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 to cart. $70.00, fair condition, Sold by Books End Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SYRACUSE, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Doubleday & Company, Inc..
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Acceptable in Good jacket. Front DJ flap has a triangluar cut out. Wear has removed parts of the illustration on front of DJ on the top corners. Book is COMPLETELY detached from spine and boards. However, the pages are still held together.
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.