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Cockatiel  

Also Known As: Quarrion
 
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Female Cockatiel

Credit: (c) Susan Flashman | License: Fotolia
 
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Did You Know?
The Cockatiel is one of only two species of parrot that have crests and long tails, the other being the Horned Parakeet.

Species Profile
Genus:
Nymphicus

Species:
hollandicus

Size: Adult Weight:
29-33 cm (11-12.9 in) 80-100g (2.8-3.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
one, with many colour mutations

Colourization Adult: Male-mainly soft grey with long, darker grey tail, yellow and grey crest and yellow face, orange ear patch and white on wing. Bill dark grey. Eye dark brown. Female-crown, crest and cheeks grey washed with yellow, brighter on lores; ear coverts dull orange; lower back and rump to underparts pale grey barred with white and yellow; centre tail feathers same; side tail feathers yellow, banded dark grey.

Colourization Juvenile: Immature male as in adult female; also bill horn in colour tinged with grey.

Call: Sad, plaintive notes.

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Content Sources:

The National Cockatiel Society http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/breeding/breed2.html

The National Cockatiel Society http://www.cockatiel.org/tips/weights.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1409&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/

Naturesongs.com http://www.naturesongs.com/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.