From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world - and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide covers all 356 species and well-differentiated subspecies of parrots, and is the only guide organised by geographical distribution - Australasian, Afro-Asian, and neotropical. It features 146 superb colour plates depicting every kind of parrot, as well as detailed, facing-page species accounts that ...
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From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world - and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide covers all 356 species and well-differentiated subspecies of parrots, and is the only guide organised by geographical distribution - Australasian, Afro-Asian, and neotropical. It features 146 superb colour plates depicting every kind of parrot, as well as detailed, facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, distribution, subspeciation, habitat and status.
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Add this copy of Parrots of the World (Princeton Field Guides, 70) to cart. $23.36, good condition, Sold by BuenaWave rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oklahoma City, OK, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Princeton University Press.
Add this copy of Parrots of the World to cart. $41.01, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Eastview Editions.
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Add this copy of Parrots of the World to cart. $200.00, good condition, Sold by AmazingBooksPGH rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Eastview Editions.
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Good. Size: 12x8x2; Unmarked pages, clean interior. From page 480 and on most of the pages have are bumped at top edges. Moderate wear along outside edge of pages. Dj is not clipped (no price on flaps) and has no tears. The dj has some light creasing, indents, and surface wear. Lh.
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Good. "Improved 1978 Edition, with expanded indices, " 1978. Large quarto, hardcover, illustrated (in color), 584 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy, very possessive previous owner stamped his name-stamp to the front pastedown and to all the edges, soiling and age-toning to the pages and page-edges, soiling to the book's covers, wear to the book's covers including rubbing and loss, no dust jacket. This large book might require additional postage.
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Illustrated by COOPER, WILLIAM T. Color Photos, drawings. Very Good. 9x12" oversize thick VERY GOOD Condition. CLEAN, SOLID, NO TEARS, very minor spine toning..; black titles on white cloth hardcovers showing 2 YELLOWNECK GREEN PARROTS ON BRANCH...WHITE BACKGROUND. COVER CORNER STATEMENT./. IMPROVED 1978 EDITION WITH EXPANDED INDICES"; 584pg heavy pages; . Bird habits BREEDING, RANGE, REMARKS. ********** SIZE & WEIGHT WILL REQUIRE ME TO SHIP IN A STURDY CARDBOARD BOX & WELL PROTECTED IN ITS TRAVELS. PRICE REFLECTS ARRITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS. TRAVELS ONLY BY SURFACE...NO PRIORITY...********
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Very Good- 616pp, quarto hardcover. fading to book spine and outer edges of boards, solid binding, owner stamp, interior clean. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA.
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A must have book on Parrots for any book collector.Specially for for those who collect books on parrots, it is an ultimate reference book on the parrots. It is beautifully illustrated in full-color plates, it covers every known species of parrot, and some of which are now extinct . It provides information on all the aspects of parrots in the wild from size to range from breeding habits to habitat, It's unfortunate that this book is now out of print, it's a parrot ultimate reference to parrots in the wild.
