- due to the "
tail", also
known as a "train". The pea****
train consists not of
tail quill feathers but
highly elongated upper tail coverts.
These feathers...
- train,
which extend from the rump. The
train is made up of
elongated upper tail coverts,
which are bronze-green
train with the
outermost and
longer feathers...
- characteristic, in both ****es of all ages, is that the
entire tail is
black to the
level of the
upper tail-
coverts. The
desert wheatear feeds largely on
insects which...
- Identification:
Brown scallops on the
flanks and
paler to
straw on the
upper tail-
coverts. L. c.
sharpii – (Madarász, 1894):
occurs in Hollandia,
Irian Jaya...
- (Pharomachrus auriceps).
Feathers of the back, breast,
median wing
coverts, rump and
upper tail coverts are all
iridescent green with a
black base and some that...
- stripe, the
colour of the
uppertail (rump) and wing
coverts, and the
colour of crown, chest,
upper back, and
flank feathers. As
noted above, introduced...
- bows are green, sca****rs and
upper tail coverts are
green and cobalt.
There is a blue rump on
upper tail coverts. The
tail is dark
green with a cobalt...
- qualities. Its
English name is
taken from the black-and-white
barred tail and
upper tail coverts in this species. Four
subspecies are recognised: L. l. lapponica...
-
central upper tail-
coverts are blackish,
while the
upper tail-
coverts are grey-brown and fade into a
small pale
patch above the
tail. The
tail itself is...
- wings, a greyish-black
crown and collar, dark grey
upper-wings and
tail,
white upper-
tail coverts and
white under-wings
edged with black, and the underparts...