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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... nape dark grey glossed green; lores greenish-grey. Back, wings and uppertail-coverts dark slate glossed greenish. Juvenile Duller than adult; sooty above, with brownish-buff throat and breast dark grey; bill brown; eye pale horn. Black ...
... nape dark grey glossed green; lores greenish-grey. Back, wings and uppertail-coverts dark slate glossed greenish. Juvenile Duller than adult; sooty above, with brownish-buff throat and breast dark grey; bill brown; eye pale horn. Black ...
Strona 58
... nape and hindneck grey; upperparts and wings dark grey glossed green; chin, throat and breast orange; flanks and upper belly pale grey; rest of underparts orange-chestnut; dark tail tipped white. Juvenile As adult but primary-coverts ...
... nape and hindneck grey; upperparts and wings dark grey glossed green; chin, throat and breast orange; flanks and upper belly pale grey; rest of underparts orange-chestnut; dark tail tipped white. Juvenile As adult but primary-coverts ...
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... nape; sometimes some rufous in wings, coverts with dull buff tips; narrow pointed rectrices indistinctly tipped grey. Grey-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi Map and text page 306 Locally in Venezuela to north-west Peru. Thickets and ...
... nape; sometimes some rufous in wings, coverts with dull buff tips; narrow pointed rectrices indistinctly tipped grey. Grey-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi Map and text page 306 Locally in Venezuela to north-west Peru. Thickets and ...
Strona 70
... nape; back, wing-coverts and rump brownish-black barred rufous; chin to upper breast slaty-brown; lower breast to undertail-coverts white barred dark; tail as adult. Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Map and text page 436 Indian ...
... nape; back, wing-coverts and rump brownish-black barred rufous; chin to upper breast slaty-brown; lower breast to undertail-coverts white barred dark; tail as adult. Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Map and text page 436 Indian ...
Strona 76
... nape and upperparts dark green with iridescent bronze or purple; crown sometimes greyer and duller; remiges dark brown; lower breast to undertail-coverts white barred glossy greenish-brown; closed tail bronze-green with broad dark ...
... nape and upperparts dark green with iridescent bronze or purple; crown sometimes greyer and duller; remiges dark brown; lower breast to undertail-coverts white barred glossy greenish-brown; closed tail bronze-green with broad dark ...
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