Blue-crowned Parakeets, Aratinga acuticauda. There are probably four species of parakeet that have established populations in the south of England, probably descendants from accidental or deliberate releases of captive birds.

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General and zoology libraries

Library information and enquiries

The General and Zoology Libraries comprise three collections of literature.

  • The General Library collection embraces multidisciplinary subjects including biodiversity, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, curation, biographies of naturalists, and general reference materials. There are also atlases, gazetteers, and Ordnance Survey and topographical sheet maps, abstracting publications and CD-ROMs.
Painting of a parrot
  • The Zoology Library collections contains literature on all groups of living animals except arachnids and insects.

  • The Tring Library is the Museum's principal source for avian literature. Additionally, there are many general natural history and travel works published before 1940, including some not represented in the holdings at South Kensington. The Tring collections are distributed in two libraries - all general natural history, and travel and ornithological monographs pre-1938 in the Rothschild Library and all ornithological journals and post-1938 monographs in the Ornithological Library.
Painting of a hare
General or Zoology Library enquiries

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7942 5460
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7942 5559
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Tring Library enquiries

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7942 6156
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7942 6150
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