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A cockatoo is any of the 21 bird species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae family (the true parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The name cockatoo originated from the Malay name for the bird, kakaktua, which translates literally as older sister (from kakak, "sister," and tua, "old").
Cockatoos share many features with other parrots including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with two forward toes and two backwards toes. They differ, however in a number of characteristics, including the often spectacular movable headcrest, and their lack of the Dyck texture feather composition, which gives feathers of many parrots their iridescence. Cockatoo species are also, on average, larger than the true parrots (however, the cockatiel is a small cockatoo and the very large parrots include the Hyacinth Macaw by length and the Kakapo by weight.)
Cockatoos have a much more restricted range than the true parrots, occurring naturally only in Australia and nearby islands. Eleven of the 21 species exist in the wild only in Australia, while seven species occur in Indonesia, New Guinea, and other south Pacific islands. Three species occur in both New Guinea and Australia.
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@JKissnHug We've had lots of parrots about lately. Mainly cockatoos but a few other species also. I haven't been lucky with the camera yet.
allan_saw (Allan Saw) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:53:59 -0000
@JKissnHug We've had lots of parrots about lately. Mainly cockatoos but a few other species also. I haven't been lucky with the camera yet.
listening to "The Cure - Like Cockatoos 09-12-87" â« http://blip.fm/~iajq9
EyesofChew (Roy Batty) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:15:53 -0000
listening to "The Cure - Like Cockatoos 09-12-87" ♫ http://blip.fm/~iajq9
just home after feasting in the park under a tall graceful gumtree with white cockatoos cajoling above~ true aussie sunburnt xmas
Hajilina (Sahaja Springer) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:30:53 -0000
just home after feasting in the park under a tall graceful gumtree with white cockatoos cajoling above~ true aussie sunburnt xmas
Quarrelling cockatoos flashing around the sky, cricket match in the distance, and something in a dead eucalypt squeaking like a rusty hinge.
Aphida (Aphida) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:55:29 -0000
Quarrelling cockatoos flashing around the sky, cricket match in the distance, and something in a dead eucalypt squeaking like a rusty hinge.
Cockatoos (esp.)-but most large caged parrots attach to people but majority people don't understand them & they get abused...tragic
acyclop (Andrea Allegrone) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:13:34 -0000
Cockatoos (esp.)-but most large caged parrots attach to people but majority people don't understand them & they get abused...tragic
I'm pretty sure there's a lot of poops on the stage. They provide a llama, a group of ducks,a flock of sheeps and 3 cockatoos for xmas drama
cinbins (Nadia Angelia) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:21:07 -0000
I'm pretty sure there's a lot of poops on the stage. They provide a llama, a group of ducks,a flock of sheeps and 3 cockatoos for xmas drama
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