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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... breast heavily scaled; lower breast to belly greyish or whitish-buff ... Upper Amazonia in parts of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Upland ... breast blackish; upperparts and belly brown; bill and feet black. juvenile geoffroyi adult ...
... breast heavily scaled; lower breast to belly greyish or whitish-buff ... Upper Amazonia in parts of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Upland ... breast blackish; upperparts and belly brown; bill and feet black. juvenile geoffroyi adult ...
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... upper breast; wings black with white streaking on coverts; breast to belly blackish barred whitish, or on Halmahera, irregularly blotched whitish, grey and blackish. Tail black glossed bluish. Greater Black Coucal Centropus menbeki Map ...
... upper breast; wings black with white streaking on coverts; breast to belly blackish barred whitish, or on Halmahera, irregularly blotched whitish, grey and blackish. Tail black glossed bluish. Greater Black Coucal Centropus menbeki Map ...
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... upper back; wings rufous barred black; below rufous-buff, throat to upper breast barred dark brown. Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster Map and text page 163 'Vest Africa, east to northern DRC. Dense undergrowth in forest ...
... upper back; wings rufous barred black; below rufous-buff, throat to upper breast barred dark brown. Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster Map and text page 163 'Vest Africa, east to northern DRC. Dense undergrowth in forest ...
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... upper back and wings green washed purple; lower back rufous barred dark green; breast and sides of neck pale grey, rest of underparts off-white barred dusky; tail above glossy purplish-blue. Juvenile From adult by mostly pale brown ...
... upper back and wings green washed purple; lower back rufous barred dark green; breast and sides of neck pale grey, rest of underparts off-white barred dusky; tail above glossy purplish-blue. Juvenile From adult by mostly pale brown ...
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... breast, flanks and upper belly boldly streaked black; tail tipped buffish-white. Adult (sirkee, Pakistan and north-west India) Paler on underparts and smaller-billed than leschenaultii. Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomusjavanicus Map and ...
... breast, flanks and upper belly boldly streaked black; tail tipped buffish-white. Adult (sirkee, Pakistan and north-west India) Paler on underparts and smaller-billed than leschenaultii. Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomusjavanicus Map and ...
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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