The birds must be well fed and their new spacious cage must be clean. Status of Feral Populations of Exotic Cockatoos (Genus Cacatua) in Taiwan. Breeding birds need to bond and get use to their surroundings. The Cockatoos they are the 21 species of birds belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family of the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. gray or white on feathers, but there are species that have areas with more. The only consistent difference is the presence or absence of pink in the crest-however, this is sometimes concealed, and hybrid offspring are also likely to show some pink in the crest, so even the crest coloration is somewhat unreliable for identification.īirdLife International. You will be fascinated by the different types of cockatoos that exist.
The White Cockatoo is nearly all-white (with yellowish underwings and undertail) and Salmon-crested usually has a pinkish tone in its coloration (with pinkish, orangish, or yellowish underwings and undertail), but the tones of both species vary and viewing conditions make subtle differences in tone unreliable for identification. They are approximately the same size, with similarly-shaped crests and similar coloration. Moreover, it appears that they may have hybridized at least once in Hawaii, potentially producing intermediate offspring. They do not occur together naturally, but because both are popular cagebirds both have been found living ferally outside of their natural ranges, often in the same areas (e.g., Hawaii and Puerto Rico). It makes its nest in holes in trees, laying two to three eggs, which it incubates.
The breeding season generally starts in May, although nesting attempts have been reported even earlier. White and Salmon-crested Cockatoos are sibling species that are endemic to nearby island groups in the Moluccas-White to the Bacan Islands and Salmon-crested to Seram and its neighbors. The white cockatoo is a bird in the Cacatua family, in the Psittaciformes order, which is primarily characterised by the bright white colour of its plumage. The umbrella cockatoo, also known as the white cockatoo or the great white-crested cockatoo, is well-known in bird circles as being one of the most affectionate.