Owls of the WorldA&C Black, 2009/01/01 - 528 ページ The definitive book on owls. Owls are enduringly popular birds, but due to their nocturnal habits most species are difficult to see well. The plumages of many species are cryptic and difficult to separate by plumage alone. This problem is compounded by the different morphs that many adopt. This book fully describes every known species and subspecies of owl, as well as presenting the latest evidence on owl taxonomy, based on DNA work and vocalisations. Because voice is vital in owl identification, much emphasis is placed on it in the book and sonograms are provided for many species. A CD of owl vocalisations accompanies the book. |
目次
INTRODUCTION | 12 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 13 |
LAYOUT OF THE BOOK | 15 |
OWLS AN OVERVIEW | 18 |
HOW TO STUDY OWLS | 39 |
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE OWLS STRIGIFORMES | 42 |
COLOUR PLATES | 64 |
SYSTEMATIC SECTION | 209 |
JUBULA | 384 |
LOPHOSTRIX | 385 |
SURNIA | 386 |
GLAUCIDIUM | 388 |
TAENIOGLAUX | 421 |
XENOGLAUX | 430 |
MICRATHENE | 431 |
ATHENE | 432 |
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A-song Adult nominate Argentina Barn Owl barred base of toes belly bill birds blackish blackish-brown Boyer & Hume BREEDING Bubo buff buffish Cere Claws crown dark brown darker densely DESCRIPTION Adult dusky Eagle Owl ear-tufts Eck & Busse Eurasian Eagle Owl Eurasian Pygmy Owl eyebrows Eyes yellow female Ferruginous Pygmy Owl FOOD forest GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION Monotypic Glaucidium greyish-brown HABITAT Hawk Owl holes Hoyo insects Island König larger Little Owl Long-eared Owl lowlands male mantle MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT Mesoptile Monotypic montane mottled MOVEMENTS Resident nape nest Ninox occipital face ochre outer webs Owlet paler perch Plate plumage prey prominent Pygmy Owl Red morph roosts rufous-brown scapulars Scops Owl Otus Screech Owl shaft-streaks Similar species Southern Boobook STATUS AND CONSERVATION streaked Strigidae Strix subspecies Tarsi tawny Tawny Owl tips trees Type locality Tyto upper breast Upperparts uttered vermiculations Weick WEIGHT Total length Western Screech Owl white spots Wing wing-coverts