![]() ![]() ![]() Generally the life of a cockatoo does not change much after he has reached adulthood. In the wild this age is not reached due to predators and bad environmental effects like food shortage. Getting oldĪ cockatoo can reach the respectful age of 80 to 90 years in captivity. The male and female of a pair can be easily identified as a couple they will stay close together, will groom each other and will build a nest and raise their offspring together when they reach sexual maturity. When cockatoos find a mate, it is generally a mate for life: divorce does not occur as far as we know, although sometimes a cockatoo will find another mate after the first one has died. ![]() However, he will already try to find a mate among the other cockatoos of its flock and will generally stay with this mate for the rest of his life. Until the age of 3 to 5 years (depending on species) he has not yet reached sexual maturity. Within these other young birds he will find a mate. Reaching sexual maturity An adult Umbrella cockatooĪ young cockatoo will engage in intensive social contacts with the other young cockatoos of his group. Some cockatoos stay with their birth flock for their whole life, but others migrate to other flocks and continue to live there. In this way they quickly learn the ins and outs of living in this area of their habitat. What food can be eaten, what can better be avoided, where to find food, water, shelter and which other cockatoos live around me? They learn all this by staying in a flock of their own species and imitating the adults around them. When the young leaves his nest at twelve weeks of age, he still has to learn a lot about the world around him. After they leave the nest, they are still cared for by the parents they will help it to obtain food and will help to keep a lookout for predators. In nature the young cockatoos leave the nest after 12 weeks for most species. This initially flexible hull will dry out and become brittle, after which it will fall off the feather. This is because the feathers grow inside a hull. The feathers are also starting to develop, first as semi-rigid ‘spikes’ that will eventually break open to reveal the feather. After about one week the eyes of the young birds open. They are completely dependent on the parents for food and warmth. When the hatchlings are born, they are completely bald and cannot open their eyes. The eggs of cockatoos hatch between 20 and 30 days after laying, depending on the species of cockatoo. In these stages he learns how to be social with other birds and humans, how to be independent and get a cockatoo-understanding how the world around him functions. From helpless baby it develops into a young adolescent and finally into an adult. A cockatoo goes through several developmental stages during the course of its life, just like people do. ![]()
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