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This crest is usually smoothed backward, and the bird erects it when alert or excited. On the white head, we can see a long yellow crest. It has a pale yellow hue under the wings and the tail which is relatively short. The crested cockatoo is one of the largest parrots in Australia. LONGEVITY: Up to 80 years old Yellow-crested cockatoo facts He lifts his hoopoe, as a sign of intimidation, if he feels threatened or if he is excited. Some birds stand aside from the group and act as sentries. He lives as a couple during the breeding season and in large groups that can have several hundred individuals the rest of the year. The crested cockatoo Sulphur-crested cockatoo, like most Psittacidae, is a noisy bird and easily observable in freedom. The Sulphur-crested cockatoo Parrot can live Up to 70 years in captivity. Wingspan: about 60 cm Sulphur-crested cockatoo lifespan The female lays between 1 and 3 eggs in a cavity of a tree and the incubation lasts about 30 days. The couples are faithful, but the male can be very aggressive towards the female. The hoopoe is an indicator of the emotional state of the bird: erect when excited and at rest if not Attention, these are stubborn birds that can become violent at the slightest annoyance Iris color determines sex: black in male, brown to red in femaleĬharacter: Loud and unpleasant voice but birds sometimes very affectionate and very intelligent can talk.The sub-wing and sub-caudal feathers are more or less yellow White massive parrot with a yellow erectile crest.Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua Galerita They will stay with their parents during their first year of existence. The eggs are hatched for 30 days in turn and the young remain in the nest 60 to 70 days before being able to fly. The female lays one to three eggs in a nest made by both parents in a tree cavity. The breeding takes place from August to January in the South and from May to September in the North. They are sedentary birds living in large flocks outside the breeding period in all wooded areas and especially in the wild Yellow-crested Cockatoos, a ‘Critically Endangered’ species. Pets, a number of them escaped and created accidental colonies around Perth, Western Australia, New Zealand1 and Indonesia. It is an animal that is found mainly in Australia: on the North and East part of the continent and in Tasmania as well as in New Guinea and in the Aru Islands. It is a noisy animal both in flight, in the morning, and in the evening when it is going to feed, and at rest. The two sexes are similar although the female is smaller and the eyes are not quite the same color: brown to red in the female, black in the male. It has a very dark gray, almost black bill. The underside of the wings and tail are light yellow. Its plumage is white, with a large erect hoop facing rear at rest, of a strong yellow.
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It is an animal measuring 45 to 50 cm in length and weighing 800 to 900 g. 8.1 Talking to a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo