London: Reaktion Books, 2009. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. An exploration of the natural and cultural history of the pigeon, and the evolution of its relationship with humanity through the ages. Written out of love and fascination with a humble yet important bird, "Pigeon" relates its cultural significance, as... More about Pigeon
London: Reaktion Books, 2006. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Paul Carter's Parrot is a fascinating natural and cultural history of parrots. It covers three broad areas: 'Parrotics' - the historical, cultural and scientific classifications of parrots; 'Parroternalia' - the association of parrots with the different language, ages, tastes and... More about Parrot
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. Parrots are among the most distinctive and beautiful birds in the world. They are also among the most endangered bird groups, threatened by habitat loss through land clearance, the trapping of adults, and the taking of chicks from the nest for... More about Vanished and vanishing parrots: profiling extinct and endangered species
Buxton: Nokomis Editions, 2016. Quarto, oblong format, colour and black and white illustrations. SPECIAL OFFER of a bookmark by artist William T. Cooper. This offer is exclusive to Andrew Isles Natural History Books. This book is the final collaboration of Joseph M. Forshaw and William T. Cooper and combines the... More about A natural history of Australian parrots: a tribute to William T. Cooper
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. * At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the... More about The Passenger pigeon
Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, illustrations. This book explores recent scientific discoveries and what they reveal about the lives of wild parrots, which are among the most intelligent and rarest of birds. The authors discuss the evolutionary history of parrots and how this history affects... More about Parrots of the wild: a natural history of the world's most captivating birds