The New Australian Parakeet HandbookThis fascinating species of parakeet is thoroughly profiled, including detailed information on cages, aviaries, plus feeding and maintaining a healthy and happy bird. Over 45 brilliant full-color photos reveal the different varieties of this attractive bird. |
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Contents
Management and Care | 7 |
Plenty of Space | 14 |
General Remarks 18 | 57 |
Food a Summary 33 | 64 |
Heredity and Mutations | 70 |
Additional Considerations | 76 |
Social Life | 82 |
Bourkes Parakeet | 89 |
Princess of Wales Parakeet | 95 |
Useful Addresses and Literature | 140 |
Common terms and phrases
Adelaide Adelaide rosella adult plumage aggressive areas Australian parakeets autosomal recessive avian veterinarian aviary aviculture beak belly bird's blue bonnet bred breeders breeding season broad-tailed parakeets broods brown budgerigar canary grass seed captivity carotenoid cinnamon cock cockatiels color dark diet disease eastern rosella egg binding entrance hole example eyes fanciers feed feet female fledging flight floor forage foster parents fruit grass parakeet green food habitat hatch head hen lays four hospital cage inches incubator infection kakarikis keep keets king parakeet leave the nest Leg band lutino mainly male melanin mesh millet molt mutation Neophema Neophema species nest box night shelter normal Normal/Yellow ounces pairs or small pale-headed rosella parrot pennant perches placed Platycercus possible proteins Psephotus psittacines red-rumped require rosella rump sex-linked sex-linked recessive sexes similar sometimes subspecies tail feathers temperature trees twigs usually vitamin weeks wild yellow yellow rosella Young birds
Bibliographic information
| Title | The New Australian Parakeet Handbook New Pet Owner's Handbooks Series |
| Author | Matthew M. Vriends |
| Illustrated by | Michele Earle-Bridges, Tanya M. Heming-Vriends |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Barron's Educational Series, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0812047397, 9780812047394 |
| Length | 144 pages |
| Subjects | › Pets / Birds |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |