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    The cockatiel is the smallest species of cockatoo. Originally from Australia, it was first described scientifically in 1793. While its biological relationships were uncertain for some time, molecular studies have shown it is most closely related to cockatoos in the family Cacatuidae. It shares many distinctive features with cockatoos, including an erectile crest and facial feathers covering parts of the beak. The cockatiel is typically grey with white flashes on its wings, and males have yellow or white faces while females have grey faces. They are vocal birds capable of learning songs and words.

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    The cockatiel is the smallest species of cockatoo. Originally from Australia, it was first described scientifically in 1793. While its biological relationships were uncertain for some time, molecular studies have shown it is most closely related to cockatoos in the family Cacatuidae. It shares many distinctive features with cockatoos, including an erectile crest and facial feathers covering parts of the beak. The cockatiel is typically grey with white flashes on its wings, and males have yellow or white faces while females have grey faces. They are vocal birds capable of learning songs and words.

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    The cockatiel is the smallest species of cockatoo. Originally from Australia, it was first described scientifically in 1793. While its biological relationships were uncertain for some time, molecular studies have shown it is most closely related to cockatoos in the family Cacatuidae. It shares many distinctive features with cockatoos, including an erectile crest and facial feathers covering parts of the beak. The cockatiel is typically grey with white flashes on its wings, and males have yellow or white faces while females have grey faces. They are vocal birds capable of learning songs and words.

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    The cockatiel is the smallest species of cockatoo. Originally from Australia, it was first described scientifically in 1793. While its biological relationships were uncertain for some time, molecular studies have shown it is most closely related to cockatoos in the family Cacatuidae. It shares many distinctive features with cockatoos, including an erectile crest and facial feathers covering parts of the beak. The cockatiel is typically grey with white flashes on its wings, and males have yellow or white faces while females have grey faces. They are vocal birds capable of learning songs and words.

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    Originally described by Scottish writer and naturalist Robert Kerr in 1793 as Psittacus
    hollandicus, the cockatiel (or cockateel) was moved to its own genus, Nymphicus, by Wagler in
    1832.[9] Its genus name reflects the experience of one of the earliest groups of Europeans to see
    the birds in their native habitat; the travellers thought the birds were so beautiful that they named
    them after mythical nymphs. The specific name hollandicus refers to New Holland, a historic
    name for Australia.
    Its biological relationships were for a long time uncertain; it is now placed in
    a monotypic subfamily Nymphicinae, but was sometimes in the past classified among
    the Platycercinae, the broad-tailed parrots. This issue was settled with molecular studies. A 1984
    study of protein allozymes signalled its closer relationship to cockatoos than to other parrots,
    [10]
    and mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequence data[11] places it among the Calyptorhynchinae (dark
    cockatoos) subfamily. The unique, parakeet (meaning long-tailed parrot) morphological feature is
    a consequence of the decrease in size and accompanying change of ecological niche.
    Sequence analysis of intron 7 of the nuclear β-fibrinogen gene, on the other hand, indicates that
    it may yet be distinct enough as to warrant recognition of the Nymphicinae rather than inclusion
    of the genus in the Calyptorhynchinae.[12]
    The cockatiel is now biologically classified as a genuine member of Cacatuidae on account of
    sharing all of the cockatoo family's biological features, namely, the erectile crest,
    a gallbladder, powder down, suppressed cloudy-layer (which precludes the display of blue and
    green structural colours), and facial feathers covering the sides of the beak, all of which are
    rarely found outside the family Cacatuidae. This biological relation to other cockatoos is further
    supported by the existence of at least one documented case of a successful hybrid between a
    cockatiel and a galah, another cockatoo species.[13]

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    The cockatiel's distinctive crest expresses the animal's emotional state. The crest is dramatically
    vertical when the cockatiel is startled or excited, gently oblique in its neutral or relaxed state, and
    flattened close to the head when the animal is angry or defensive. The crest is also held flat but
    protrudes outward in the back when the cockatiel is trying to appear alluring or flirtatious. When
    the cockatiel is tired, the crest is seen positioned halfway upwards, with the tip of the crest
    usually curling upward.[14] In contrast to most cockatoos, the cockatiel has long tail feathers
    roughly making up half of its total length. At 30 to 33 cm (12 to 13 in), the cockatiel is the smallest
    of the cockatoos, which are generally larger at between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 in).
    The "normal grey" or "wild-type" cockatiel's plumage is primarily grey with prominent white
    flashes on the outer edges of each wing. The face of the male is yellow or white, while the face of
    the female is primarily grey or light grey,[15] and both sexes feature a round orange area on both
    ears, often referred to as "cheddar cheeks". This orange colouration is generally vibrant in adult
    males, and often quite muted in females. Visual sexing is often possible with this variant of the
    bird.
    Cockatiels are relatively vocal birds, the calls of the male being more varied than that of the
    female. Cockatiels can be taught to sing specific melodies, to the extent that some cockatiels
    have been demonstrated synchronizing their melodies with the songs of humans,[16] and speak
    many words and phrases. They have also learned to imitate certain human or environmental
    sounds without being taught how to do so

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