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Cockatiel

Nymphicus hollandicus (Kerr, R 1792)

The cockatiel, also known as weiro bird, or quarrion, is a small parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as household pets and companion parrots throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the budgerigar. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Cacatuidae
Genus:
   Nymphicus
Scientific:
  Nymphicus hollandicus


Original description

Citation:
  (Kerr, R 1792)

Reference:
   Anim. Kingd. [Kerr] 1 pt2 p.580

Protonym:
  Psittacus hollandicus

Type locality:
  New Holland.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664580


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  FDAEA60A5681B51F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FDAEA60A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FDAEA60A


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177497

Geographic range:

  • Nymphicus hollandicus: irregularly abundant near water in interior of Australia
English:
Cockatiel
Catalan:
Cacatua nimfa
Czech:
korela chocholatá
Danish:
Nymfeparakit
German:
Nymphensittich
Spanish:
Cacatúa Ninfa
Spanish (Spain):
Cacatúa Ninfa
Finnish:
neitokakadu
French:
Calopsitte élégante
Croatian:
nimfa
Hungarian:
nimfapapagáj
Icelandic:
Dísakakadúi
Italian:
Cacatua ninfa
Japanese (romaji):
okameinko
Japanese:
オカメインコ
Lithuanian:
Nimfinė papūgėlė
Dutch:
Valkparkiet
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Nymfekakadu
Norwegian:
Nymfekakadu
Polish:
nimfa
Portuguese:
Cocatiel
Portuguese (Portugal):
Caturra
Russian:
Корелла
Slovak:
korela chochlatá
Serbian:
Nimfa papagaj (divlji)
Swedish:
nymfparakit
Ukrainian:
Корела
Chinese:
鸡尾鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
雞尾鸚鵡


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Calopsitte élégante ( Nymphicus hollandicus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Nymphicus hollandicus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Nymphicus hollandicus
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Nymphicus hollandicus

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Arabic: الكوكاتيل
Asturian: Ninfa
Azerbaijani: korella, sultan tutuquşusu
Bulgarian: Корела
Bengali: ককাটিময়র , হকাকাটিহয়র
Bengali (transliteration): kakāṭiẏēla, kōkāṭiẏēla
Catalan: Cacatua de les nimfes, Cacatua nimfa
Czech: Korela chocholatá
Chuvash: корелла
Danish: Nymfekakadu, Nymfeparakit
German: Nymphensittich
English: Cockatiel, Cockatoo Parrot, Crested Parrot, Quarrion, Weero
English, HBW: Cockatiel
English (IOC): Cockatiel
English (United States): Cockatiel
Esperanto: Nimfiko
Spanish: Cacatua ninfa, Cacatúa Ninfa, Carolina, Ninfa
Spanish (Chile): Cacatua ninfa
Spanish (Colombia): Cacatúa ninfa
Spanish (Cuba): Cacatillo
Spanish (Spain): Cacatúa Ninfa
Spanish (HBW): Cockatiel
Estonian: nümfkakaduu
Finnish: Neitokakadu, nymfipapukaija
French: Calopsitte élégante, Perruche calopsitte
Irish: Cocaitíl
Guadeloupean Creole French: Perruche
Galician: Cacatúa ninfa
Croatian: nimfa
Hungarian: nimfapapagáj
Icelandic: Dísakakadúi
Italian: Cacatua ninfa, Calopsitta, Calopsitte
Japanese (romaji): okameinko
Japanese: オカメインコ
Kazakh: айдарлы тотықұс, корелла, корелла тотысы, нимф тотықұсы
Kirghiz: кoрелла, нимфа, нимфа кыргыйтоту
Scientific: Leptolophus auricomis, Leptolophus auricomis intermedius, Leptolophus auricomis pallescens, Leptolophus auricornis obscurus, Leptolophus hollandicus, Nymphicus hollandicus, Psittacus hollandicus, Psittacus novaehollandiae
Lithuanian: Nimfinė papūgėlė
Dutch: Valkparkiet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nymfekakadu
Norwegian: Nymfekakadu, Nymfeparakitt
Polish: nimfa
Portuguese: Cocatiel
Portuguese (Portugal): Caturra
Russian: Или Корелла, корелла, нимфа, Нимфовый попугайчик
Slovak: Korela chochlatá
Slovenian: Nimfa
Serbian: Nimfa papagaj (divlji)
Swedish: Nymfparakit
Turkish: Sultan papağanı
Ukrainian: Корела
Uzbek: корелла
Chinese: 雞尾鸚鵡, 鸡尾鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 雞尾鸚鵡

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