Parrots of the wild
Subtitle: a natural history of the world's most captivating birds
By: Catherine A. Toft and Timothy F. Wright ; foreword by James D. Gilardi
Contributors: Wright, Timothy F., 1967- author; World Parrot Trust
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: University of California Press; In collaboration with the World Parrot Trust
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780520239258
Subjects: Conservation; Parrots; Human-animal relationships
Description: "A synthetic account of the diversity and ecology of wild parrots, distilling knowledge from the author's own research and from her review of more than 2,400 published scientific studies. The text covers parrots' evolutionary history, foraging, mating, and social behavior, innate intelligence, and conservation status. The book is enhanced by an array of illustrations, including photos of parrots taken exclusively in their natural habitat"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The World of Parrots : Introducing the Psittaciformes. 1. What are the parrots and where did they come from? : the evolutionary history of the parrots : phylogeny; title: Part II. The Functional Parrot : Physiology, Morphology and Behavior. 2. The thriving parrot : the foods and beaks of parrots : foraging ecology ; 3. The sensible parrot : how parrots perceive and use information : sensory biology and communication ; 4. The thinking parrot : the brains of parrots and how they use them : cognitive ethology; title: Part III. The Lives of Parrots : Mating, Life History, and Populations. 5. Sex and marriage : the mating systems of parrots : behavioral ecology ; 6. From the cradle to the grave : the life histories of parrots : evolutionary ecology ; 7. Populations of parrots : conservation and invasion biology : population ecology; title: Epilogue: Themes and threads uniting the chapters of this book.