Rosemary Low is a British

aviculturist Aviculture is the practice of keeping and breeding birds, especially of wild birds in captivity. Types There are various reasons that people get involved in aviculture. Some people breed birds to preserve a species. Some people breed parrots a ...

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

, conservationist, writer and expert on parrots. Low started her career as a writer for the magazine, ''Cage and Aviary Birds''. At that time, she and her husband had a collection of about 50 parrots. Following their separation she spent nearly eight years in the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

where she was curator of two major collections of parrots, first at

Loro Parque Loro Parque (Spanish for "parrot park") or 'Loro Park' is a 135,000 m² (13.5 ha) zoo on the outskirts of Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife, Spain where it houses an extensive and diverse reserve of animal and plant species. The park was conceived a ...

Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...

and subsequently at Palmitos Park on

Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that co ...

. She served as editor of the PsittaScene Magazine published by the

World Parrot Trust The World Parrot Trust is an international charity dedicated to saving parrots. History When the Trust was founded in 1989 at Paradise Park in Cornwall, UK, it was decided that the main objective was to promote the survival of all parrot specie ...

until 2004.Parrots International Symposium 2008: Speakers
/ref>LaFay, Laura. (2002). Parrot people. Rosemary Low: no-nonsense parrot lover and author. ParrotChronicles.co

accessed 23 March 2009. She has stated that her three main goals are:

“to widely publish information which will lead to a better standard of care for captive birds, to reduce the demand for wild-caught parrots, and to promote and assist with parrot conservation projects.”

Publications

As well as hundreds of articles and scientific papers, books authored or coauthored by Low include: * 1968 – ''Aviary Birds''. Arco Publications: London. * 1972 – ''The Parrots of South America''. John Gifford: London. * 1976 – ''Beginner’s Guide to Birdkeeping''. Pelham Books: London. * 1977 – ''Lories and Lorikeets: the Brush-Tongued Parrots''. Paul Elek: London. * 1979 – ''Parrots and cockatoos''. (Illustrated by Elizabeth Butterworth, text by Rosemary Low). Fischer Fine Art: London. * 1980 – ''Parrots, their care and breeding''. Blandford Press: Poole. * 1983 – ''Amazon parrots: a monograph''. (With Elizabeth Butterworth). Rodolphe d'Erlanger/Basilisk Press: London. * 1984 – ''Endangered Parrots''. Blandford Press: Poole. * 1985 – ''Keeping Parrots''. Blandford Press: Poole. * 1986 – ''Parrots, their care and breeding''. (Revised and enlarged edition). Blandford Press: Poole. * 1986 – ''The Complete Book of Canaries''. (With Ken Denham). Murdoch Books: UK. * 1987 – ''Hand-Rearing Parrots and Other Birds''. Blandford Press: Poole. * 1988 – ''Parrots – a complete guide''. Merehurst: London. * 1990 – ''Macaws – a complete guide''. Merehurst: London. * 1992 – ''Parrots in Aviculture: A Photo Reference Guide''. (With Ron Moat). Mattachione, Silvio, & Company. * 1993 – ''Cockatoos in Aviculture''. Blandford Press: Poole. * 1994 – ''Endangered Parrots''. (Revised edition). Blandford Press: Poole. * 1998 – ''Encyclopedia of the Lories''. Hancock House: Blaine, Washington. * 1998 – ''Parrot Breeding''. Rob Harvey: Farnham. * 1999 – ''The Loving Care of Pet Parrots''. Hancock House Publishing. * 2000 – ''Why Does My Parrot…?'' Souvenir Press. * 2003 – ''Fabulous feathers, remarkable birds''. Blackie: London. * 2003 – ''Caiques''. DONA Publications: Komenskeho. * 2005 – ''Amazon Parrots: Aviculture, Trade and Conservation''. Author. * 2006 – ''A Guide to Grey Parrots As Pet and Aviary Birds''. Australian Bird Keeper: Tweed Heads. * 2006 – ''The Parrot Companion''. New Holland: London. * 2007 – ''A Century of Parrots''. Insignis Publications: Mansfield. * 2014 - ''Understanding Parrots - Cues from nature''. INSiGNIS Publications, Mansfield.

References

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