Crossword clues for cockatiel
The Collaborative International Dictionary
cockatiel \cock"a*tiel\, Cockateel \Cock"a*teel\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small gray and white Australian parrot ( Leptolophus hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) with a prominent crest; the male has bright yellow cheeks and crest, but the female has only a pale yellow in the face; -- it is so called from its note.
Syn: cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus.
Wiktionary
n. ''Nymphicus hollandicus'', a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest.
WordNet
n. small gray Australian parrot with a yellow crested head [syn: cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus]
Wikipedia
The cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), also known as the quarrion and the weiro, is a member of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as household pets and companion parrots throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the budgerigar.
The cockatiel is the only member of the genus Nymphicus. It was previously considered a crested parrot or small cockatoo; however, more recent molecular studies have assigned it to its own subfamily, Nymphicinae. It is, therefore, now classified as the smallest of the Cacatuidae (cockatoo family). Cockatiels are native to Australia, and favour the Australian wetlands, scrublands, and bush lands.
Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus), are generally regarded as good pets or companion parrots, having a sweet demeanour. Like most other pets, the manner in which the animal is raised, handled, and kept has a profound effect on temperament. Some birds are quite gregarious and sociable while others can be shy, retreating to the back of the cage when an unfamiliar figure appears. If handled often and if they have a patient owner, cockatiels will become tame very quickly compared to some of the other parrot species.
Usage examples of "cockatiel".
Noting his approach, the cockatiel abandoned its food and crawled onto the perch nearest the wrought-iron door.
The cockatiel preened in its cage as Karen's pulse slowly returned to normal.
The lively Cockatiel, whom Judd had christened "Trouble," had proved to be an affectionate pet.
But the bird had been kept awake much of last night by his owner's noisome nightmares, and Judd felt the poor cockatiel deserved a rest.
Karen had been called out twice to interview elderly street people who wandered into the downtown shelter and knew the facility could probably offer Judd a bed, but only for a few nights, and they had no facilities for storing his belongings, much less a cockatiel in an iron cage.
After a too personal, and volubly resented, inspection of Trouble's wings, Judd had determined they were clipped and the cockatiel was probably incapable of flying away.
His pet cockatiel, awakened by his return, whistled imploringly from its cage.
From the corner, a gray and yellow cockatiel with bright orange cheeks chirped, then whistled six notes of "Edelweiss.
The cockatiel regarded us as it swung back and forth in decreasing arcs.
He remembered his aunt's cockatiel working on an apple slice, its beak shaving off miniscule pieces while most of the fruit wound up on the cage floor.
Once inside the mesh there was a cable car that dropped on looping wires to the settlement, but Zo usually went instead to the gatehouse and got her birdsuit out of its locker, and slipped into it and zipped up, and ran off a flier’s platform and spread her wings, and flew in lazy spirals down to the north rim town, to dinner on one of the dining terraces, watching parrots and cockatiels and lorikeets dart about trying to scavenge a meal.
Once inside the mesh there was a cable car that dropped on looping wires to the settlement, but Zo usually went instead to the gatehouse and got her birdsuit out of its locker, and slipped into it and zipped up, and ran off a flier's platform and spread her wings, and flew in lazy spirals down to the north rim town, to dinner on one of the dining terraces, watching parrots and cockatiels and lorikeets dart about trying to scavenge a meal.