Rose Breasted Cockatoo Care Diet and Cage
Rose Breasted Cockatoo
DESCRIPTION 13'/2 to 15 inches (35 to 38cm), most common cockatoo. Grey above, deep pink below. Low whitish crest, eyes dark brown, pale beak, grey legs. Rare mutation results in absence of melanin from plumage, causing grey areas to be white and feet to be pink. Female's eyes red.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION Rose Breasted Cockatoo is found in Australia and Tasmania.
HABITAT Savannah, open country, eucalyptus woodland, dry interior plains, farmland, park-lands, and gardens; always inland, follows civilization. In pairs during the breeding season, other times in groups. Nests in vertical tree hollows, as well as holes in cliffs. Pairs bond for life and defend the nest against intruders. Newly fledged birds gather in treetop nurseries of up to 100 birds, awaiting their parents and the delivery of food. Young spend their first two or three years among large wandering flocks of non-breeding birds. The species has benefited from European settlement, increasing its range and numbers in response to forest clearance and crop planting. Considered a pest by cereal growers.
DIET Rose Breasted Cockatoo eats parrot mix, cereal seeds, fruit, greenstuff, sunflower seeds, oats, wheat, millet, grass seeds and insects.
SPECIAL NEEDS For best breeding, moisten nest boxes regularly. Avoid diet based on sunflower and other oily seeds, which can lead to fatty tumors.
CAGE LIFE The Rose Breasted Cockatoo is gentle, playful, intelligent and a good talker with the loud voice. Compatible with other large species in the aviary, or large metal cage with an unheated sheltered area. Leaves and twigs carried into nest box, 20 X 20 X 40 inches (51 X 52 X 102cm), entrance 3!/2 inches (9cm). Lays 3 to 5 white eggs, incubation 24 to 26 days by both partners, fledging 50 days, still fed and preened another 4 to 5 weeks. Two broods per season common.
DESCRIPTION 13'/2 to 15 inches (35 to 38cm), most common cockatoo. Grey above, deep pink below. Low whitish crest, eyes dark brown, pale beak, grey legs. Rare mutation results in absence of melanin from plumage, causing grey areas to be white and feet to be pink. Female's eyes red.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION Rose Breasted Cockatoo is found in Australia and Tasmania.
HABITAT Savannah, open country, eucalyptus woodland, dry interior plains, farmland, park-lands, and gardens; always inland, follows civilization. In pairs during the breeding season, other times in groups. Nests in vertical tree hollows, as well as holes in cliffs. Pairs bond for life and defend the nest against intruders. Newly fledged birds gather in treetop nurseries of up to 100 birds, awaiting their parents and the delivery of food. Young spend their first two or three years among large wandering flocks of non-breeding birds. The species has benefited from European settlement, increasing its range and numbers in response to forest clearance and crop planting. Considered a pest by cereal growers.
DIET Rose Breasted Cockatoo eats parrot mix, cereal seeds, fruit, greenstuff, sunflower seeds, oats, wheat, millet, grass seeds and insects.
SPECIAL NEEDS For best breeding, moisten nest boxes regularly. Avoid diet based on sunflower and other oily seeds, which can lead to fatty tumors.
CAGE LIFE The Rose Breasted Cockatoo is gentle, playful, intelligent and a good talker with the loud voice. Compatible with other large species in the aviary, or large metal cage with an unheated sheltered area. Leaves and twigs carried into nest box, 20 X 20 X 40 inches (51 X 52 X 102cm), entrance 3!/2 inches (9cm). Lays 3 to 5 white eggs, incubation 24 to 26 days by both partners, fledging 50 days, still fed and preened another 4 to 5 weeks. Two broods per season common.
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