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Parrots of the world : up close with the world's cleverest birds / Steve Brookes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Reed New Holland Publishers, 2018Description: 176 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781921517716 (pbk)
  • 1921517719 (pbk)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Parrots of the world -- New Zealand parrots -- Cockatoos and cockatiel -- African parrots -- Macaws -- Neotropical parakeets -- Parrotlets -- Amazons and allies -- Pesquet's parrot -- Vasa parrots -- Ground parrots and allies -- Rosellas and allies -- Lories and lorikeets -- Budgerigar -- Fig-parrots -- Lovebirds -- Hanging-parrots -- King-parrots and allies -- Racquet-tails, Eclectus parrot and allies -- Asian parakeets -- Pygmy-parrots.
Summary: Parrots have always captured the imagination of humans thanks to their bright plumage and ability to mimic speech. This beautifully illustrated book on the world's parrots explores all aspects of their lives, as well as the various parrot families, and showcases beautiful photography from around the world. It will also look at threats facing parrots and conservation issues that are relevant. The text will be serious but also readable and accessible to a wide audience.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 598.71 B872 Available 33111009382694
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 598.71 B872 Available 33111009317575
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Parrots have always captured the imagination of humans thanks to their bright plumage and ability to mimic speech. This beautifully illustrated book on the world's parrots explores all aspects of their lives, as well as the various parrot families, and showcases beautiful photography from around the world. It will also look at threats facing parrots and conservation issues that are relevant. The text will be serious but also readable and accessible to a wide audience.

The introduction includes sections on feeding, courtship, breeding and adaptations. There is a chapter on each parrot family, from the huge macaws and cockatoos to the diminutive hangingparrots and parrotlets, and including everything from the familiar budgerigar, which is known as a popular family pet around the world, to those species and families with special features, such as the Kea, Burrowing Parrot and Night Parrot. Closing chapters look at parrots and humans (banding, the pet trade, etc), threats and conservation and gives a comprehensive checklist of Parrot species and subspecies.

In short this will be the best and most up to date book of its size available on the subject. It will appeal to all birdwatchers and nature-lovers everywhere, as well as to people who keep parrots as pets, and to the general public as a gift book.

Includes index.

Parrots have always captured the imagination of humans thanks to their bright plumage and ability to mimic speech. This beautifully illustrated book on the world's parrots explores all aspects of their lives, as well as the various parrot families, and showcases beautiful photography from around the world. It will also look at threats facing parrots and conservation issues that are relevant. The text will be serious but also readable and accessible to a wide audience.

Parrots of the world -- New Zealand parrots -- Cockatoos and cockatiel -- African parrots -- Macaws -- Neotropical parakeets -- Parrotlets -- Amazons and allies -- Pesquet's parrot -- Vasa parrots -- Ground parrots and allies -- Rosellas and allies -- Lories and lorikeets -- Budgerigar -- Fig-parrots -- Lovebirds -- Hanging-parrots -- King-parrots and allies -- Racquet-tails, Eclectus parrot and allies -- Asian parakeets -- Pygmy-parrots.

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