Author: Pasquier, Roger F., editor:
Title: Conservation of New World Parrots. Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting, St. Lucia 1980
Description: Washington, Smithsonian Institution, (1982). orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xiii,485 pp, International Council for Bird Preservation, Technical Publication no. 1.. some rubbing,small label to rear cover,VG ¶ PAPERBACK. Contains 28 papers concerning Conservation Strategies; Importation & General Management; Caribbean Islands; Mainland Neotropics; Australia & New Guinea. Includes: Lundall Erb & Arden B. Bercovitz "Fecal Steroid Analysis: Non-disruptive Technique for Psittacine Endocrine Studies"; Ramon Noegel "Amazona Leucocephala: Status in the Wild & Potential for Captive Breeding", Patrick Fairburn "Parrot Conservation in Jamaica"; Robert S. Ridgely "The Current Distribution & Status of Mainland Neotropical Parrots"; Stewart T. Levinson "The Social Behaviour of the White-Fronted Amazon (Amizona Albifons)"; Helmut Sick "About the Blue Macaws, especially the Lear's Macaw", etc.

Keywords: Wildlife Preservation, Parrots, Endangered Species, Exotic Pets, Pet Birds, Ornithology, , ,