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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... spots; upperparts darker than adult, spotted buff; throat and chest unspotted. Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythmpygus Map and text page 124 South-west Mexico to Costa Rica. Arid lowland scrub; edge of tropical deciduous forest and ...
... spots; upperparts darker than adult, spotted buff; throat and chest unspotted. Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythmpygus Map and text page 124 South-west Mexico to Costa Rica. Arid lowland scrub; edge of tropical deciduous forest and ...
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... spots; lacks streaking and ochraceous below. Blue-faced Malkoha Rhopodytes vin'dimstris Map and text page 246 Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Lightly wooded areas, scrub, secondary growth; to 1,150m 39cm. Mostly grey and green; blue ...
... spots; lacks streaking and ochraceous below. Blue-faced Malkoha Rhopodytes vin'dimstris Map and text page 246 Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Lightly wooded areas, scrub, secondary growth; to 1,150m 39cm. Mostly grey and green; blue ...
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... tinged golden-buffish on breast; graduated tail brown broadly tipped white. Juvenile Crown and face black; primaries rufous; smaller white spots than adult. jacobin Cuckoo juvenile adult jacobi nus serratus melanistic morph Levaillant's.
... tinged golden-buffish on breast; graduated tail brown broadly tipped white. Juvenile Crown and face black; primaries rufous; smaller white spots than adult. jacobin Cuckoo juvenile adult jacobi nus serratus melanistic morph Levaillant's.
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... spots indisn'nct. Cocos Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus Map and text page 301 Cocos 1., Costa Rica. Second growth forest, thickets, streamside vine tangles; to 570m. 33cm. Similar to Mangrove Cuckoo. Grey crown; dusky mask; greyish-brown ...
... spots indisn'nct. Cocos Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus Map and text page 301 Cocos 1., Costa Rica. Second growth forest, thickets, streamside vine tangles; to 570m. 33cm. Similar to Mangrove Cuckoo. Grey crown; dusky mask; greyish-brown ...
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... spots along outer edges. Juvenile (castrmeivenms) Head, upperparts and wings brown to buffish brown with rufous edging; underparts offwhite to brownish on foreneck and breast; tail spotted rufous. Adult (weiskei; east Papua New Guinea) ...
... spots along outer edges. Juvenile (castrmeivenms) Head, upperparts and wings brown to buffish brown with rufous edging; underparts offwhite to brownish on foreneck and breast; tail spotted rufous. Adult (weiskei; east Papua New Guinea) ...
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 |
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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