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Pet Birds - Cockatoos

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Cockatoos
Any of various large parrots, especially of the genus Kakatoe of Australia and adjacent areas, characterized by a long erectile crest.

Triton Cockatoos are magnificent birds native to New Guinea. They are large birds totaling 18 inches in length. Triton Cockatoos

Tritons can  learn  to  talk but  the  real  charm  is  their affectionate  and  loyal  nature.  They  adore  being held and petted and will often raise  their wings  to be scratched just where they enjoy it most. Your Triton will hold back nothing in expressing his love for you, and expects the same in return!

Umbrella  Cockatoos

Also known as White-Crested Cockatoos, are completely white. Along their exterior, top feathers and have a delicate shade of yellow beneath their wings and tail feathers. With a pure white, exceptionally wide crest that is normally flat against the head, the Umbrella Cockatoo unfolds it's feathers in a dramatic display much to the delight of their fans and owners, this being the origin of the name, "Umbrella".

Palm Cockatoos

Natively from northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands, The Palm Cockatoo (or great black Cockatoo) is the largest of all Cockatoos, measuring in at 25 to 30 inches long, and it also happens to hold the distinction of being that with the biggest beak among Psittaciform birds!

Goffin Cockatoos

The Goffin's Cockatoo or Tanimbar Cockatoo, Cacatua goffini, is a species of cockatoo native to Indonesia. Its body is covered in white feathers, with peachy colored feathers near its face and a yellowish tinge on its tail. They have brown eyes, each with a blue eyelid.


Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, is one of the larger and more widespread of Australia's cockatoos. Frequently sought as a cage bird in other countries, in Australia they can be so numerous that in places they are shot or poisoned as pests.

Gang-gang Cockatoo

The Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum , is member of the cockatoo family. It is a shy, mostly-grey parrot of Australian alpine bushland. The male has a red head and crest while the female has a small fluffy grey crest. It ranges through out South Eastern Australia and Tasmania. The Gang-gang cockatoo is the faunal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory.

Little Corella

The Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea, is a white cockatoo native to Australia. It is 36 to 39cm in length and congregates in flocks of up to thousands of birds, often with Galahs mixed in. It generally perches in trees overnight and flies off, with an almost deafening screeching, in the early morning to feed. It mostly feeds on the ground, eating seeds including grain crops such as wheat and barley. It is common, to the point of being something of a pest, in much of Australia. It can be destructive to the trees in which it perches, chewing the bark off smaller twigs.

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