Author: Stan SindelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Australian Broad-tailed Parrots
Author: Stan SindelAustralian Broad-tailed Parrots
Author: Stan SindelPublisher:
ISBN: 9780958772761
Category : Broad-tailed parrots
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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
Author: Kevin WilsonPublisher: Abk Publications
ISBN: 9780958745536
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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.
Parakeets
Author: Source WikipediaPublisher: University-Press.org
ISBN: 9781230655055
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Broad-tailed parrots, Conures, Budgerigar, Budgerigar colour genetics, Australian Ringneck, Western Ground Parrot, Crimson Rosella, Orange-bellied Parrot, Mani the parakeet, Night Parrot, Scarlet-chested Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Pale-headed Rosella, Eastern Ground Parrot, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Swift Parrot, Green Rosella, Mulga Parrot, Golden-shouldered Parrot, Turquoise Parrot, Red-capped Parrot, Red-rumped Parrot, Bourke's Parrot, Paradise Parrot, Western Rosella, Rock Parrot, Northern Rosella, Pezoporus, Blue Bonnet, Psephotus. Excerpt: The Budgerigar ( ), also known as Common Pet Parakeet or Shell Parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus), informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot, and the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus. Wild budgerigars are found throughout the drier parts of Australia, where the species has survived harsh inland conditions for the last five million years. Naturally green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings, breeders have created a rainbow of blues, whites, and yellows, greys, and even forms with small crests. Budgerigars are popular pets around the world due to their small size, low cost, ability to mimic human speech and playful nature. The budgerigar is closely related to the lories and the fig parrots. Although budgerigars are often, especially in American English, called parakeets, this term refers to any of a number of small parrots with long, flat tails. Alternative common names include Shell Parrot, Warbling Grass parakeet, Canary Parrot, Zebra parrot, Flight Bird, Scallop Parrot and the alternate spellings Budgerygah and Betcherrygah. Although more applicable to members of the genus Agapornis, the name Lovebird has been applied to them from their habit of mutual preening. Several possible origins...
Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds
Author: Les ChristidisPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643065113
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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.
Australian Coral-Billed Parrots
Author: Stan SindelPublisher:
ISBN: 9780958772778
Category : Aviculture
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Australian Parrots
Author: Barry HutchinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aviculture
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Australian Encyclopædia: A to Lys
Author: Arthur Wilberforce JosePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Australian Parrots
Author: Joseph Michael ForshawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A wonderfully detailed book about Australian Parrots. This book gives full descriptions, care and keeping instructions, and beautiful full color plates.
The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds
Author: Peter SlaterPublisher: New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited
ISBN: 9781877069635
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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.