-
mainly from the surface.
Adults are slim
erect birds with a
brown back and
foreneck,
paler face and grey breast. Its long
yellow legs, pure
white tail and...
- is
particularly striking,
being mainly grey, but with a
white crown and
foreneck. The eyering,
facial wattles and legs are yellow. Females,
males and young...
-
south to
South Africa African hoopoe. Most
distinctive subspecies with
higher degree of ****ual dimorphism.
Grayish foreneck, and
differing wing pattern...
- down the
centre of the
foreneck, and the
wings are
shiny green.
Wispy pale blue
feathers decorate the crown,
sides of the
foreneck, and
lower back. The...
- black-and-white mantle. Non-breeding
plumage is
drabber with the chin and
foreneck white. Its main
distinguishing feature is the long straw-yellow bill which...
- in the past but is
browner on the back and has a
yellowish tinge to the
foreneck. The
sharply defined gorget distinguishes this
species from the red-legged...
- neck are chestnut. The chin, throat,
foreneck and
upper breast are white, with
black streaks across the
foreneck and
upper breast. The
lower breast and...
- over
glossy green colour (which only in P. c.
suehschanensis reaches from
foreneck to the belly).
Crown usually dark green. P. c.
torquatus group – Chinese...
- the
underside is pale buff,
being especially light on the
lower head and
foreneck which are
sharply delimited against the maroon. In flight, the
wings appear...
-
plumage is
mainly brown with a more
reddish forehead and crown, and the
foreneck, chin and
throat are a rich chestnut. It has a long,
black eyestripe extending...
