Australian Broad-tailed Parrots


Book Description

Guide to Australian broad-tailed parrots for aviculturalists at all levels. Part of a series. Illustrated with colour photographs. Foreword by Des Dowling, Life Member of the Avicultural Society of New South Wales. Sindel is a past President and Honorary Life Member of the Avicultural Society of New South Wales and won their Meritorious Achievement in Aviculture Award 1998. Gill is a veterinary surgeon and past President of the Avicultural Society of New South Wales.




A Guide to Australian Long and Broad-Tailed Parrots and New Zealand Kakarikis


Book Description

This full colour title presents the general management, housing, diet and nutrition, breeding and hand rearing of the Crimson-winged, Princess, Regent, Superb, King, Red-capped, Mallee Ringnecked, Cloncurry, Port Lincoln and Twenty-eight Parrot and the Red-fronted and Yellow-fronted Kakarikis.







Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds


Book Description

Lists all those species of birds that have been recorded from the Australian mainland, Tasmania, island territories and surrounding waters. Based on theauthors' original book The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories, it includes any new species for which records have been accepted by the Records Appraisal Committee of Birds Australia. It also includes all extant and recently extinct (post-1800) native species, as well as new species, accepted vagrants and introduced species that have become established and continue to survive in the wild.







The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds


Book Description

Beginners and experienced birdwatchers turn to this guide to identify the birds they see in their backyards and on bushwalking or birdwatching expeditions. Designed to slip easily into a pocket, backpack or glove box. This is a new and updated version of the very popular Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds and includes 64 new or extensively revised colour plates, incorporating all the new birds observed in Australia, including Tasmania and islands and territories since 1986. Also included is a re-organisation of the guide into broad habitats - seabirds, shore birds, inland water birds and bush birds; updated common and scientific names, revised maps, and a new visual index to aid beginners in finding the most appropriate pages in the guide. A must for serious naturalists in Australia, be they beginners or experts.










Glimpses of Paradise


Book Description

The history of the Paradise Parrot - from its 'discovery' in the 1800s to its extinction in the 1920s and how claims of sightings have continued to the present day.







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