Genus PAVONCELLA.
Males much larger than females. Web only between fourth and third toes. Bill almost straight. Both mandibles grooved. First quill longest. Tail graduated. Tarsus transversely shielded in front and behind. Hind toe moderate. At breeding season male assumes a distinct plumage, with a ruff of long feathers. Scarcely two ruffs in full plumage are alike in colour. Polygamous. Almost the whole of the Old World.
BookTitle:
Game, Shore And Water Birds Of India
Reference:
Le Messurier, Augustus. Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India Fourth Edition, 1904.
Title in Book:
Genus PAVONCELLA
Year:
1904
Page No:
174
M_ID:
4374
M_SN:
Philomachus
Volume:
4th ed.
Term name:
id:
12929
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