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| Superb Cockatiel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Cacatuoidea |
| Family: | Cacatuidae |
| Genus: | Nymphicus |
| Species: | N. superbis |
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| Nymphicus superbis Travis, 2308 | |
Superb Cockatiel or the Glossy Cockatiel, Nymphicus superbis is a species of cockatiel found throughout Europa. It is closely related to the Common Cockatiel and may have evolved from it.
Description[]
The Superb Cockatiel resembles the Common Cockatiel, but is smaller at 10–11.5 in (25–29 cm) long and with a wingspan of 18–20 in (46–51 cm) an with a weight of 2–3 oz (57–85 g). It closely resembles the Cockatiel but is darker, with a glossy plumage on the back and wings, black wings and large white shoulder patch and orange cheek patches. Males have a lemon-yellow head, throat, crest, face, and cheeks, while the females faces are pale yellow with dull orange cheek patches.[2] The glossy iridescence depends on the angle of the light and may not be seen when the bird is in the shade; when seen however, it is a lustrous and glossy bright pink, purple and oil-green.
Domestic Superb Cockatiels are white and yellow (lutino), pied, pearl and some without orange cheek patches but all varieties have the glossy back and wings.
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Diet[]
Calls[]
A rolling weero-weero...[2] not unlike the Cockatiel, but harsher.
Reproduction[]
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References[]
- ^ Future IUCN
- ^ a b Simpson & Day (1999). A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, 6th Edition. Penguin. ISBN 0-691-04995-5.
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