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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... east Asia; China; migrates south to south India, Sri Lanka, southern south-east Asia, Greater Sundas and Philippines. Wide variety of habitats with cover; to 2,000m. 38—46cm. Long-tailed, slender cuckoo with chestnut wings, white collar ...
... east Asia; China; migrates south to south India, Sri Lanka, southern south-east Asia, Greater Sundas and Philippines. Wide variety of habitats with cover; to 2,000m. 38—46cm. Long-tailed, slender cuckoo with chestnut wings, white collar ...
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... east Australia, New Guinea and islands. Forest and edge, savanna, scrub; to 1,800m. 22—24cm. Small cuckoo. Adult male (castaneivmms, North-east Australia and Aru Is.) Head dark grey with conspicuous pale yellow eyering; entire up ...
... east Australia, New Guinea and islands. Forest and edge, savanna, scrub; to 1,800m. 22—24cm. Small cuckoo. Adult male (castaneivmms, North-east Australia and Aru Is.) Head dark grey with conspicuous pale yellow eyering; entire up ...
Strona 86
... east Asia; south-west China; Greater Sundas; Palawan; (more northerly populations perhaps migratory). Forest, scrub, secondary growth, plantations and other agricultural land, gardens; to 2,440m. 22—24cm. Smallish cuckoo with rather ...
... east Asia; south-west China; Greater Sundas; Palawan; (more northerly populations perhaps migratory). Forest, scrub, secondary growth, plantations and other agricultural land, gardens; to 2,440m. 22—24cm. Smallish cuckoo with rather ...
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... east DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and north-west Tanzania) Upperparts dark olive-brown with greenish sheen; buff-brown feather tips giving barred appearance above; wings barred buff; below whitish barred black brown and washed buff on upper ...
... east DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and north-west Tanzania) Upperparts dark olive-brown with greenish sheen; buff-brown feather tips giving barred appearance above; wings barred buff; below whitish barred black brown and washed buff on upper ...
Strona 92
... east Indian subcontinent; northern south-east Asia; southern China; northerly populations mostly migrate to southern south-east Asia and Greater Sundas. Forests, woodland, bamboo, plantations; also gardens on passage or winter; to 2,900 ...
... east Indian subcontinent; northern south-east Asia; southern China; northerly populations mostly migrate to southern south-east Asia and Greater Sundas. Forests, woodland, bamboo, plantations; also gardens on passage or winter; to 2,900 ...
Spis treści
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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