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Citron-Crested Cockatoo

This is a large, white parrot with anorange crest and light orange ear spots. The feathers under the wing and tailare yellow, and the beak is hooked. FUN FACTS These birds are often regarded as pestsbecause of their diets (sometimes feeding on crops); licensed culling ispermitted in certain states. Both parents take part in incubatingthe eggs.        Cockatoos can mimic the sounds of otheranimals, including people.          Cockatoos can hold their food in onefoot and break pieces off of it with the other foot.            Cockatoos live in small loose flocks.            They are very gregarious and quicklylearn to mimic. These birds also have a very shrill cry.           Thesebirds are thought to be one of the rarest parrots on Sumba Island.In 1993, studies estimated citron populations to be 1,150-1,850 individuals.

Crane

DESCRIPTION: Large, long-legged birds, straightbills, long necks and elevated hind toe, bare pink or red and white cheekpatch, golden feathery 'crown' protruding from back of head. FUN FACTS: Unlike most cranes, crowned cranes lackfolds in their windpipes making their voices very different from other cranes. Crowned cranes occasionally roost intrees, a trait not seen in other cranes. Thesecranes are often considered the living fossils of the crane family. They wereable to survive the Ice Age in the savannas of Africa.

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