Parrot Parenting: The Essential Care and Training Guide to +20 Parrot Species (Birdtalk)

From the tiny parakeet to the giant hyacinth macaw, not all parrots place the same demands on their parents. Parakeets, conures, cockatiels, lories—the parrot family consists of the most popular pet birds, each offering keepers their unique characteristics and exotic beauty as well as their specific requirements. Bird expert and author, Carol Frishmann has written a must-have book for every parrot parent-to-be, an all-in-one guide that will remain indispensable in every bird home, regardless of the size, trainability, or personality of the feathered child. More than a selection guide, Parenting a Parrot offers all the information owners need to know about feeding, caring for, and training their chosen parrot. Though both good talkers, the eclectus parrot may be quieter than the cockatoo, but he's not nearly as cuddly. Parenting a Parrot tells owners what to expect from their parrots and how to get the most out of their avian companions. INSIDE THIS BOOK: Finding and purchasing the ideal parrot Descriptions and needs of the most popular twenty parrot species Comprehensive positive-reinforcement-based training chapter, including trick training, talking, and training a flighted bird Living with a parrot, including establishing daily routine, socializing, housing, home safety, and cleanliness The parrot's meal plan: diets, organic and natural options, and special needs Understanding parrot behavior, enrichment strategies, and problem solving Grooming, health care, first aid, and senior care Parenting tips highlighted in sidebars in each chapter Lists of recommendations for best talkers, quietest species, trick experts, beginner's birds, etc. Includes detailed species descriptions of these parrots: African Greys Amazons Bourke's Parkeets Caiques Cockatiels Cockatoos Conures Eclectus Lineolated Parakeets Lories and Lorikeets Lovebirds Macaws Parakeets/Budgies Parrotlets Pionus Psittaculas Quaker Parakeets Senegals and Other Poicephalus Plus: Brotogeris, Great-Bills, Kakarikis, Rosellas, Hawk-Headed Parrots, Vasa Parrots

can A Parrot Understand Complex Concepts And Mean What It Says? Since The Early 1900s, Most Studies On Animal-human Communication Have Focused On Great Apes And A Few Cetacean Species. Birds Were Rarely Used In Similar Studies On The Grounds That They Were Merely Talented Mimics—that They Were, After All, Birdbrains. Experiments Performed Primarily On Pigeons In Skinner Boxes Demonstrated Capacities Inferior To Those Of Mammals; These Results Were Thought To Reflect The Capacities Of All Birds, Despite Evidence Suggesting That Species Such As Jays, Crows, And Parrots Might Be Capable Of More Impressive Cognitive Feats.

twenty Years Ago Irene Pepperberg Set Out To Discover Whether The Results Of The Pigeon Studies Necessarily Meant That Other Birds—particularly The Large-brained, Highly Social Parrots—were Incapable Of Mastering Complex Cognitive Concepts And The Rudiments Of Referential Speech. Her Investigation And The Bird At Its Center—a Male Grey Parrot Named Alex—have Since Become Almost As Well Known As Their Primate Equivalents And No Less A Subject Of Fierce Debate In The Field Of Animal Cognition. This Book Represents The Long-awaited Synthesis Of The Studies Constituting One Of The Landmark Experiments In Modern Comparative Psychology.

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pepperberg's Work Is Admirably Rigorous. Earlier Work With Language-trained Animals Was Notorious For Poor Design And Overly Charitable Interpretations Of Data. Pepperberg, By Contrast, Takes Careful Precautions Against Inadvertent Cueing. She Uses Conservative Estimates Of Chance When Assessing The Statistical Reliability Of Alex's Responses, And She Shows Restraint When Interpreting Her Results...pepperberg Has Organized Her Book In A Quasi-historical Fashion, Framing Each Phase Of Her Research In Terms Of The Contemporary Work That Inspired Or Informed It. Each Chapter Is Devoted To A Particular Capacity Or Competence, Such As Numerical Cognition, Categorization, Or The Comprehension Of Words...from Those Who Wish To Read Selectively (or For Instructors Who Wish To Assign Only One Or Two Chapters It Should Be Quite Welcome Because Each Chapter Can Stand On Its Own Reasonably Well...the Book Should Be Accessible To A Wide Range Of Audiences, From Researchers Studying Animal Behavior To Advanced Undergraduates In A Course That Covers Relevant Material Such As Animal Cognition Or The Capacities Of Language-trained Animals.

From the tiny parakeet to the giant hyacinth macaw, not all parrots place the same demands on their parents. Parakeets, conures, cockatiels, lories#x97;the parrot family consists of the most popular pet birds, each offering keepers their unique characteristics and exotic beauty as well as their specific requirements. Bird expert and author, Carol Frishmann has written a must-have book for every parrot parent-to-be, an all-in-one guide that will remain indispensable in every bird home, regardless of the size, trainability, or personality of the feathered child. More than a selection guide, Parenting a Parrot offers all the information owners need to know about feeding, caring for, and training their chosen parrot. Though both good talkers, the eclectus parrot may be quieter than the cockatoo, but he's not nearly as cuddly. Parenting a Parrot tells owners what to expect from their parrots and how to get the most out of their avian companions. INSIDE THIS BOOK:Finding and purchasing the ideal parrotDescriptions and needs of the most popular twenty parrot speciesComprehensive positive-reinforcement-based training chapter, including trick training, talking, and training a flighted birdLiving with a parrot, including establishing daily routine, socializing, housing, home safety, and cleanlinessThe parrot's meal plan: diets, organic and natural options, and special needsUnderstanding parrot behavior, enrichment strategies, and problem solvingGrooming, health care, first aid, and senior careParenting tips highlighted in sidebars in each chapterLists of recommendations for best talkers, quietest species, trick experts, beginner's birds, etc. Includes detailed species descriptions of these parrots:African GreysAmazonsBourke's ParkeetsCaiquesCockatielsCockatoosConuresEclectusLineolated ParakeetsLories and CAN A PARROT UNDERSTAND complex concepts and mean what it says? Since the early 1900s, most studies on animal-human communication have focused on great apes and a few cetacean species. Birds were rarely used in similar studies on the grounds that they were merely talented mimics -- that they were, after all, "birdbrains". Experiments performed primarily on pigeons in Skinner boxes demonstrated capacities inferior to those of mammals; these results were thought to reflect the capacities of all birds, despite evidence suggesting that species such as jays, crows, and parrots might be capable of more impressive cognitive feats.Twenty years ago Irene Pepperberg set out to discover whether the results of the pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds -- particularly the large-brained, highly social parrots -- were incapable of mastering complex cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. Her investigation and the bird at its center -- a male Grey parrot named Alex -- have since become almost as well known as primate studies and their subjects and no less a topic of fierce debate in the field of animal cognition. This book represents the long-awaited synthesis of the studies constituting one of the landmark experiments in modern comparative psychology. Can a parrot understand complex concepts and mean what it says? Since the early 1900s, most studies on animal-human communication have focused on great apes and a few cetacean species. Birds were rarely used in similar studies on the grounds that they were merely talented mimics--that they were, after all, "birdbrains." Experiments performed primarily on pigeons in Skinner boxes demonstrated capacities inferior to those of mammals; these results were thought to reflect the capacities of all birds, despite evidence suggesting that species such as jays, crows, and parrots might be capable of more impressive cognitive feats. Twenty years ago Irene Pepperberg set out to discover whether the results of the pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds--particularly the large-brained, highly social parrots--were incapable of mastering complex cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. Her investigation and the bird at its center--a male Grey parrot named Alex--have since become almost as well known as their primate equivalents and no less a subject of fierce debate in the field of animal cognition. This book represents the long-awaited synthesis of the studies constituting one of the landmark experiments in modern comparative psychology. "Can a parrot understand complex concepts and mean what it says? Experiments performed primarily on pigeons in Skinner boxes demonstrated capacities inferior to those of mammals; these results were thought to reflect the capacities of all birds, despite evidence suggesting that species such as jays, crows, and parrots might be capable of more impressive cognitive feats." "Twenty years ago Irene Pepperberg set out to discover whether the results of the pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds - particularly the large-brained, highly social parrots - were incapable of mastering complex cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. Her investigation and the bird at its center - a male Grey parrot named Alex - have since become almost as well known as primate studies and their subjects and no less a topic of fierce debate in the field of animal cognition. This book represents the long-awaited synthesis of the studies constituting one of the landmark experiments in modern comparative psychology."--Jacket 20 years ago Pepperberg set out to discover whether results of pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds were incapable of mastering cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. This is a synthesis of her studies