Author(s): Gisela Kaplan
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 168
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preamble......Page 6
Chapter 1 What and where they are......Page 10
Attitudes to tawny frogmouths......Page 11
Who are the relatives of the tawny frogmouth?......Page 14
Complexities of subspecies, geographic variation and systematics......Page 16
Distribution of tawny frogmouths within Australia......Page 20
Integument......Page 26
Feathers......Page 27
Wings......Page 34
Eyes, ears and olfactory system......Page 35
Beak......Page 36
Legs and feet......Page 38
The brain......Page 42
Vision......Page 45
Hearing......Page 53
Smell, taste and tactile senses......Page 55
Lifespan and interventions......Page 60
Predation and survival......Page 61
Sleeping......Page 69
Coping with the weather and the seasons......Page 71
Chapter 5 Feeding and territory......Page 74
Type of food consumed......Page 75
How and where they feed......Page 77
Problems with food......Page 81
Territory and territorial defence......Page 82
Chapter 6 Bonding and breeding......Page 88
Partnerships......Page 89
Mating......Page 90
Nest building and the problem of tawny frogmouth nests......Page 91
Laying the eggs......Page 96
Parental role in incubating the eggs......Page 97
Brooding trance?......Page 98
Egg laying timing......Page 102
Egg size......Page 104
Inside the egg......Page 105
Hatching......Page 106
Nestling stage and camouflage......Page 108
Early development after hatching......Page 111
Food for the young birds......Page 112
Fledging......Page 116
Dispersal of young......Page 117
Emotions and autonomic responses......Page 120
Making sounds......Page 127
Vocal signals......Page 128
Type of calls......Page 134
Threat displays......Page 135
Epilogue......Page 138
Endnotes......Page 141
References......Page 153
C......Page 164
H......Page 165
P......Page 166
W......Page 167
