Cockatiel – nymphicus hollandicus
Cockatiel – nymphicus hollandicus
Length: 30-35cms/12-14 inches
Weight: 80-95 grams
Life span: < 20 years
Incubation: 21 days
Age at weaning: 7-8 weeks
Age at maturity: 9 months - 1 year
Natural habitat: Australia
Cockatiels inhabit the savannah and grassland of Australia but nowadays they are also frequently seen in urban areas.
They are generally peaceable birds that are often kept on a colony in aviaries. Cockatiels that are bred in captivity come in an array of colours from grey to white to yellow! And, of course, combinations of all these colours.
A normal clutch is 4-7 eggs.
The plumage of an adult Cockatiel is generally greyish-blue. They have a yellow crest and head with orange-yellow ear markings. Their wing coverts are white and they have brown eyes, a greyish blue beak and dark grey legs. The female Cockatiels are generally duller in colouration. Their wing coverts are greyer and their eye markings are darker than the male.
Jan 22, 2010 | 0 | Birds, Pets
The hamster kept as pet most often is the Golden Hamster, also called Syrian Hamster. So-called Teddybear or Black Bear hamsters are also breeds of golden hamsters. But also four species of smaller hamsters are popular pets, often called dwarf hamsters. These are Roborovski hamster, (Phodopus roborovskii) often called Roborovski, the chinese striped hamster (Cricetulus griseus) and the two subspecies of Phodopus sungorus, the winter white russian dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus sungorus) and Campbell’s dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus campellii). The care of the dwarf hamsters is similar to that of the golden hamster, but there are differences in feeding and housing needs and temperament. Winter whites and Campell’s are fairly popular, in the US the campells more so than the whinter whites, while it’s other way round in Europe.
