The Cockatoos
qThis book should have a special appeal for zoo personnel, those who maintain aviaries, pet owners or potential owners, bird watchers traveling to Australasia, and ornithologists interested in cockatoos...recommendedq--Choice qValuable.q--ProtoView This reference book on the cockatoo family provides a comprehensive physical description of the various species of this exotic parrot, the habitat they favor, and their distribution and behaviors both in the wild and in captivity. Their reproductive history is examined, as is the possibility of breeding sufficient numbers in captivity to develop sustainable populations for re-introduction to their original habitat should they become extinct in the wild. The book explores the historical encounters of the various species with Europeans two centuries ago. That early history provides considerable insight to the cockatoo's popularity and to efforts to breed them in captivity. Many cockatoo species face a perilous future. As their native forests are logged, the cockatoos lose not only suitable nesting and roosting sites, but native foods. Additionally, despite conservation laws governing the capture of wild cockatoos, their desirability as an avian pet has spawned a worldwide illicit trade critically endangering some species to the point that they face extinction in the wild.aBreeding the CitrinCrested Cockatoo.a Aviculture Magazine 61: 226a29. _____. 1956. aBreeding the Timor Cockatoo.a Aviculture Magazine 62: 6a9. _____. 1960. aMy Cockatoos in 1959.a Aviculture Magazine 66:13a17. Mackinnon, J., and K.
| Title | : | The Cockatoos |
| Author | : | Edward John Mulawka |
| Publisher | : | McFarland - 2014-07-31 |
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