Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the WorldYale University Press, 1 sty 1998 - 584 This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds. From the mighty macaws to the diminutive pygmy parrots, the 350 species of parrots include cockatoos, parakeets, lovebirds, and Budgerigar. Most are brightly colored or even gaudy, but a few are drab, and some are nocturnal and flightless. Parrots, found throughout most of the warmer regions of the world, occur in greatest numbers in Australasia and South America. This book includes 88 superb color illustrations of every species and most identifiable subspecies of parrot, as well as range maps of their locations. It offers many first-hand insights into the ecology of each species, vocalizations, life cycle characteristics, and geographical variation. It also provides up-to-date information on the conservation status of those species of parrots that are threatened or endangered. |
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INTRODUCTION | 7 |
ORIGINS AND EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS | 15 |
Social Behaviour | 22 |
THREATS | 31 |
CAPTIVE BREEDING | 37 |
COLOUR PLATES | 48 |
26 | 90 |
31 | 100 |
34 | 106 |
37 | 112 |
217 | 146 |
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Adult male Amazon Amazon basin areas Argentina Australia belly bend of wing bill birds blackish blue Bolivia Brazil bright brown captivity cheeks Cockatoo collar Colombia Conure crown dark darker DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS dull duller ear-coverts eastern ECOLOGY Ecuador edge feeding Fig Parrot flight feathers flocks forecrown forest Forshaw GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION green macaw Guinea habitat habitat loss Hanging Parrot head IDENTIFICATION Immature innerwebs iris islands lateral feathers lores Lorikeet Lory lower lowlands Macaw mainly green mandible mantle MEASUREMENTS Wing montane nape nest nominate northern numbers occurs orange orange-red outerwebs pale paler Parakeet Parrotlet patch periophthalmic Peru Plate plumage primary coverts races Rainbow Lorikeet range roost rump savanna SEX/AGE Female SEX/AGE Sexes similar Sibley & Monroe sides of neck species suffusion Sulphur-crested Cockatoo sympatric tarsus Text and map throat tips trees underparts undertail undertail-coverts Underwing underwing-coverts upper breast upper mandible upperparts Venezuela VOICE wing-coverts woodland yellow yellowish yellowish-green