Field Guides - Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii, Central and West Pacific by Ber van Perlo

Author:Ber van Perlo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

56 Murrelets, Auklets, Puffins, Sandgrouse & Pigeon

56.1 ANCIENT MURRELET Synthliboramphus antiquus [Guillemot à cou blanc] L 27cm. Note white underwings, short pale bill and distinctive white patch at neck sides. Winters offshore. Ha 6. V

56.2 JAPANESE MURRELET Synthliboramphus wumizusume [Guillemot du Japon] L 26cm. Note broad white streaks over eyes, connected at neck. Winters offshore. Ha 17. V

56.3 CASSIN’S AUKLET Ptychoramphus aleuticus [Starique de Cassin] L 23cm. Rather plump and featureless. At close range shows white crescents over eyes. Offshore. Ha 6. V

56.4 PARAKEET AUKLET Aethia psittacula [Starique perroquet] L 24cm. Stubby red bill, white eyes and narrow white plume, starting at eye diagnostic. Open sea. Ha 7–18. V

56.5 HORNED PUFFIN Fratercula corniculata [Macareux cornu] L 39cm. Unmistakable by white underparts, massive bill and facial pattern. Offshore. Ha 7–18. V

56.6 TUFTED PUFFIN Fratercula cirrhata [Macareux huppé] L 39cm. From 56.5 by black underparts. Note pale eyes and pale yellow plumes starting above eyes. Offshore and open sea. Ha 13,17,18.

56.7 CHESTNUT-BELLIED SANDGROUSE Pterocles exustus [Ganga à ventre brun] L 32cm. Unmistakable by general colour pattern and long-tailed jizz. Normally in flocks. Note narrow breast-band of and fine barring of . Dry pastures and grassland. Ha 1. I

56.8 NICOBAR PIGEON Caloenas nicobarica [Nicobar à camail] L 34cm. Terrestrial, very dark-looking pigeon, showing short, white (black in Juv.) tail in flight. Mangrove, bush, forest, second growth. Usual silent. Pa, Mi 2. R

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