Parrots : A Guide to Parrots of the World

INTRODUCTION 7(2) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9(2) STYLE AND LAYOUT OF THE BOOK 11(4) ORIGINS AND EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS 15(2) CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARROTS 17(3) NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PARROTS 20(6) General Behaviour 20(1) Distribution 20(1) Habitat 20(1) Movements 21(1) Social Behaviour 22(1) Diet 23(1) Breeding 23(2) Nocturnal Species 25(1) CONSERVATION STATUS 26(5) Extinct Species 26(1) Threatened Species 27(4) THREATS 31(6) Habitat Loss 31(1) Live Bird Trade 32(2) Introduced Species 34(1) Persecution and Hunting 35(1) Storms and Climate Change 36(1) CAPTIVE BREEDING 37(2) COLOUR PLATES 39(178) SYSTEMATIC SECTION 217(340) BIBLIOGRAPHY 557(17) INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES 574