meaning of cockateel
1. An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Novae-Hollandiae); -- so called from its note.
2. Also written Cockatiel, a small and rather atypical cockatoo. It is slender, with long pointed wings, a long tail and a distinctive, pointed yellow crest.
The Cockatiel is typically located in arid or near-arid environments, and always close to water. The crest is usually held erect except during resting / sometimes feeding periods.
Both sexes have yellow facial feathers: the female has a yellow wash around the beak and eye, in the male, yellow covers most of the head and the fore part of the crest.
Cockatiels are small by cockatoo standards, and are the only cockatoo species which can breed in its first year.
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