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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Strona 32
... belly; orbital skin bare, blue in most subspecies; runs swiftly on ground; often forages at army ant swarms, or with peccaries or primates; snaps bill. Adult (geofli'oyi; south Amazonian Brazil and presumably east Santa Cruz, Bolivia) ...
... belly; orbital skin bare, blue in most subspecies; runs swiftly on ground; often forages at army ant swarms, or with peccaries or primates; snaps bill. Adult (geofli'oyi; south Amazonian Brazil and presumably east Santa Cruz, Bolivia) ...
Strona 42
... belly slightly barred; tail barred. Intermediates occur. Juvenile (dark morph) Darker above, mantle often more speckled and less barred cream and cinnamon-rufous; finer speckling on crown; wings and wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous to ...
... belly slightly barred; tail barred. Intermediates occur. Juvenile (dark morph) Darker above, mantle often more speckled and less barred cream and cinnamon-rufous; finer speckling on crown; wings and wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous to ...
Strona 46
... belly and flanks. Juvenile (senegalensis) Crown brown or grey; rest of upperparts, including wings, barred chestnut and blackish; rump blackish barred buff; black tail faintly barred buff at tip; underparts buff/cinnamon streaked and ...
... belly and flanks. Juvenile (senegalensis) Crown brown or grey; rest of upperparts, including wings, barred chestnut and blackish; rump blackish barred buff; black tail faintly barred buff at tip; underparts buff/cinnamon streaked and ...
Strona 50
... belly olive; dull blue around eye Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli Map and text page 221 West Madagascar. Forest with sparse ground cover (not usually in degraded forest), edge of sub-desert, secondary growth; to 800m. 42cm. Long-tailed ...
... belly olive; dull blue around eye Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli Map and text page 221 West Madagascar. Forest with sparse ground cover (not usually in degraded forest), edge of sub-desert, secondary growth; to 800m. 42cm. Long-tailed ...
Strona 52
... belly grey; undertail-coverts grey to black; very long tail with broad white tips; bill yellow; eye-ring greenish ... belly and undertail-coverts blackish; tail long. Adult (mesum; Colombia east of Andes, east Ecuador) Belly and ...
... belly grey; undertail-coverts grey to black; very long tail with broad white tips; bill yellow; eye-ring greenish ... belly and undertail-coverts blackish; tail long. Adult (mesum; Colombia east of Andes, east Ecuador) Belly and ...
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