Report about Cockatiels
By Aidan and Sam and Adam
The Cockatiel is a Bird (howls of amazement) from the Cockatoo sub family : Nymphicinae. it is the smallest of the Cacatuidae family.
The habitat
Cockatiels are native to Australia and they like the Wetlands, Bushlands and Scrublands. The Cockatiels live in Australia and many people adopt them to keep them in cages as pets.
Their life span
Cockatiels can live up to 15 or 20 years. the shortest life span for a cockatiel is 10, and the highest is 36 years old.
Cockatiels behaviour
Cockatiels live in cages at their adopters house and exercise and special people train them so they can exercise and do tricks.
Cockatiel colour mutations.
there are 15 different colour mutations including grey, pied, pearled, cinnamon, whitefaced, lutino, albino and yellowcheek.
Fact’s
The cockatiels were not so popular in the 1770 they got popular when there was a gold rush in the 1900’s. The cockatiel was the most wild kept parrot except the parakeet or budgie. The cockatiels diet is cooked rice, corn, pasta and bean mixture.
The features, their trainability and how long they can live makes this bird an interesting and entertaining pet
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