num_pages: 544
description: Winner - Birdwatch Book of the Year 2012This authoritative handbook part of the Helm Identification Guides series looks in detail at the world's cuckoos couas and coucals - the family Cuculidae. 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.
language: English
title: Cuckoos of the World
publisher: Helm