Simon & Schuster's Guide to Pet Birds [Paperback]

Matthew M. Vriends (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 319 pages
• Publisher: Fireside (January 31, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067150696X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671506964
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,618,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference to identify common & less known pet birds, August 22, 1999

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This review is from: Simon & Schuster's Guide to Pet Birds (Paperback)

Covers history of aviculture, caging, taming, & breeding including setting up mixed species aviaries.Tells country of origin, habitat, foods, whether they will sing/talk or both. Also covers how they do in captivity with children and other pets.Very informative for the person trying to decide what pet they want or whether they want to set upbreeding colonies. Something for everyone!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE!!! for any aviary library, May 11, 2004

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"mcponyboy" (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simon & Schuster's Guide to Pet Birds (Paperback)

This is one the best books that I have in my possession. It provides anyone with excellent visual pictures of the actual birds and provides general information for each. The information is fairly good but limited to a single page for each bird, but is fairly comprehensive in regard to each species and sub-species. I highly recommend this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book (a little oldie but definitly goldie)., July 27, 2011

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Wilmer Rojas (Caracas, Venezuela.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simon & Schuster's Guide to Pet Birds (Paperback)

I bought this book for first time about 10 years ago. I think it has a very concise and complete information about the most common pet birds, including several parrot species. There the author give details about breeding, original habitat, maintenance in captivity, behavior features , diet, etc. furthermore the book has a very economic price. The material and the fotos are A1. Now I buy again this book as a gift (a very good gift I think). Definitly I reccomend this book to all the bird lovers.