[
UK
/kˈɒkɐtˌuː/
]
[ US /ˈkɑkəˌtu/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑkəˌtu/ ]
NOUN
- white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
How To Use cockatoo In A Sentence
- Mookie, a large white Moluccan cockatoo with a feather-picking problem, issues an ongoing “BAAAAA” from her spacious, toy-filled cage. Birdology
- Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
- Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
- Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
- He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
- The foreign birds, most of these parrots and cockatoos, unfortunately need to be kept in cages.
- On the wall alongside us was a tiled, tropical landscape of pastel cockatoos and parrots.
- Active fast flying lorikeets and big birds such as cockatoos and macaws should be in a large flight aviary.
- At Ngarkat and Karte conservation parks, you can see everything from ring-necked parrots, honeyeaters and white-winged choughs, to Australian bustards, yellow-tailed black cockatoos and sometimes even a rare Mallee emu-wren or the Mallee ningaui.
- Surprisingly, parrots and cockatoos can get jealous of other pets, so if there's a new animal in the house be patient whilst your bird gets used to the newcomer.