General Information

COMMON NAMES: Cockatiel; German Nymphensittich GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE most of Australia; EXOTIC Widespread as a cage bird. COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, Cagebird SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Pet, cage bird KEY FEATURES: To 30cm with erect crest. Pale grey with white patch on each wing. MALE crest and head bright yellow, with orange patch at ears; and uniform grey tail. FEMALE very pale yellow head and pale orange patch at ears; and barred tail. Fast flight with a "queeel" call. FEED on grains.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Nymphicus hollandicus (Kerr, 1792)
SYNONYMS: Psittacus hollandicus Kerr, 1792

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; AVES; NEORNITHES; Psittaciformes; PSITTACIDAE

GENERAL NOTE: Periodically introduced. Of four introduced in 1991, one escapee survived about a year (pers.comm. Brian Chitty).

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Upper Tupapa, 6/2/2001, Maru Nganu, 2 birds feeding on Tarapi seeds on ground in cut field, Sight-detailed+photo, ID GMcC.; Matavera, 2 caged, Nan Noavao, 4/2001, ID GMcC - 2 of the 6 once owned by Mike Sherwin who imported them about a year before.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a, zD02

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