This parrot has snow-white feathers, but its wings are slightly golden, and its head is covered with golden crowns. When agitated, the crown on its head is fanned up, as if it were a blooming flower, hence the name "sunflower parrot".
The little sunflower cockatoo ( scientific name : Cacatua sulphurea ) is a bird of the family Cockatoo family Psittaculidae , with a total of 4 subspecies. The body length is 35 cm, the body feathers are mainly white, the snow white is beautiful, and the top of the head has a long towering yellow crested crown feather, and when angry, the crown will be fanned, like a blooming sunflower.
The small sunflower cockatoo is 35 cm long, the body feathers are mainly white, the snow white is beautiful, and the top of the head has a long towering yellow crested crown feather, and when it is angry, it will erect the crown and fan-shaped, like a blooming sunflower, it is a very cute little animal.
They prefer to inhabit a variety of forests, open woodlands, farmland, forest margins, semi-dry woodlands, etc., orphans are distributed in the north, east and south of Australia, Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, Indonesia's East Moluccas Islands, New Guinea, Kings Island, Airu Island and other places.
Of course, cute cockatoos like little sunflowers are often introduced to non-native places such as New Zealand and several islands, and have also been introduced to Singapore and Hong Kong.
Although they go up to be dazed, they also have a high IQ, are very adapted to the existence of human beings in the city, often locals see their figures, and the small sunflower cockatoo is basically not afraid of people, often staying outside the window or yard of residents.
This is a bird that you can see their emotions from their appearance, because the yellow hairs on the head of the little sunflower cockatoo are usually plucked on the back of the head, because the yellow hair is an important social part of them, they can control the muscles on the top of the head to open or close the yellow hairs, this part has a name called the crown, also called the feather crown, the cockpot will use the crown to express emotions, including communication between the same kind, courtship and expression of fright, nervousness, happiness, pleasure and other emotions.
But, did you know that catching and selling to the pet bird market and severe habitat destruction put most of the population at risk?
The number of such cute and unique and loved little sunflower cockatoos plummeted by 80% between 1986 and 1989, and according to 2008 statistics, there were only 9 little sunflower cockatoos left in the wild!
9 pcs! Are you shocked by the handful of numbers?