Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
Korelka
Crested cockatiels are often kept both indoors in a cage and in outdoor aviaries. They can learn to replicate different sounds and melodies. They are cheerful and sociable. We keep our Korelka in common areas together with budgerigars and chinchillas. She likes to sit in her favorite place, from where she watches curious visitors.
This animal can not be adopted
The typical feature of this bird is the crest and the orange-red feathers “on the cheeks”.
The wild colour tends to be grey. The male has a yellow head and a red ear patch. The flight feathers are white, and the underside of the tail is black. The female is generally duller in colour than the male, with a greyish-yellow head and orange ear spots. The flight feathers are grey-white, and the underside of the tail is grey white transversely striped.
The young of natural colouration resemble the female.
In captivity, this bird enjoys great breeding popularity, and many colour variants have been bred: white, cinnamon, pastel, lutino, magpie, black, grey-white, and many others.
Cockatiels range throughout inland Australia, with their population depending on the suitability of food and water. It prefers savannahs, steppes, or pastures. It lives a nomadic lifestyle mostly in pairs and small groups, sometimes forming large flocks. The parents take care of the clutch and the chicks together. They take turns sitting on the eggs and feeding the chicks. The young fledge after about four weeks and can fly at the age of two months. The parents continue to feed them for 2-3 weeks after they fly out of the nest.
The longest lived individual of the cockatiel was 35 years.
A crossbreed with a galah was bred from a cockatiel.
It is an excellent flyer. Its flight is fast and straightforward, and only at the last moment, when landing on a branch, it spreads its wings to “brake”.
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
Korelka
Date of hatching
Unknown
Order
Family
BODY LENGTH
up to 35 cm, plus tail up to 16 cm females are a bit larger
Weight
70-120 g
LIFE EXPECTANCY
10-15 years
INCUBATION PERIOD
18-21 days
NUMBER OF EGGS
mostly 4-5 white eggs
Occurrence
Australia
Food
seeds of grasses, plants, trees, fruits, various berries or grains grown in the fields
Crested cockatiels are often kept both indoors in a cage and in outdoor aviaries. They can learn to replicate different sounds and melodies. They are cheerful and sociable. We keep our Korelka in common areas together with budgerigars and chinchillas. She likes to sit in her favorite place, from where she watches curious visitors.
This animal can not be adopted
The typical feature of this bird is the crest and the orange-red feathers “on the cheeks”.
The wild colour tends to be grey. The male has a yellow head and a red ear patch. The flight feathers are white, and the underside of the tail is black. The female is generally duller in colour than the male, with a greyish-yellow head and orange ear spots. The flight feathers are grey-white, and the underside of the tail is grey white transversely striped.
The young of natural colouration resemble the female.
In captivity, this bird enjoys great breeding popularity, and many colour variants have been bred: white, cinnamon, pastel, lutino, magpie, black, grey-white, and many others.
Cockatiels range throughout inland Australia, with their population depending on the suitability of food and water. It prefers savannahs, steppes, or pastures. It lives a nomadic lifestyle mostly in pairs and small groups, sometimes forming large flocks. The parents take care of the clutch and the chicks together. They take turns sitting on the eggs and feeding the chicks. The young fledge after about four weeks and can fly at the age of two months. The parents continue to feed them for 2-3 weeks after they fly out of the nest.
The longest lived individual of the cockatiel was 35 years.
A crossbreed with a galah was bred from a cockatiel.
It is an excellent flyer. Its flight is fast and straightforward, and only at the last moment, when landing on a branch, it spreads its wings to “brake”.
