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cockatiel

[ UK /kˈɒkɐtˌiːl/ ]
NOUN
  1. small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

How To Use cockatiel In A Sentence

  • My son's cockatiel eats like a bird, so our stock of millet and black-oil sunflower seeds rarely needs replenishing.
  • Cockatiels are born nearly naked and pin feathers start to appear at about seven days.
  • The bird sanctuary has been inundated with calls from people who have spotted cockatiels, budgies and parrots that have been released into the wild.
  • She was devastated when her parrot Charlie, cockatiel Molly and two budgies, Billy and Gregory, all died within hours of each other.
  • Often a broody cockatiel hen ready to lay eggs will tear paper at the bottom of her cage to prepare a bare, hollow impression for her eggs.
  • Cockatiels make the most endearing, affectionate, responsive and easily tamed pets around.
  • The Three Owls bird sanctuary in Norden has been inundated with calls from people who have spotted cockatiels, budgies and parrots that have been released into the wild.
  • Like other cockatoos, the cockatiel has a retractable crest which it raises up and down in response to alarm, excitement and other emotions.
  • Cockatiels certainly do not need hothouse conditions to breed.
  • At once, the cockatiel's grey feathers started to glow orangish-red.
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