![]() ![]() The pair went through the usual quarantine and had all the vet checks. In addition to being ornery, the male was feather plucked and looked rather shabby. When the male wasn't paying attention, I could scratch her head and she would perch on my wrist. The male had a mean streak and would attack but I got along pretty well with the female who had obviously been someone's pet. The pair was well bonded, quite mature, and seemed willing to breed. I didn't really know their ages or history. Before the time of the bird embargo and quarantine, a pilot is said to have brought these birds into the U.S. A number of years ago I took a pair of Blue-eyed Cockatoos on a breeding loan - the first pair I had ever seen. It is uncommon in captivity.Īll I know about Blue-eyed Cockatoos I learned from one pair and 13 of their offspring. Its behavior is mostly unknown but presumed to be similar to that of the closely related Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. According to Juniper and Parr in their book Parrots (a wonderful reference book for just this sort of data), the Blue-eyed is fairly common throughout much of its range but can be locally scarce. The Blue-eyed Cockatoo inhabits the islands of New Britain and New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. It gets its name from itsīright blue eye-ring, generally a more intense blue than the eye-rings of either Galerita triton or G. In appearance, the Blue-eyed seems to have a very large head. The Blue-eyed and the Salmon-crested Cockatoo are very close to the same size. In the Blueeyed, however, the crest is mostly white with some yellow feathers that are not very visible until the crest is raised. T he Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua opbtbalmica is a stocky white bird with a rear-curved crest something like the crest of the Salmon-crested Cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis or a White (Umbrella) Cockatoo Cacatua alba. ![]()
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