Macaws

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Author is a well known judge and exhibitor of birds, imparts the knowledge gained from his long time association with Macaws in this book.  He draws on his background in veterinary medicine and on many years of experience in the care and management of these brilliantly coloured birds to provide an eminently readable and highly useful blend of practical advice and fascinating natural history.

Readers will enjoy not only the information about Macaws in general - they are easily trained, they can learn to talk, they are frequently exhibited in bird shows - but, also they specific details related to the many different species.  Dr Decoteau's advice and techniques are presented in a smooth, easy-going style and are highlighted by numerous full-color and black and white photographs.  Macaw owners, naturalists and bird fanciers in general will find this informative book a very useful and exciting reference.   

Contents include:  keeping Macaws, feeding Macaws, housing Macaws, Breeding Macaws, Exhibiting Macaws, preventive medicine, diseases affecting macaws, hybrids and extinct macaws, classification of Large Macaws and Miniature Macaws.

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This book is designed to provide instant reference for the keeper and breeder.  It s is a complete A-Z guide, giving concise advice on every aspect of keeping parrots, including:  feeding, breeding, aviaries, cages, care of pet birds.  

The scope of this book includes parakeets, lovebirds, macaws, caiques, cockatoos, lories, cockatiels, conures, and parrotlets in additional to all birds specifically known as parrots.  

This book is for everyone with an interest in parrots, from the absolute beginner for who all terminology is explained, to the experienced breeder, who will appreciate the wealth of detail.  

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This is the most comprehensive coverage of the parrot family n captivity to have appeared in any language.  In recent years there has been a necessary shift of emphasis amount aviculturist, who, since importations have been severely restricted, now concentrate their efforts on breeding from their birds.  

This book therefore deals very thoroughly with this aspect and includes the experiences of breeders throughout the world, many of them previously unpublished.  

Parrots are especially interesting as aviary subjects, certain species breed so readily that there are more of them in captivity than in their often shrinking natural habitat; others, however, are extremely difficult to rear under captive conditions. 

AS pets, parrots have been popular for centuries for their intelligence, affectionate nature, engaging personalities and their ability to mimic.  The parrot owner who is interested primarily in this aspect will find information on individual species' characteristics throughout the book. 

Ninety full colour photographs illustrate widely varying species of parrot and include some extremely rare specimens. 

This is a HEAVY BOOK - with 600+ pages!  With 28 chapters - Species, Management, aviaries, feeding, the pair bond, breeding, hand-rearing, mutations, parrots as pets, sick birds, causes and care..... just to name a few!!!

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• Condition: Used - Fine condition
• Hardcover:  108 pages with dust jacket
• Publisher: Bezels Publications (1983)
• Illustration: Black & White illustrations & Color photos
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• ASIIN: B0000EHCEF
• Parcel Dimensions: 30 x 22 x 2 cm
• Shipping Weight: 760 g

This is the first book created primarily for the field identifications of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds. 

From the mighty macaws to the diminutive pygmy parrots, the 350 species of parrots include cockatoos, parakeets, lovebirds and budgerigar.  Most are brightly colored or even gaudy but a few are drab, and some are nocturnal and flightless. 

Parrots found throughout most of the warmer regions of the world, occur in greatest numbers in Australasia and South America. 

This book includes 88 superb color illustrations of every species and most identifiable subspecies of parrots as well as range maps of their locations.  It offers many first hand insights into the ecology of each species, vocalizations, life cycle characteristics and geographical variations.  It also provides up-to-date information on the conservation status of those species of parrots that are threatened or endangered.   

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This book is an attempt to merge the art and science of aviculture.  Many vital aspects of aviculture and avicultural medicine are addressed in detail.  Techniques and research findings of ABRC staff are represented in chapters which address caging, diets, incubation, hand-feeding, avicultural management, development and growth  of chicks and more.

With the application of science and economics, aviculture can meet the needs of the pet industry for many, if not most of the species currently in trade. 

This volume is just a beginning in the application of science to avicultural production, hopefully one which will assist others to produce healthy, well adjusted birds.

28 chapters with sample chapters are:

 a. Management of Psittacine chicks and Eggs in the Nets
 b. Common Sense in incubation
 c. The effects of dietary supplementation of Digestive Enzymes in Handfed Eclectus Parrots
 d. Psittacine Neonatal Care and Handfeeding
 

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