Parrots: A Guide to the Parrots of the WorldThis volume is dedicated primarily to the field identification of parrots, with illustrations of every species and the most identifiable subspecies. |
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INTRODUCTION | 7 |
ORIGINS AND EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS | 15 |
Social Behaviour | 22 |
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Adult male Amazon Amazon basin areas Argentina Australia belly bend of wing bill birds blackish blue Bolivia Brazil bright brown captivity cheeks Cockatoo collar Colombia Conure crown dark darker DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS dull duller ear-coverts eastern ECOLOGY Ecuador edge feeding Fig Parrot flight feathers flocks forecrown forest Forshaw GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION green macaw grey Guinea habitat habitat loss Hanging Parrot head IDENTIFICATION Immature innerwebs iris islands lateral feathers legs lores Lorikeet Lory lower lowlands Macaw mainly green mandible mantle MEASUREMENTS Wing montane nape nest nominate northern numbers occurs orange orange-red outerwebs pale paler Parakeet Parrotlet patch periophthalmic Peru Plate plumage primary coverts races Rainbow Lorikeet range roost rump savanna SEX/AGE Female SEX/AGE Sexes similar Sibley & Monroe sides of neck species suffusion Sulphur-crested Cockatoo sympatric tarsus Text and map throat tips trees underparts undertail undertail-coverts Underwing underwing-coverts upper mandible upperparts vellow Venezuela VOICE wing-coverts woodland yellow yellowish yellowish-green