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Red-tailed Parakeets: Species, Wild Life, Care, Breeding

The specialist book for all keepers, breeders, and enthusiasts of the genus Pyrrhura. A vast treasure of knowledge from the book edition of the specialist magazine Parrots. The publication provides information on successful care in human custody. It covers acquisition, acclimatization, housing, aviary care, feeding, as well as specific dietary habits, practical breeding, and sex determination.

An additional chapter informs about their wild life, including topics such as nesting, daily rhythms, and natural diet. The author shares firsthand accounts from numerous personal observations in the field as well as from many years of his own research.

All 34 species are presented in detail. Significant changes in taxonomy and systematics over the last decades are also taken into account.

About the author: Thomas Arndt is the founder of the eponymous publishing house and author of numerous specialist books. He led the specialist magazine Parrots, most recently as editor. His particular passion is for red-tailed parakeets, some species and subspecies of which he has scientifically described for the first time. Through numerous excursions, he has documented their wild life and has engaged in their care and breeding for decades. The specialist book reflects a part of his life's work.

248 pages, numerous illustrations and exclusive photos. New release 2022.