Behavior of Wild Amazona and Rhynchopsitta Parrots, with Comparative Insights from Other Psittacines

Manual of Parrot Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 13-25

  Enkerlin Hoeflich, Ernesto C ^a   Snyder, Noel F R ^a   Wiley, James W ^b  

^a Maryland Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit ^*

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazona; Behavior; Psittacines; Rhynchopsitta; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889788106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344651.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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