Parrots of the World (Princeton Field Guides)
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN: 0691142858
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world--and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide covers all 356 species and well-differentiated subspecies of parrots, and is the only guide organized by geographical distribution--Australasian, Afro-Asian, and neotropical. It features 146 superb color plates depicting every kind of parrot, as well as detailed, facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, distribution, subspeciation, habitat, and status. Color distribution maps show ranges of all subspecies, and field identification is further aided by relevant upperside and underside flight images. This premier field guide also shows where to observe each species in the wild, helping make this the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the parrots of the world.
- The only parrot guide to focus on geographical distribution
- Covers all 356 species
- Features 146 color plates depicting all species and well-differentiated subspecies
- Provides detailed facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, distribution, subspeciation, habitat, and status
- Includes color distribution maps
- Shows where to observe each species in the wild
size; 3 uniformly black; bill dark gray; 2 & JUV head and upper wing-coverts spotted pale yellow, underparts barred yellow, tail-band barred orange, and bill white. Range north Queensland to northeastern New South Wales, northeastern Australia. 2. C. b. macrorhynchus large size; like banksii; & JUV like banksii, but pale barred tail-band, head and upper wing-coverts spotted palest yellow, and pale barring on underparts. Range Kimberleys to Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia. 3. C. b. samueli
South Moluccas, Indonesia, where only small green lorikeet; mostly 600 to 1000m; critically endangered; rarely recorded. LOCALITY Danau Rana, Buru, the provenance of original specimens and locality of unconfirmed sighting. PLATE 21 CHARMOSYNA LORIKEETS (in part) PYGMY LORIKEET Charmosyna wilhelminae 13cm Very small green lorikeet with crown to nape purple-brown, nape streaked blue; breast streaked yellow; mantle suffused olive-brown; lower back and underwings red () or green (); red
Islands, Indonesia; mostly 400 to 1000m; endangered. LOCALITIES Tanjung Kerita Mese Reserve and Gunung Egon, Flores. YELLOW-THROATED HANGING PARROT Loriculus pusillus 12cm Only hanging parrot with yellow throat in adults; shrill scree-ee. DISTRIBUTION (see map above) Java and Bali, Indonesia. SIMILAR SPECIES in westernmost Java possibly Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot L. galgulus (plate 76) blue crown; yellow mantle; black bill. LOCALITIES Ujung Kulon and Gunung Pangrango National Parks, Java.
broadly edged olive-yellow and tinged dull orange-red, and underparts yellow variably suffused orange-red; JUV dull olive-green, forehead to crown, upper breast and thighs to undertail-coverts vary from orange-yellow to dull orange-red, and rump yellowish olive. Range Mount Lofty Ranges and Adelaide Plains, southeastern South Australia, south to Bungala and Inman Rivers where intergrades with fleurieuensis, north to about lat. 32°S where intergrades with subadelaidae, and east to lower Murray
São Paulo, or extralimitally to north-central Bolivia and northernmost Paraguay; up to 300m; near-threatened.SIMILAR SPECIES Blue-fronted Amazon A. aestiva (plate 139) blue forehead; yellow or red “shoulders,” and red wing-speculum; gray bill; larger. Orange-winged Amazon A. amazonica (plate 139) blue lores and superciliary band; orange wing-speculum. LOCALITIES Caiman Lodge Wildlife Refuge, Mato Grosso do Sul, southern Brazil. Emas National Park, Goiás, and Brasilia National Park, Distrito