Parrots of the WorldCovers every species and subspecies including those now extinct and those newly discovered. |
Contents
Foreword | 9 |
Preface to Second Edition | 17 |
Oreopsittacus | 30 |
Copyright | |
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abdomen ADULTS general plumage ADULTS similar Amazon River areas Argentina Australia band bend of wing berries bill birds blue bluish-green Bolivia Brazil Cape York Peninsula central cheeks chicks Cockatoo Colombia common Conure crown darker DESCRIPTION Length DISTRIBUTION dull ear-coverts eastern Ecuador EGGS Rounded eucalypts females wing flight feathers flying forehead forest fruits genus Guinea Guyana hatching hindneck hollow IMMATURES incubation iris dark brown Islands leave the nest legs grey litt lores Lorikeet Lory lower lowlands Macaw males wing mandible Meyer de Schauensee Mountains nape north-western northern NOTES numbers orange outer webs pairs pale paler Parakeet parrots periophthalmic Peru plumage green primary-coverts recorded reports River roosting rump screeching scrublands seen Sexual dimorphism south-eastern southern species specimens SUBSPECIES tail feathers tail green tars throat tinged tipped trees treetops undersides of flight upper mandible upperparts Venezuela violet-blue West Irian western wing-coverts yellow yellowish-green young birds


