Goffin's cockatoo is one of the small representatives of the family with a body length of not more than 30 cm and weighing about 350 grams. Parrots of this species are common in Indonesia, on the island of Tanimbar. Because of this, they are often called Tanimbar cockatoos. In Europe, they appeared for the first time in the seventies of the last century. Under natural conditions, parrots live in tropical and subtropical forests, in cultivated landscapes.
Description
Goffin's Cockatoo is a graceful small bird. They have a wide rounded crest on their heads.
A distinctive feature of females and males is the iris. In the first, it is red-brown, and in males - black. Periorbital ring white, bare. In males, the head is larger, rounded, the color of the ocular orbital ring is brighter. Feet, beak gray shade.
Goffin's cockatoo is characterized by white plumage. The lower part is terry, the tail feathers are yellow. The crest is white outside, and its inside is pink-red. At the base of the head, the feathers are pale pink.
Lifestyle
Goffin's Cockatoo are kept in packs. They can be large or small: from 20 to 200 or more individuals. These birds are not quite ordinary. They are able to hold food with one paw, and break off pieces from it with the second. With fear, excitement, parrots raise their crest. At night, during the full moon, birds sing.
According to the description, Goffin's cockatoos eat nuts, berries, fruits, flowers, buds, seeds. In their diet there are young shoots, larvae and insects. Individuals live up to 40 years.
Propagation Features
Cockatoos breed throughout the year. They make nests in the hollows of trees. Both parents hatch the masonry: females sit at night, and males sit at day. In clutch there are usually up to three eggs. A month later, cubs hatch. Chicks are born without plumage - it appears only by the tenth day of life. And at the age of two weeks, the parrots fly out of the nest. By 2-3 years, Goffin begins puberty.
The birds are listed in the Red Book. Their number is about 350 thousand individuals.
Content
Goffin's cockatoo is undemanding in this regard. Birds are kept in cages made of metal, closed enclosures. In the first method of maintenance, cells of at least 60X60X90 cm in size are used per individual. The size of the enclosures is 4X1.5X2 m, in a dark corner a wooden house of 25X25X40 cm is installed.
When maintaining it is important to observe the temperature regime. At night, it should not differ from the daytime by more than five degrees. Lighting for the birds lacks the natural.
The cage is placed away from drafts so that the bird does not catch a cold. You can not put it near heating devices, as this negatively affects the condition of feathers and skin. If there is a TV or some household appliance next to the bird, it can irritate the cockatoo. Do not place the cage on the windowsill, in the corridors, near the front door, in the kitchen. An ideal place is a quiet room. The cage is suspended or placed in a corner near the wall, which will provide diffused light. To prevent the parrot from feeling depressed or superior to the host, the cage is placed at eye level.
Young individuals are tamed very quickly. They are demanding of attention. If they are given less than three hours a day, then the cockatoos begin to tug on their feathers and scream strongly.
Goffin's Cockatoo are smart, gentle, curious, active creatures. They are able to remember a large number of words.
Parrots love to swim. Water treatments help clean feathers from contamination. If they deprive them of the opportunity to take a bath, then the birds look unkempt, untidy, lose the brightness of the plumage.
You can bathe a bird in the shower. To do this, put the cage in the bath and turn on warm water so that only the spray gets onto the bird. The direction of the warm stream is allowed directly to the cage. As a result, you can wash the cage and bathe the bird.
During bathing, the air temperature should not fall below 20 degrees. The bird is drying itself, but you can speed up the process by placing a 40-watt incandescent lamp half a meter from the cage. Do not use a hairdryer, as dry air will ruin the feathers, and fumes from the elements of the device can cause poisoning.
You can not deprive the parrot of the opportunity to communicate, walks. The cockatoo must be regularly released from the cage, after having removed all the wires, other animals, containers with liquids, poisonous plants, and small objects that can be swallowed.
Feeding Features
The appearance of the Goffin cockatoo, described above, also depends on the diet. A bird needs low fat foods. Because of this feature, the diet is based on: 50% - grain mixtures, 40% - vegetables, the remaining 10% - fruits. The birds are picky on the menu.
Tanimbar cockatoos eat a variety of foods. In their diet you can include:
- celery;
- boiled rice;
- sunflower seeds;
- oats;
- millet;
- hemp seed;
- buckwheat;
- nuts
- bananas
- boiled corn;
- dandelion leaves;
- turnip tops;
- buds of trees, young shoots, twigs.
Cockatoo likes dry cookies. You can not give a parrot chocolate, coffee, cabbage, fried, dairy products, salt and sugar. During the growing period, young individuals are fed with germinated grain, boiled chicken, nuts.
