di Luigi Racheli

Con l’esclusione di una serie di contributi storici da parte di numerosi Autori come Finsch, Levaillant, Bonaparte, Souance, Salvadori, Reichenow, Salvin & Godman, Wagler e tanti altri, si possono elencare i seguenti testi come esempi di una incompleta ma basilare bibliografia inerente gli Psittaciformi. Vi sono certamente un buon numero di testi da aggiungere e la presente lista deve essere considerata solo come un esempio.

Abeele Van den D., 2009 - Agapornis, 304 pp. - Edizioni Alcedo

Arndt, T. 1990-1996 - Lexicon of Parrots, 736 pp. - Arndt-Verlag, Bretten.

Bedford The Duke of. 1954. Parrots and Parrot-like birds, 2nd ed., XIV + 210 pp. - All-Pets, Fond du Lac.

Beissinger S.R. & N.F.R. Snyder (Eds.). 1992 - New World Parrots in Crisis, Solutions for conservation biology, 288 pp., Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington and London.

Benson, C. W. F. M. Benson, S. N. Stuart & C. H. Fry. 1988 - Psittaciformes pp. 1-25. In C. H. Fry, S. Keith & E. K. Urban (Eds.). The Birds of Africa, vol. 3. Academic Press, London, San Diego, New York, Boston, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto.

Bertagnolio P. 1971 - Pappagalli da gabbia e da voliera, 339 pp. ENCIA, Roma.

Collar N. J. 1997 - Psittacidae. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to Cockoos, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Collar, N. J., Gonzaga, L. P., Krabbe, N., Madroño Nieto, A., Naranjo, L. G., Parker III, T. A. & D. C. Wege. 1992 - Threatened birds of the Americas. The ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book, Third Ed. Part 2, 1150 pp. - Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington & London, International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U. K.

de Grahl, W. 1969-1874 – Papageien unserer Erde, 547 pp., 47 pls. – Hamburg. 

Fergenbauer-Kimmel, A. 1992 - Edelpapageien, 121 pp. - Horst Müller, Walsrode.

Forshaw J.M. 2002 - Australian parrots, 640 pp., third rev. ed. - Alexander editions.

Forshaw J.M. 2006 – Parrots of the World. An identification guide, xii + 172 pp – Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton & Oxford.

Forshaw, J. M. & W. T. Cooper. 1989. Parrots of the World. 3rd ed., 672 pp., Blandford Press, London.

Homberger D.G. 1980 - Funktionell-morphologische untersuchungen zur radiation der ernährungs- und trinkmethoden der papagein (Psittaci). - Bonn. Zool. Mon., 13: 1-192.

Jordan R. 2003. A guide to Macaws as pet and aviary birds, 135 pp. - ABK Publications.

Jordan R. & J. Pattison. 1999 - African Parrots, 144 pp. - Hancock House.

Juniper T. & M. Parr. 1998. Parrots. A guide to the Parrots of the World, 584 pp. - Pica Press, Sussex.

Kremer H. 1992 - Aratingas, 157 pp., 32 pls. - Uitgeverij “Ornis”, Noordbergum.

Kremer H. 1992 – Ausrtalian parakeets, 234 pp., - Hancock House Pub Ltd, Blaine, Washington, U.S.A..

Kuroda, N. 1975 - Parrots of the World in life colours,2 82 pp. [Printed in Japan].

Low, R. 1977 - Lories and Lorikeets. The brush-tougued parrots, xii + 180 pp. - Paul Elek, London.

Low, R. 1990 - Macaws, a complete guide, 144 pp. - Merehurst, London.

Low, R. 1992 - Parrots. Their care and breeding, 416 pp. 3rd rev. ed. - Bok Books Int., Mbane & Durban.

Low, R. 1994 – Cockatoos in aviculture, 272 pp. – Balndford Pr.

Low, R. 1998 - Parrot Breeding, 162 pp. - Rob Harvey.

Low, R. 2002 - Pionus parrot, 78 pp.- Dona Publ., Komenského, Czech Republic.

Low, R. 2003 - Caiques, 88 pp.- Dona Publ., Komenského, Czech Republic.

Low, R. 2005 – Amazon parrots, 324 pp. - Dona Publ., Komenského, Czech Republic.

Massa R., 2001 – I pappagalli africani, 273 pp. - FOI, Italy.

Massa R., Venuto V. 1997 - Pappagalli del mondo, 255 pp. - Mondadori, Italia.

Matranga G., 2003 - I colori degli inseparabili, 400 pp. - Edizioni Archimede.

Pasquier, R. F. (Ed.). 1982 - Conservation of New World Parrots, Proc. I.C.P.B. Parrot Working Group Meeting, St. Lucia, 1980, I.C.P.B. Technical Publ. n. 1, Smithsonian Inst. Press.

Robiller F. 1987,1990,1997 – Papagein, 3 vols. Hamburg, Berlin & Eugen Ulmer Gmbh & Co., Stuttgart.

Rowley I. 1997 - Cacatuidae. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to Cockoos, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Schubot R.M., Clubb K.J. & S.L. Clubb (Eds.). 1992 - Psittacine Aviculture. Perspectives, techniques and research, 352 pp. Avicultural Breeding and Research Center, Loxahatchee.

Sick H. 1993 - Birds in Brazil, a natural history, xvii + 733 pp. - Princeton Univ. Press.

Silva T. 1991 - Psittaculture. The breeding, rearing & management of parrots, xii + 330 pp. - Silvio Mattacchione & Co.

Sindel, S. & J. Gill. 1999 - Australian broad-tailed Parrots. The Platycercus and Barnadius genera, 336 pp. - Singil Press.

Sindel, S. & J. Gill. 2003 - Australian coral-billed parrots. The Alisterus, Aprosmictus and Polytelis genera, 208 pp. - Singil Press, PTY Ltd.

Smith G.A. 1975 - Systematics of parrots. - Ibis, 117: 18-68.

Smith G.A. 1979 - Lovebirds and related Parrots, 180 pp. - Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Snyder N. F.R., Wiley J.W. & C. B. Kepler. 1987 - The Parrots of Luquillo: Natural History and Conservation of the Puerto Rican Parrot, XIII + 384 pp. - West. Found. Vert. Zool., Los Angeles.

Spitzer K.E. 1992 - Sperlingspapageien.  Arten und rassen, haltung und zucht, 85 pp. - Ulmer, German.

Snyder N.F.R., McGowan P., Gilardi J. & A. Grajal (Eds.). 2000 - Parrots. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2000-2004, xii + 180 pp. - IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Wolter A., Kimber R., Kimber Rob. 1987 – African grey parrots, 63 pp. – Barrons Educational Series Inc.

Wolters H.E. 1975-1982 - Die Vogelarten der Erde, XX + 745 pp. - Paul Parey, Haumburg und Berlin.