Talk:Goffin's Cockatoo
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Wow, guys, good work with the copyediting. Looks very professional now. -FB
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[edit] Picture
We should look for a picture. Like this one: http://www.vet.ohio-state.edu/docs/VCS727/sld013.html -FB
[edit] Article title
For some reason this article was titled in lowercase, so I moved it to capitalised version in accordance with agreed convention. jimfbleak 06:41, 10 Sep 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
Uploaded picture of pet cockatoo. I think he's going to be glad that he's famous. It would be nice if I could figure out the proper sizing (I still have the original photograph, and it's GNU because I took it myself.) -FB
- Upload the full-size picture, FB, and post a link to it here (if you like). I'll resize it and stick it in the taxobox. The present one is just a tad small. Tannin 03:49, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
What are the dimensions for the taxobox? My camera takes 1600 x 1200. -FB
- Post the full size if you want to & I'll resize. Or else, if you want to re-size and sharpen yourself, the best taxobox pics are about 220 to 230 pixels wide. Within reason, height doesn't matter. Cheers, Tannin 06:42, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Okay, I've given you an image thawith a width of 220, the filename is gofcock2.png. Best of luck to you, Mr. Tannin. --FB
- Thankyou Frank. I had a crack at it, but I can't winkle much improvement at alll out of it - probably because the bird and the background are so similar in colour, though possibly it has to do with the png format. I think (hope) I could do considerably better with the full-size image, shrinking it when complete. Tannin
Alas, Tannin, the bird is not mine, the camera is on the shoddy side, and most of the house that the bird lives in is the same color as he is. FB
- That seems to leave only two choices. (a) Paint the house. (b) Paint the bird. ;) Tannin
[edit] Bird size
"Goffin's Cockatoos are the smallest of all Cacatuidae" ? Surely cockatiels are smaller. Nurg 08:45, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Cockatiels are not in the Cacatuidae group, but rather in the black cockatoo group. Nymphacae or some-such. (It's too early for me to research) FrankB
[edit] Removed section
I have removed the following section since it reads more like a beginner's pet-care guide rather than like a section of an encyclopedia article. Please clean it up and make it encyclopedic before readding any part of it to the article itself. Thanks Tomertalk 15:02, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Goffin's Cockatoos as pet birds
- Before purchasing any Cockatoo Parrot, ask yourself if you are committed to have a pet that will occassionaly be very loud, messy and require a lot of your one on one attention. If you can answer yes to these questions honestly, a pet Goffins may be the bird for you, and you will have many years of enjoyment!
- As pet birds (hand reared birds from hatching) gofffins cockatoos can imitate human speach, but generally they are not good talkers. They are generally quiet, but they can make a loud screeching noise. They can make good pets, as they are friendly and sociable. They enjoy physical contact, especially having their head stroked. They are intelligent and they can be trained and they can learn tricks. They have a lot of energy and they are always exploring seemingly out of curiosity and fun. They are sometimes called little clowns, and can amuse an audiance for hours. They are also known for their roaming and chewing habits.
- They tend to learn by watching and copying. Just by opening the cage doors a goffins attention can be drawn to the latches on their cages and they can "set to work" on the door. They seem to learn by trial and error and they will constantly explore the latch with their beak and tongue, if they can reach it. If the latch is of a simple design they can eventually learn how to use the latch and get out of their own cages. They can learn to get in or out of the cage at any time that they wish too, the latch and the door both easly opened in seconds. They can be delightful. However, they can destroy furniture with their beaks, and they tend to demand a lot of attention. They can bite through wires and cause potentially dangerous electrical problems. Even very tame birds can bite humans when irritated or just by being excessively playful. Their droppings are semisolid and can be messy. Many new bird owners are not aware of the time and money a cockatoo demands and some pet birds are often passed from one owner to the next.
- Baby Goffin's cockatoos make an endearing repetative howling/screaching noise, when they are hungery.
- Occasionally, captive birds of this species (like many cockatoos) develop self-destructive behaviors such as feather plucking, if they do not have an interesting environment. Caged Goffins require a frequent change of toys to play with so they do not become bored. They need time out of their cage for one-on-one social contact of at least one hour daily and also to exercise their wings and fly.
- In the UK their sale is controlled as they are classified as a rare species. Each bird must have an official certificate to prove that it was captive bread an not imported.
[edit] Goffin picture
New picture of Goffin (with black back ground) is very good, but it does not appear in significantly greater detail on clicking on it.
