Is the cockatiel a protected animal? Find out before you keep one

The cockatiel is very attractive in appearance and has high ornamental value, and many bird enthusiasts like cockatiels. So, is the cockatiel a protected animal?

1. Is the cockatiel a protected animal?

The cockatiel is not a protected animal; it originates from Australia, and its high reproductive numbers make the cockatiel quite common. Hand-raised young birds are very lively and love to be close to their owners; the cockatiel has many color varieties, with the more common ones being gray, white, pearl and so on.

2. The cockatiel's living habits

Wild cockatiels mainly eat grains, as well as different types of shrubs, weeds, trees, and grass-grown berries and seeds. Pet cockatiels mainly eat mixed seed diets, and also eat the mixed diets that canaries and budgerigars like, millet, pelleted feed, fresh vegetables and fruits, and may have some additional nutritional needs.

Compared with many other parrots, the cockatiel is a relatively quiet bird. Female cockatiels do not have the ability to master a large vocabulary; some male cockatiels are reported to have mastered a large vocabulary, but their voices are not really very clear to everyone.

3. Types of cockatiels

1. The gray cockatiel has body plumage that is bluish-gray, with a pale yellow crest on the head, a black-gray beak, and the top of the head, forehead, and from the lower chin to the throat all pale yellow, with an orange-yellow round patch on the cheek; the upper body, chest and abdomen are bluish-gray, the outer coverts of both wings are white (some also have white patches on the back and wings), the tail feathers are black-gray, and the central tail feathers are especially long. The feet are black-gray.

2. The pied cockatiel has bluish-gray body plumage with yellow patches over the whole body, and is otherwise similar to the gray cockatiel.

3. The white cockatiel has white body plumage all over, with a pale yellow crest on the head and an ivory-white beak. The head, cheeks, and from the lower jaw to the upper throat are all pale yellow, with an orange-yellow round patch on the cheek, and the feet are flesh-pink.

The cockatiel is relatively elegant in appearance and is a fairly easy ornamental bird to keep. If you like it, you can keep a cockatiel.