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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... Yellow—billed Cuckoo Coccyzus amen'canus) facultative, whereby the birds normally raise their own young and only occasionally deposit an egg (5) in the nest of another individual of the same or different species. In the classification ...
... Yellow—billed Cuckoo Coccyzus amen'canus) facultative, whereby the birds normally raise their own young and only occasionally deposit an egg (5) in the nest of another individual of the same or different species. In the classification ...
Strona 52
... yellow; eye-ring greenish-yellow west of Andes, red east of Andes; eyes red; runs andjumps along large branches; vocal. Adult (myrma; east and south Venezuela, Guianas, north Brazil) Tail black below; under tail-coverts dark grey ...
... yellow; eye-ring greenish-yellow west of Andes, red east of Andes; eyes red; runs andjumps along large branches; vocal. Adult (myrma; east and south Venezuela, Guianas, north Brazil) Tail black below; under tail-coverts dark grey ...
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... yellow bill; red eye with yellow orbital skin. Skulks, and may be difficult see; flies with clattering wingbeats and long wavering glides. Adult (Helms, east of River Niger) Usually appears blackish, although slaty-blue with bluish ...
... yellow bill; red eye with yellow orbital skin. Skulks, and may be difficult see; flies with clattering wingbeats and long wavering glides. Adult (Helms, east of River Niger) Usually appears blackish, although slaty-blue with bluish ...
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... yellow eye-ring. Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo Saumthera longimstris Map and text page 318 Hispaniola and surrounding islands. Highland pine forest, dense undergrowth and thickets, scant stands of bushes on barren mountainsides, coffee ...
... yellow eye-ring. Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo Saumthera longimstris Map and text page 318 Hispaniola and surrounding islands. Highland pine forest, dense undergrowth and thickets, scant stands of bushes on barren mountainsides, coffee ...
Strona 66
... yellow; upperparts warmer rufous-toned, with some pale edging; breast buffy; rectrices narrower, with faint and narrow whin'sh tips (no black band); bill often paler, greyish or bluish. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Map and ...
... yellow; upperparts warmer rufous-toned, with some pale edging; breast buffy; rectrices narrower, with faint and narrow whin'sh tips (no black band); bill often paler, greyish or bluish. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 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 areas barred black barred dark belly Benson Bill black Bill male BIOMETRICS BirdLife International 2011 birds Black Coucal blackish blackish-brown BMNH Borneo buff buffish caterpillars chestnut Chicks chin common Common Cuckoo Coua crown Cuculus dark brown dark grey east edged eggs eye-ring feathers FIELD IDENTIFICATION fledgling forest globally threatened BirdLife glossed green grey-brown HABITAT Hawk-cuckoo head Hilty host Iris Irwin Juvenile Kenya lowlands Madagascar Malawi Malkoha Map and text mean morph moult MtDNA nape nest Nestling nominate pale paler plumage primaries rectrices remiges rest of underparts rufous rump savanna scrub secondary secondary forest Similar species skin Sorenson & Payne south-east spots STATUS AND CONSERVATION streaked subspecies Sulawesi Sumatra supercilium Tail male Tanzania Tarsus male Thai-Malay Peninsula threatened BirdLife International tipped white Uganda underparts white undertail-coverts underwing-coverts upper breast upperparts and wings Wallacea Warbler white barred whitish wing-coverts yellow Zambia Zimbabwe