| Description |
xi, 324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Kingfishers, bee-eaters & rollers : a handbook / C. Hilary Fry and Kathie Fry ; illustrated by Alan Harris. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Introduction x -- Acknowledgements xi -- Explanation of Plates, Maps and Text 1 -- Characters and Relationships 6 -- Food and Foraging 12 -- Nesting 17 -- Social and Breeding Behaviour 19 -- Distribution and Derivation 21 -- Island Rarities 24 -- Colour Plates 25 -- Systematic Section 107 -- Kingfishers -- 1 Celebes Green Kingfisher Actenoides monachus 107 -- 2 Regent Kingfisher Actenoides princeps 107 -- 3 Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei 109 -- 4 Hombron's Wood Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni 110 -- 5 Spotted Wood Kingfisher Actenoides lindsayi 111 -- 6 Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus 112 -- 7 Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea 113 -- 8 Numfor Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera carolinae 116 -- 9 Aru Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis 117 -- 10 Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia 118 -- 11 Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nympha 120 -- 12 Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae 121 -- 13 Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis 122 -- 14 Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina 123 -- 15 Shovel-billed Kingfisher Clytoceyx rex 125 -- 16 Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella 127 -- 17 Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud 128 -- 18 Spangled Kookaburra Dacelo tyro 130 -- 19 Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 131 -- 20 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 133 -- 21 White-rumped Kingfisher Halcyon fulgida 136 -- 22 Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis 137 -- 23 Celebes Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon melanorhyncha 139 -- 24 Brown-winged Kingfisher Halcyon amauroptera 140 -- 25 Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda 141 -- 26 White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 143 -- 27 Java Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris 145 -- 28 Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia 146 -- 29 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata 147 -- 30 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 149 -- 31 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris 152 -- 32 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 154 -- 33 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 155 -- 34 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 157 -- 35 African Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides 159 -- 36 Black-sided Kingfisher Halcyon nigrocyanea 161 -- 37 Winchell's Kingfisher Halcyon winchelli 162 -- 38 Moluccan Kingfisher Halcyon diops 164 -- 39 Lazuli Kingfisher Halcyon lazuli 165 -- 40 Forest Kingfisher Halcyon macleayii 166 -- 41 New Britain Kingfisher Halcyon albonotata 168 -- 42 Ultramarine Kingfisher Halcyon leucopygia 169 -- 43 Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher Halcyon farquhari 170 -- 44 Lesser Yellow-billed Kingfisher Halcyon torotoro 171 -- 45 Mountain Yellow-billed Kingfisher Halcyon megarhyncha 173 -- 46 Sombre Kingfisher Halcyon funebris 174 -- 47 Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon chloris 175 -- 48 Micronesian Kingfisher Halcyon cinnamomina 181 -- 49 Beach Kingfisher Halcyon saurophagd 183 -- 50 Sacred Kingfisher Halcyon sancta 185 -- 51 Timor Kingfisher Halcyon australasia 188 -- 52 Red-backed Kingfisher Halcyon pyrrhopygia 189 -- 53 Pacific Kingfisher Halcyon tuta 190 -- 54 Tahiti Kingfisher Halcyon venerata 192 -- 55 Niau Kingfisher Halcyon gertrudae 193 -- 56 Marquesas Kingfisher Halcyon godeffroyi 194 -- 57 African Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx lecontei 195 -- 58 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ceyx pictus 196 -- 59 Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus 198 -- 60 Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx melanurus 200 -- 61 Celebes Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx fallax 201 -- 62 Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Ceyx madagascariensis 201 -- 63 Variable Dwarf Kingfisher Alcedo lepida 202 -- 64 White-bellied Kingfisher Alcedo leucogaster 204 -- 65 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata 206 -- 66 Madagascar Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo vintsioides 208 -- 67 Silvery Kingfisher Alcedo argentata 209 -- 68 Philippine Pectoral Kingfisher Alcedo cyanopecta 209 -- 69 Caerulean Kingfisher Alcedo coerulescens 210 -- 70 Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona 211 -- 71 Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys 213 -- 72 Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea 214 -- 73 Bismarck Kingfisher Alcedo websteri 215 -- 74 Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla 216 -- 75 Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting 217 -- 76 River Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 219 -- 77 Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata 222 -- 78 Great Blue Kingfisher Alcedo hercules 223 -- 79 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea 224 -- 80 Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda 225 -- 81 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 226 -- 82 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona 228 -- 83 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle luguhris 229 -- 84 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 231 -- 85 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 233 -- 86 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 234 -- 87 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 236 -- Bee-Eaters -- 88 Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amicta 241 -- 89 Blue-bearded Bee-eater NYctYornis athertoni 242 -- 90 Celebes Bee-eafer Meropogon forsteni 244 -- 91 Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri 246 -- 92 Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri 247 -- 93 Black Bee-eater Merops gularis 249 -- 94 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 251 -- 95 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 253 -- 96 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus 255 -- 97 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates 257 -- 98 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bullocki 259 -- 99 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides 262 -- 100 Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii 264 -- 101 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis 265 -- 102 Boehm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi 267 -- 103 Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis 269 -- 104 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 271 -- 105 Madagascar/Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops superciliosus 273 -- 106 Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 275 -- 107 Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops virdis 277 -- 108 Bay-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti 279 -- 109 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 281 -- 110 Rosy Bee-eater Merops Malimbicus 283 -- 111 Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus 285 -- Rollers -- 112 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevia 287 -- 113 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 289 -- 114 Celebes Roller Roller Cowias termminckii291 -- 115 Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulata 292 -- 116 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata 294 -- 117 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinica 296 -- 118 European Roller Coracias garrulus 298 -- 119 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster 300 -- 120 Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis 301 -- 121 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 303 -- 122 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 305 -- 123 Azure Roller Eurystomus azureus 308 -- Bibliography 309 -- Index 318 |
| Analysis |
Bee eaters |
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Kingfishers |
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Rollers (Birds) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Bee eaters.
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Coraciidae.
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Kingfishers.
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| Author |
Fry, Kathie.
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| LC no. |
92008385 |
| ISBN |
0691087806 |
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