What is the difference between a parrot and and a cockatoo?

Question

Maybe someone who has seen a cockatoo can tell me

Answer 1

Parrots like Polyfiller and girls like a cockatoo

Answer 2

A cockatoo is any of the 21 bird species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae family (the true parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The name cockatoo originated from the Malay name for these birds, kakaktua, which translates literally as older sister (from kakak, "sister," and tua, "old").

Cockatoos share many features with other parrots including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with two forward toes and two backwards toes. They differ, however in a number of characteristics, including the often spectacular movable headcrest, the presence of a gall bladder and some other anatomical details, and their lack of the Dyck texture feather composition which causes the bright blues and greens seen in true parrots. Cockatoo species are also, on average, larger than the true parrots (however, the cockatiel is a small cockatoo and the very large parrots include the Hyacinth Macaw by length and the Kakapo by weight.)

Cockatoos have a much more restricted range than the true parrots, occurring naturally only in Australia and nearby islands. Eleven of the 21 species exist in the wild only in Australia, while seven species occur in Indonesia, New Guinea, and other south Pacific islands. Three species occur in both New Guinea and Australia.

Parrots or Psittacines (order Psittaciformes) includes about 353 species of bird which are generally grouped into two families: the Cacatuidae or cockatoos, and the Psittacidae or true parrots. The term parrot is generally used for both the entire order as well as for the Psittacidae alone.

All members of the order have a characteristic curved beak shape with the upper mandible having slight mobility in the joint with the skull and a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back.

Parrots can be found in most of the warm parts of the world, including India, southeast Asia and west Africa, with one species – now extinct – in the United States (the Carolina Parakeet). By far the greatest number of parrot species, however, come from Australasia, South America and Central America.

Answer 3

A cockatoo is any of the 21 bird species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae family (the true parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The name cockatoo originated from the Malay name for these birds, kakaktua, which translates literally as older sister (from kakak, "sister," and tua, "old").

Cockatoos share many features with other parrots including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with two forward toes and two backwards toes. They differ, however in a number of characteristics, including the often spectacular movable headcrest, the presence of a gall bladder and some other anatomical details, and their lack of the Dyck texture feather composition which causes the bright blues and greens seen in true parrots. Cockatoo species are also, on average, larger than the true parrots (however, the cockatiel is a small cockatoo and the very large parrots include the Hyacinth Macaw by length and the Kakapo by weight.)

Cockatoos have a much more restricted range than the true parrots, occurring naturally only in Australia and nearby islands. Eleven of the 21 species exist in the wild only in Australia, while seven species occur in Indonesia, New Guinea, and other south Pacific islands. Three species occur in both New Guinea and Australia.

Answer 4

A cockatoo is interior the parrot kin. Cockatoos oftentimes have a crest (feathers that are on the genuine of their head) that would upward push up or be placed all the way down to look like a pony tail. they are able to be white, yellow, or orange. A parrot (a minimum of the only i think of you're touching on) have not got a crest and are have extra colourful feathers on their physique. it rather is an trustworthy answer to a questionable question.

Answer 5

A cockatoo is a species of parrot.

Parrot is just a general term, sort of like dog. You can have a lab and it is different then a pit bull, but they are both dogs. You can have a cockatoo or a Sun Conure, they are different, but both Parrots.

Answer 6

Hi,
A cockatoo IS a parrot.Here is the breakdown:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Psittaciformes

Family: Cacatuidae

Psittacines are parrots. one of the distinguishing feature of parrots is that they have four toes,
two facing forward and two facing backward. They are also the only bird that will pick up their food to eat it.
An eagle will swoop down to catch a fish with his claws and carry it to his nest to eat it. But when he does, he put a foot on the fish and bends down to eat with his beak.
So a cockatoo is always a parrot but other members of the Parrot or "Psittacine" order are Macaws, African Greys, Conures, Amazons, Quakers, Caiques, and Budgies, along with many others. There are 353 recognized species of parrots. The cockatoos are in a different family from the rest of the parrots, but they are indeed recognized as parrots.

Answer 7

I may give u a answer which might b incomplete.
1.Cockatoo's are mainly white coloured;some species may b pinkish or cream coloured;most parrots are colorful.
2.Cockatoo's have a crest on their head which most parrots lack.
3.Parrot's have a pointed tail while the cockatoo's plumage is more blunt.
4.Male parrot's form an distinct annular pattern on their neck after attaining maturity,while cockatoo's dont.
5.Cockatoo's have more retaining capacity than most parrots.

Answer 8

A cockatoo is a type of parrot.....just like a Chihuahua is a type of a dog.

Answer 9

Parrots are colourful, while cockatoos are white, usually with a yellow crest on their head. Cockatoos are much larger too.

Answer 10

errr, one is a parrot and one is a cockatoo. Cockatoos all have some kind of crest on their heads parrots don't.

Answer 11

My wife has never had a parrot. But, She's had a "cockatoo"