm. Black; dark eyes; smallest ani; similar to Smooth-billed; voice differs. Adult Black; head and nape with glossy bluish scaling; curved ...
Strona 36
... savanna, gardens; up to 1,800m. 54—68cm. Great variation in size. Sexes similar but female larger. Adult (phasianmus, eastern Australia; breeding) Head, neck and upper mantle black, lower mantle rufous streaked pale, wings red-brown ...
... savanna, gardens; up to 1,800m. 54—68cm. Great variation in size. Sexes similar but female larger. Adult (phasianmus, eastern Australia; breeding) Head, neck and upper mantle black, lower mantle rufous streaked pale, wings red-brown ...
Strona 40
... savanna, cultivation, scrub, more rarely in mangroves; to 1,100m. 42—51cm. Medium-large coucal. Adult (celebensiy, north Sulawesi and Togian Is.) Rufous and pale grey. Juvenile (celebmsis) Paler than adult, especially on throat and ...
... savanna, cultivation, scrub, more rarely in mangroves; to 1,100m. 42—51cm. Medium-large coucal. Adult (celebensiy, north Sulawesi and Togian Is.) Rufous and pale grey. Juvenile (celebmsis) Paler than adult, especially on throat and ...
Strona 44
... savannas, bracken briar, dry paddiflelds, forest clearings; occasionally reeds and papyrus; below 1,525m ... savanna, swamp edge, montane ravines; to 1,000m. 46—58cm. Largest African coucal. Adult Black-glossed head to mantle ...
... savannas, bracken briar, dry paddiflelds, forest clearings; occasionally reeds and papyrus; below 1,525m ... savanna, swamp edge, montane ravines; to 1,000m. 46—58cm. Largest African coucal. Adult Black-glossed head to mantle ...
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