Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus ‡
Lark Quarry, SW Qld IMG_3762 20180530 - upper: male; lower: female lacks clear yellow head, face & crest grey.
Notes: Slender cockatoo w. bold white wing panels
contrasting w. grey back.
Male: crest & head mostly yellow grading
to white at rear w. orange ear patch.
Female: face & crest grey,
suffused yellow; duller orange ear patch; yellow outer
tail feathers.
Juvenile: like duller female w. pale spots on outer primaries.
Common across inland, seldom far from water, feeds on seeds on ground.
Range from Atlas of Living Australia©
Leichhardt River, FNW Qld IMG_3882 20170818 - male x 2. CLICK for pic of female.
Big Red area, Birdsville, FSW Qld IMG_5795 20200919 - male
Doomadgee, FNW Qld IMG_3078 20170817 - juvenile x 3
Butcher Trk, Muggon, W WA IMG_6407+6408 20181005 - upper: male; lower: female. White shoulders.
Stamford, NC Qld IMG_1300 20170612 - left: female; right: male
Base of Big Red, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_8848 20240929
Leichhardt River, FNW Qld IMG_3972 20170818
Leichhardt River, FNW Qld MVI_3888+3889 20170818