Provide the bird plenty of space to climb, stretch, and flap its wings. 1 Owners of sulphur-crested cockatoos should allow their pets a minimum of 3 to 4 hours of outside-the-cage playtime every day. They can learn to imitate speech, but not as well as some parrots. The sulphur-crested cockatoo is a highly active and lively bird that requires plenty of exercise to maintain proper health. Just like all cockatoos, they can make very loud noises, need a lot of attention and like to bite in furniture or other things they can find. They are intelligent, learn tricks easily and can get really affectionate. This is a very popular species of cockatoo to be kept as a pet. Read more about this big species from Australia here. The Sulphur-Crested cockatoo is a different species than the Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo and even occurs on a different continent. All these subspecies occur on islands in Indonesia. Other subspecies are Cacatua sulphurea djampeana, Cacatua sulphurea abbotti, Cacatua sulphurea occidentalis and Cacatua sulphurea parvula.
This subspecies has an orange-colored crest instead of a yellow one. The most well-know subspecies of the Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea) is the Citron-Crested cockatoo ( Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata). These subspecies can interbreed, making it hard sometimes to determine the subspecies or genetic mix of a cockatoo at a zoo or shelter. Cockatoos are predominantly a seed eating species so their captive diet should consist of a mix of pellets and seed. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. There are six subspecies of the Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo. The sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. They live in tropical forests and on the edges of this forest. The Lesser Sulphur-Crested cockatoo occurs in nature on the islands of Indonesia (e.g.
Natural habitat and origin A lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo (left) next to a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
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