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Focusing on the alarming status of parrots, this book delves into the reasons behind the endangerment of one third of the world's parrot species, highlighting their beauty and significance. It discusses various conservation strategies that are being implemented to protect these iconic birds from extinction, providing insights into both the challenges they face and the efforts being made to ensure their survival.

Rosemary Lows 45 years of keeping and breeding lories and lorikeets has given her an almost unique insight into their needs, habits and personalities. This has been reinforced with many hours spent watching these captivating parrots in Australia, New Guinea, Fiji and other Pacific Islands. If you keep lories, you dont need to experiment or make mistakes just benefit from the authors experiences and knowledge, as related in this invaluable book. Numerous anecdotes illustrate the authors passion for these breathtakingly beautiful birds.

This practical and helpful book draws on Rosemary Low's unrivalled experience to provide valuable guidance for all parrot owners. Using the basic elements of parrot psychology and behaviour, problem behaviour is explained and solutions are offered. Using an easy-to-use A-Z format, this book will demystify every problem a parrot owner will come across, such as biting, screaming and feather plucking.

The author provides rare insights into the world of parrots, gained from fifty plus years of intense daily observations of over 200 species. Many people throughout the world keep parrots in their homes, yet they know little about their wild relatives. I want them to know, says Rosemary Low. I want them to care what is happening to them. She reaches out to those who are privileged to interact with them on a daily basis, appealing for new standards of parrot care that recognise that parrots are sentient and highly intelligent creatures whose psychological needs are too often neglected. In this book the author has woven together details of their lives in the wild and relates them to what they need when kept in our homes and aviaries. It is a treasure-trove of parrot information.

The most comprehensive treatise on the genus published in any language, resulting from more than 30 years experience of breeding them, plus observing them in the wild in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru.

For those interested in tropical birds and other wildlife, South America is a paradise. From its cities to the shrinking wild and unspoilt forests, mountains, lakes and p�ramo regions, it is teeming with fascinating creatures. Rosemary Lows journeys to the neotropics, starting in 1975 and spanning 33 years, are described in this absorbing book. The emphasis is firmly on the birds and other fauna, with a sprinkling of people, culture and adventures along the way.

Focusing on the management and care of this bird genus, the book provides comprehensive insights into housing, feeding, breeding, incubation, and hand-rearing. It serves as a definitive guide for both enthusiasts and pet owners, detailing essential practices for keeping these birds healthy in the wild and in captivity.

A Century of Parrots tells the story of the trappers, the dealers and smugglers, and the collectors who contributed to the decline of so many parrot species; and of the conservation efforts in the last two decades of the 20th century. This well-researched cultural history includes chapters on aviculture, species trade, zoos and collections, conservation, and many more.