They are gentle, playful and affectionate – and they make very good pets. They are most active in early morning and late afternoon.īare eyed cockatoos are intelligent birds with exceptional personalities. In the wild, they feed in trees and on the ground, mostly on seeds, crops, fruits, berries, buds, flowers and nuts and insect larvae. They also invade cultivated areas and damage crops during non-breeding season they may gather in huge flocks of 20,000 or more birds and spread widely through grasslands in search of food and are often killed as crop pests. These parrots go by the Latin name Cacatua sanguinea and are common and found in large flocks throughout much of northern and central Australia, where they inhabit riverine woodlands near grasslands and agricultural areas. The undersides of their flight feathers are yellow.
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Sometimes they are also confused with the smaller Goffin’s cockatoo.īare Eyed Cockatoos are medium-sized white birds (14 to 17 inches long) with short white crests that mostly lie flat on their heads, blue eye rings with a blueish bulge below the eye and a small pink patch between the eyes and nares. What Is A Bare Eyed Cockatoo?īare eyed cockatoos are also known as little corellas or short-billed corellas. I felt sorry for her as I could see she was broody, but these birds now cost well over R10 000 in the pet shop and I just couldn’t afford another. I only found out last year that my beloved bare eyed cockatoo was actually female when she got suddenly aggressive for a while and then produced three eggs. They all get taken out for a while every day, and when I do bring them inside due to bad weather on the odd occasion, you can see they are itching to be outside again.Įven our budgies enjoy being taken outdoors each day and make a hell of a noise until we move them outdoors. The cages are well protected and out of the wind, and they get to socialise with all the wild birds on a daily basis. Generally, I think my birds are happier outdoors. I missed having them indoors, and Casper stopped saying hello, but is still very tame and says other things, most of which I can’t make out. When my daughter came along, she couldn’t resist sticking her fingers into the cage, so, unfortunately, I had to build an aviary on our porch for both Casper and our two cockatiels.
She stayed in our lounge and on our porch during the day along with our cockatiels for the next four years. She fitted into our home perfectly, but because I was the one that gave her the most attention, she latched on to me, making me her favourite. She was very playful and being hand-reared was also already tame. She was a couple of months old at the time and said hello hello hello non-stop. When I bought Casper at the Pet Shop back in 2003 I was told she was male. Well actually Casper is the only bare eyed cockatoo I know, and I have owned her for the last 14 years. The picture above is one of my favourite bare eyed cockatoo – Casper.
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