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 54
... blackish tail broadly tipped white. Adult female Head, neck, mantle, throat and breast pale grey; rectrices dark rufous. Juvenile male Duller than adult; dark ends to remiges; smaller white tips to tail. (Juvenile female has less white ...
... blackish tail broadly tipped white. Adult female Head, neck, mantle, throat and breast pale grey; rectrices dark rufous. Juvenile male Duller than adult; dark ends to remiges; smaller white tips to tail. (Juvenile female has less white ...
Strona 56
... blackish, although slaty-blue with bluish sheen above; paler below. Juvenile (aereus) Duller than adult; sooty above; brownish buff throat; breast dark grey; bill brown; eye pale horn. Adult (flavirostrir, west of River Niger) ...
... blackish, although slaty-blue with bluish sheen above; paler below. Juvenile (aereus) Duller than adult; sooty above; brownish buff throat; breast dark grey; bill brown; eye pale horn. Adult (flavirostrir, west of River Niger) ...
Strona 58
... blackish streaking; sandy greybuff below becoming rufous on lower breast to belly (less so on female); undertail-coverts and mil dark brown, latter broadly tipped white, except central rectrices. Juvenile (leschmaultii) As adult but ...
... blackish streaking; sandy greybuff below becoming rufous on lower breast to belly (less so on female); undertail-coverts and mil dark brown, latter broadly tipped white, except central rectrices. Juvenile (leschmaultii) As adult but ...
Strona 60
... Blackish; red-crested; long black tail tipped white. Adult (supmtiliosus; range of species except where cagayanmsis occurs) Head, neck, upperparts and wings black glossed green-blue. Red superciliary crest of long hair-like feathers ...
... Blackish; red-crested; long black tail tipped white. Adult (supmtiliosus; range of species except where cagayanmsis occurs) Head, neck, upperparts and wings black glossed green-blue. Red superciliary crest of long hair-like feathers ...
Strona 70
... blackish; broad black barring on lower breast, flanks and belly. Adult (pale morph; Burma and Thailand; rare) Pale grey above with paler grey and rufous edging; upper breast barred rufous and white; lower breast to belly and flanks ...
... blackish; broad black barring on lower breast, flanks and belly. Adult (pale morph; Burma and Thailand; rare) Pale grey above with paler grey and rufous edging; upper breast barred rufous and white; lower breast to belly and flanks ...
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